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C. J. WHEELER, miller, P. O. Danvers; was born in Salem, Rockingham Co., N. H., Nov. 15, 1828; he is the son of Abitha and Mary E. (Gordon) Wheeler; his early life was that of a farmer’s son, and his education was limited to an attendance upon the common schools. In 1837, he came, with the family, to Illinois, his father locating near the present village of Danvers; four years after coming, the father died, and young Wheeler, the oldest son, labored for the support of his widowed mother and the rest of the family. At the age of 18 years he went out from home and engaged in labor as a farm-hand, at $8 per month; he followed farming in this manner until he reached the age of 28 years. In 1866, he purchased forty acres of land and engaged in improving it. In 1869, he traded his land for one-half interest in the Danvers Mills, now owned by Wheeler & Fanson. He was married in 1858, to Jane A. Boggs, a native of Illinois; has six children — Helen E., Frank, Harvey, Lizzie, Earl, Ora. Mr. Wheeler has never aspired to office, and has held only that of Roadmaster.