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History of Manistee, Mason & Oceana Counties, Michigan
H. R. Page & Co., Chicago - 1882

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         HON. HARRISON H. WHEELER was born in the township of Hadley
       in the county of Lapeer, and state of Michigan, on the 22nd day 
       of March, 1839. He received a common school education, and after 
       he was eighteen years of age taught school Winters and worked on 
       a farm Summers, until the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, 
       when, on the 11th day of November, 1861, he enlisted as a private 
       of Company C, Tenth Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Infantry. In
       February, 1862, was promoted to first sergeant of Company C, and
       in June, 1862, was promoted to second lieutenant of the same
       company, and in April, 1863, was promoted to first lieutenant of
       Company E, same regiment, and in February, 1864, was promoted to
       captain of Company F, same regiment.
       
         Mr. Wheeler was wounded three times during the war, the last
       one being in the left arm, at Jonesborough, Ga., September 1, 1864.
       This wound was quite severe, rendering the left arm and hand
       nearly useless.
       
         On his return from the army he located at Bay City, Mich., and
       was elected county clerk of Bay County, in the Fall of 1866, and
       was duly admitted to practice as an attorney at law, in March, 1868,
       by Judge J. G. SUTHERLAND.
       
         In the Fall of 1870, MR. WHEELER was elected state senator for
       the county of Bay, and adjoining counties, and was re-elected in
       1872.
       
         After the adjournment of the legislature in 1873, he moved to
       Ludington, Mich., and formed a co-partnership in the law practice
       with M. D. EWELL, Esq. This co-partnership continued until May,
       1874, when MR. WHEELER was appointed circuit judge of the Nine-
       teenth Circuit, by GOV. BAGLEY, vice Hon. S. F. WHITE, resigned.
       In the Fall of 1874, he was elected circuit judge, having been
       nominated by both political parties.
       
         In the Spring of 1878, JUDGE WHEELER resigned, and was
       appointed postmaster at Ludington, and continued to hold that
       office until the expiration of his term, May 22, 1882. In January,
       1879, he formed a co-partnership in the practice of the law with
       R. P. BISHOP, which partnership continued until last Summer, when
       he came to Manistee, having professional interests here requiring
       his attention. JUDGE WHEELER is an excellent lawyer, and has made
       a fine record, both as a legislator and upon the bench.
       
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