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Benjamin Franklin Wheeler

  Benjamin Franklin Wheeler     Born: Nov 1823    Died: Feb 17, 1918    Plot:
Military: Civil War Co F 33th IN Infantry;
Age  94
Where born:   IN
Where died:   Sumner IL
Married 1st:   27 Sep 1848 IN Ruth Ann Holbrooks*
Married 2nd:   14 Nov 1895 IN Effie G Lynn*
Married 3rd:   16 Sep 1902 Knox Co IN Delilah Z. Cosby (1856 IN-1940 IN m2: Commodore Welton)
Lived at:   1850 Patoka-Gibson Co IN 1870 Petty twp - Lawrence Co IL 1880-1900 Sumner IL
Children:
- Edward Lewis (16 Jul 1850 Princeton-Gibson Co IN-24 Jul 1925 Peoria IL)
- Ella (ca 1852 IN m: Bernard F Brooks)
- Adelbert (ca 1856 IN-1 Apr 1898 Bridgeport IL)
- Eugene Augustus (ca 1857 IN)
- Franklin (ca 1864 IN)

      * indicates buried with Benjamin Franklin Wheeler in Sumner Cemetery.

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About Sumner Cemetery:
Sumner Cemetery is the second largest cemetery in Lawrence county. Located on the east edge of Sumner, on the southside of Route 250. Other cemeteries in the vicinity: Christy Cenetery, Hopewell Cemetery and Lone Tree Cemetery.
Burials: 4772
Location: 1000N, Sumner, Lawrence County, Illinois