Ancestry of General
Joseph Wheeler

Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War

Joseph Wheeler

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Wheeler 
  • Mother:
  • Julia Knox Hull   
  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Sep 1836 
  • Birth Location:
  • Augusta, Richmond, Georgia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Jan 1906 
  • Death Location:
  • New York, New York 
  • Burial Date:
  • 29 Jan 1906 
  • Burial Location:
  • Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington Co., Virginia 
  • Notes: 

  • Civil War veteran - CSA, Spanish-American War veteran, and Philippine-American War veteran

    Joseph Wheeler, a general in the Confederate States of America's army, was the namesake of the U.S. Army's Camp Wheeler near Macon, Georgia. His nickname was "Fighting Joe."

• Marriages for Joseph Wheeler

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  • Spouse:
  • Daniella Ellen Jones
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Feb 1866
  • Marriage Location:
  • Lawrence County, Alabama

• Sources for Joseph Wheeler

  • ¹ Alabama, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1814-1935, Marriage record for Joseph Wheeler and Mrs Danella Sherrod.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/29/2021).
  • ³ New York, New York, U.S., Index to Death Certificates, 1862-1948, Death record for General Joseph Wheeler.
  • ⁴ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National No 10425, Membership application for Joseph Wheeler.
  • ⁵ Wheeler, Albert Gallatin, Jr., The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America, Boston, Massachusetts: American College of Genealogy (1914), 423.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Camp Wheeler", (accessed 12/29/2021).
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Joseph Wheeler", (accessed 12/29/2021).