Edward Willis Wheeler (Bill) was born at Woodstock, Illinois on August 1, 1881. He spent his youth in Slayton, Minnesota with his parents, Edwin and Elize Clock Wheeler. He married Mary Kopan at Soldier's Grove, Wisconsin, on June 17, 1908. She was born July 25, 1876, in Wisconsin to Alex and Takla Hellmund Kopankiewicz. She came to North Dakota to teach school.
Bill Wheeler came to North Dakota to work as a grain buyer. He operated the Osborne-McMillan elevator at Lemert, on the Soo Line from 1906 to 1943. Later he operated the elevator in Carrington for a short while.
The Wheelers had four children: Kenneth, Keith, Jean and Robert.
Mr. Wheeler died on October 2, 1945. Mrs. Wheeler died December 26, 1968. They are buried in the Carrington Cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 5B