History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 688. [Harrison County] [Cynthiana City and Precinct] JOHN H. WHEELER, tobacco dealer; P. O. Oddville; was born in North Carolina, Aug. 25, 1825, son of Ozias and Sarah (Fults) Wheeler, he born in Vermont, a farmer, and dying in 1869, aged sixty-six years; she born in North Carolina, in 1790, and dying in 1867; they had seven children, John H. being the oldest. He received his education in the common schools of Harrison County, and commenced farming at the age of twenty-one years, which he continued until 1864, when he commenced dealing in tobacco, in which business he has been quite successful, doing an extensive trade, handling on the average 100,000 pounds of tobacco yearly, the amount in 1881 being about 175,000 pounds. May 14, 1845, he married in Harrison County, Miss Alcinda Mahoney, born in Harrison, May 9, 1825, daughter of Henry and Catharine (Corder) Mahoney, natives of Virginia, and which union resulted in eight children, six of whom are living: Nancy C., Sarah A., Margaret E., Thomas S., Louisa and Mary J. Mr. Wheeler is the owner of 200 acres of land. Himself and family are members of the M.E. Church, and Mr. Wheeler is a Republican. Wheeler Fults Mahoney Corder = NC VT http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/harrison/wheeler.jh.txt