Charles Shepard Wheeler Obituary
New Ipswich Historical Society
April 17, 1924
April 17, 1924
NEW IPSWICH
Charles Shepard Wheeler died at his home in Greenville, N. H., Thursday morning of last week of pnuemonia[sic] after a week's illness. He was the eldest son of the late Charles and Nellie (Shepard) Wheeler of this town. He was born Jan. 2, 1865. He was twice married, first on April 22, 1887 to Miss Ella O. Beard, who died in 1898. He married Miss Clara A. Wright of Townsend in 1899.
Mr. Wheeler spent nearly all his life in his home town, New Ipswich, moving to Greenville only a few years ago. He had been employed by the A. В. Fessenden Co. of Townsend the past two years. He was a member of the "Hero" Engine Co. for many years. He leaves his wife and a brother, Ed- ward R. Wheeler of this town.
The funeral was held from the Congregational church in this town Saturday afternoon. Rev. John E. Bowman of Boston officiated, assisted by Rev. William Berkley, pastor of the church. Burial was in Center cemetery. The bearers were Alfred Woodward, Guy Blanchard, Robert Walker and David Rodger. Miss Ella Hammond of Worcester attended the funeral.
Photo Archives - “Hero Engine Company”
Tiger Company - Charles Wheeler, Fred Chapin, Archer Proctor, Isham Aldrich, A.G. Howe, Clinton Maxwell, William Chander, Herbert Chandler, Levi Newell, Fred Stacy, Lweis Nutting, Daniel Putnam, Alfred Woodward, Frank Mansfield, Edwin Blanchard, Guy Blanchard, John Parmenter
James Roger diary entry
13th March 1913
Dull, cloudy, mild, wind southerly, threatening rain in the evening. David choring round, fixing up odds and ends. I got Hall ready for Grange tonight; got papers from Roslin. Came home from Grange at 11 PM feeling sick; drank some hot milk, which brought on nausea, vomiting, cramps, and purging. Had great difficulty and pain in putting out the lights in the Hall at midnight.
I am in the middle of reading 'Down From Troy: A Doctor Comes of Age" by Richard Selzer MD. In it Dr. Selzer he strangely calls pneumonia 'a friend' and in many cases involving terminal illness he doesn't treat the pneumonia. We see in many obits of the old days people dying of pneumonia after a short illness as Charles did. Even in the 1960s when I worked at the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital which had many terminally ill patients, older doctors would sometimes overrule younger doctors that didn't want to give up on a patient.
In today’s photo of the fire station, the person identified as A G Howe is A L Howe (Albert Larned Howe, ‘Bert’).
He is my great grandfather.
So much fun to see the photo again!
Cynthia Howe