IN MEMORIAM. ILLUSTRIOUS BROTHER Joseph . Wheeler, AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF SOVERFION GRAND INSPECTORS GENERAL OF THE THIRIY-THIRD DEGREE N.. M.. J.., U. S. A. BORN IN BLOOMFIELD, CONN., AUGUST 27, 184. DIED IN HARTFORD, CONN. OCTOBER 10, 1894. Eulogy, pp. 28, 123, 169 and 170. JOSEPH KELLOGG WHEELER, 33, was born in Bloomfield, Conn., on the twenty-seventh of August, 1834, and was christened Joseph Kellogg, the last name indicating the line of descent on his mother's side. It is through the Kellogg family his genealogy is traced to Samuel Kellogg, one of three brothers who came to this country from Scotland in 1660. Their names were Joseph Kellogg and Samuel Kellogg, who located in Hatfield, Mass., and Daniel Kellogg, who located in Norwalk, Conn. His ancestors on the Wheeler side were among the early settlers in Keene, N. H., the record going back to Abraham Wheeler, who was born about the year 1700, of English or Welsh parents; supposed to be Welsh, as Wheeler is a very common name in Wales. Our brother was raised a farmer's son in the town of West Hartford, being early accustomed to the labors which came naturally to one in his position. He received a common-school education only, with the addition of two terms in an academy located in his native town, and, at the age of nineteen, was employed as teacher of a district school in the vicinity of his home. In 1854 he engaged as clerk in the grocery business in the city of Hartford, and finally entered the business for himself, which he conducted for many years, until the duties of the office of Grand Secretary absorbed so much of his time that he was obliged to relinquish all business. His earnest desire was to graduate from college and enter a professional career, but the limitations that were about him in his youth prevented. It may be said of him, however, that he profited by the study, and the use of books, and that, with a well cultivated mind, having found congenial and useful occupation, he showed good proofs of his abilities and acquisitions. He was made a Master Mason in St. John's Lodge, No. 4, of Hartford, May 30th, 1860. He was exalted as a Royal Arch Mason in Pythagoras Chapter, No. 17, of Hartford, May 9th, 1862; received the degrees of the Cryptic Rite in Wolcott Council, No. 1, Hartford, April 3d, 1863, and was knighted in Washington Commandery, No. 1, of Hartford, July 28th, 1863. He received the degrees of the Scottish Rite, to the thirty-second, in Rhode Island, September 28th, 1863, and was created a Grand Inspector-General, thirty-third degree, in Boston, Mass., May 18th, 1865. He was elected Master of St. John's Lodge, No. 4. Hartford, January 3d, 1866 and held the office two years, those years being marked with great prosperity. He was elected High Priest of Pythagoras Chapter, No. 17, January 3d, 1868, and served two years; elected Thrice Illustrious Master of Wolcott Council, No. 1, January 4th, 1872, and Eminent Commander of |