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Wheeler, Junius Brutus

civil engineer, educator, author, was born Feb. 21, 1830, in Murfreesboro, N. C. He was a military engineer, professor at West Point in 1866-85, and the author of Civil Engineering; Art and Science of War; Elements of Field Fortifications; and Military Engineering. He died July 15, 1886, in Lenoir, N. C.

WHEELER, MRS. MARY SPARKES, lecturer, author, poet, was born June 21, 1835, in England. She is the author of the two well-known soldiers' decoration hymns, entitled Peacefully Rest; and Scatter Love's Beautiful Garlands Above Them. Her poems have been set to music by Professor Sweeney, P. P. Bliss, Kirkpatrick and others. She is the author of a volume entitled Poems for the Fireside; Modern Cosmogony and the Bible; and other works.