Wheeler, Nathaniel
inventor, manufacturer, state senator, was born Sept. 7, 1820, in Watertown, Conn.
In a 1850 he made the acquaintance of Allan B. Wilson, who was engaged in perfecting sewing-machine, but needed aid in patenting his invention and introducing it to the public. Wilson induced Mr. Wheeler to join in that enterprise, and in 1852 the machine was patented in the firm-name of Wheeler and Wilson.
In 1853 the Wheeler and Wilson Manufacturing company was founded. He has served six sessions in the senate and house of the Connecticut legislature, and has taken out patents for various inventions in sewing-machines, railway-cars, heating and ventilation of buildings, and wood finishing.