Dexter states on his Civil War pension files he has only one living child, Laura J. March 7, 1898
Wheeler, Dexter M
Birth 1836
Death 13 May 1898
Unit G 21 MI INF
H 14 MI INF
Cemetery: Veterans
Grand Rapids, Kent MI
CLAYBANKS TOWNSHIP
Flower Creek Cemetery - Peace Lutheran Cemetery - St. john's Catholic Cemetery
Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF82-G3K : 12 April 2016), Dexter M Wheeler, Wright, Ottawa, Michigan, United States; citing family 102, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8S5-2FC : 14 November 2014), Dexter M Wheeler, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,179.
"Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCFQ-LYS : 4 November 2017), D. N. Wheeler and Betsyan Hopkins, 04 Jul 1849, Tallmadge, Ottawa, Michigan, United States; citing reference ID 0, various archives, Michigan; FHL microfilm 984,230.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 January 2018), memorial page for Pvt Dexter M Wheeler (unknown–13 May 1898), Find A Grave: Memorial #16881747, citing Grand Rapids Veterans Home Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by DUVCW (contributor 46829351) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dexter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Lyle Wheeler :
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup I1, MitoYDNA ID Z11325[compare]