John Ozias Wheeler (November 24, 1823 – April 11, 1899) was an American merchant, court clerk, government employee, city council member and newspaper editor.
The next year, he and his brother began a general merchandising business in Los Angeles and a freight and forwarding house in San Pedro.
[1] In 1857–58, federal troops in the Utah War were "entirely armed and equipped, mounted and supplied" by Wheeler's company.
[1] In 1854, Wheeler and William Butts began a weekly newspaper, the Southern Californian, published in both English and Spanish.
[1] In 1853 Wheeler organized the first military company in Los Angeles, under state laws, and he was on the staff of General Andres Pico in the last part of that decade.