William A. Wheeler (October 3, 1814 – May 5, 1881) was an American millwright, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.
[2] Wheeler was said to have been the builder of nearly all of the early grist and saw mills in Dane County, Wisconsin.
[1] One of his first jobs upon arriving in Madison was the construction of a saw-mill on the bank of Lake Mendota.
[1] After Wisconsin statehood, he was elected county treasurer in 1854, but was defeated when seeking re-election in 1856.
[3][4] In the years immediately preceding the American Civil War, Wheeler became involved with the Wisconsin militia and was quartermaster for a Dane County cavalry company, led by Harlow S.