George W. Wheeler (1835-1922) was born in Acton, Massachusetts, and died in Littleton, Massachusetts. He was a provisions and oyster dealer. In 1861 he married Sarah D. Wheeler (b. Russell) in Weld, Maine. Wheeler and his wife both took Mary Baker Eddy's Primary course in March 1886 and subsequently joined the Christian Scientist Association. Wheeler then also took Eddy's Normal course in February 1887 and began teaching and practicing Christian Science in Wilton, Maine. Around 1888 he moved his practice to St. Joseph, Missouri, for 15 months, and then to Memphis, Tennessee in 1889. Sometime in the 1890s he returned to Massachusetts and resided in Cambridge until at least 1920. He joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 6, 1895. He was also a member of St. John's Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons in Boston.

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