But I happened to overhear him, as he sat behind me, saying to James Freeman Clarke, I think it was: "I understand that Mr.Wheeler is 'a very sensible man.'" Wheeler was one of the best parliamentarians and one of the best presiding officers I ever knew.

He had no children.
It is pathetic to remember the affection which existed between him and his wife.

Their long living together had brought about a curious resemblance.

She looked like him, talked like him, thought like him, and if she had been dressed in his clothes, or he had been in hers, either might have passed for the other.

When she died Wheeler seemed to lose all interest in this world, shut himself off from all ordinary activities, and died a year or two after, I suppose with a broken heart..