The researcher's attention is called to two subjects documented in these papers which are unrelated to banking, investment, and agriculture: (1) In the Civil War period members of the Wheeler, Edwards, and Rockwell families exchanged letters with relatives in the service. Scattered correspondence is found here; and letters from Albert J. Rockwell compose a small Civil War collection cataloged separately (Wis Mss 92S). (2) In his later years J. Russell Wheeler was absorbed with his family's genealogy. These papers contain many letters concerning family history; and in addition a collection of genealogical charts and notes relating to the Wheeler, Edwards, Rockwell, and Rust families is cataloged separately as John Russell Wheeler Genealogical Information (SC 345).
