Joel married Nancy Bird on 26 Jul 1832 in Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States. Nancy (daughter of Thomas Bird and Lucy Jane Davenport) was born on 6 Feb 1815 in Kentucky, United States; died on 14 Oct 1869 in Hickory, Missouri, United States; was buried in Oct 1869 in Hickory, Missouri, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ann Wheeler was born on 9 Aug 1833 in Barren, Kentucky; died on 6 Jan 1921 in Missouri, United States; was buried on 7 Jan 1921 in Hickory, Missouri, United States.
2. Edmund Wheeler was born on 16 May 1835 in Barren, Kentucky, United States; died on 16 Feb 1924 in Hickory, Missouri, United States; was buried in Feb 1924 in Butcher, Hickory, Missouri, United States.
3. Emily Wheeler was born on 15 Aug 1836 in Barren, Kentucky, United States; died on 19 Feb 1908 in Ottawa, Okahoma, United States; was buried in 1908 in Fairview Cemetery, Ottawa, Kansas, United States.
4. Simeon Wheeler was born on 28 Feb 1843 in Missouri; died on 28 Aug 1863; was buried in Hickory County At the Parke Cemetery.
5. Malissa Wheeler was born in 1845 in Missouri; died on 3 Mar 1852.
6. James Thomas Wheeler was born on 18 May 1848 in Lincoln, Missouri, United States; died on 21 Feb 1937 in Hickory, Missouri, United States; was buried on 22 Feb 1937 in Butcher, Hickory, Missouri, United States.
7. Jane Devenport Wheeler was born in 1851 in Hickory County, Missouri; died in 1895 in Hickory County, Missouri; was buried in 1895 in Missouri, United States.
8. Ephriam Wheeler was born on ?? ___ 1839 in Missouri; died on 16 Aug 1928 in Montgomery County, Missouri; was buried on 17 Aug 1928.