Joseph married Julia Knox Hull on 12 Sep 1825. Julia (daughter of Major, General, Senator, Governor William Hull and Sarah Fuller) was born on 10 Mar 1799 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was christened on 17 Mar 1799 in likely Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA ; died on 26 Jun 1842 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Old Episcopal Cemetery, Ansonia, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Daughter Wheeler was buried in Wheeler Plantation Cemetery, Wheeler, Lawrence, Alabama, USA.
2. Lucy Josephine Wheeler was born on 5 Jan 1830 in Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, USA; died on 15 Jan 1919 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA; was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA.
3. Sarah Louise Wheeler was born on 25 Oct 1832 in Georgia, USA; died on 16 Dec 1884.
4. William Hull Wheeler was born in Oct 1834; died on 26 Dec 1861.
5. Congressman, Major-General Joseph M. Wheeler, III was born on 10 Sep 1836 in Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, USA; died on 25 Jan 1906 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA.