Shelton History Center highlights interesting beard from days gone by

James Beardsley Wheeler of Thompson Street in Shelton was a lifelong nonconformist.  

During the Civil War, when he was in his 20s, he was a conscientious objector.  He had his own printing press, which he used to publish his own tracts, book and the Funny Graphics, an odd collection of 19th century philosophy. 

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Shared from the Shelton History Center Facebook page.