Individual Details
Nettie Adell WELLS
(5 Feb 1873 - 9 Feb 1939)
Events
| Birth | 5 Feb 1873 | Woodson, Kansas, United States |  | ||
| Residence | 1 Jul 1875 | Liberty Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States |  | | |
| Residence | 1 Mar 1885 | Liberty Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 18 Oct 1893 | Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States - Charles Oliver MENTZER | | ||
| Alt name | 18 Oct 1893 | Nettie Adell MENTZER | | ||
| ChildParent-shared | 9 Jul 1894 | (Gladys Olive MENTZER) | | ||
| Residence | 1 Jul 1895 | North Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | | |
| ChildParent-shared | 28 Mar 1896 | (Paul Emory MENTZER) Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| ChildParent-shared | 28 Mar 1896 | (Pauline Edith MENTZER) Woodson, Kansas, United States | |||
| ChildParent-shared | 23 Aug 1898 | (Leslie George MENTZER) Woodson, Kansas, United States | |||
| Residence | 26 Jun 1900 | North Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | | |
| ChildParent-shared | (Herbert Wells MENTZER) Woodson, Kansas, United States | ||||
| Residence | 1 Jul 1905 | Neosho Falls Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 27 Apr 1910 | Liberty Township, Coffey, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 1 Jul 1915 | Neosho Township, Coffey, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 1918 | Neosho Falls, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 10 Feb 1920 | Everett Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 1 Jul 1925 | Everett Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 2 May 1930 | Neosho Falls Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 9 May 1938 | Neosho, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Death | 9 Feb 1939 | Neosho Falls Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Burial | 12 Feb 1939 | Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Charles Oliver MENTZER (1869 - 1955) |
| Child | Gladys Olive MENTZER (1894 - 1977) |
| Child | Paul Emory MENTZER (1896 - 1942) |
| Child | Pauline Edith MENTZER (1896 - 1984) |
| Child | Leslie George MENTZER (1898 - 1988) |
| Child | Herbert Wells MENTZER (1900 - 1977) |
| Father | Thurston Kennedy WELLS (1821 - 1893) |
| Mother | Salome Adell CRANDALL (1836 - 1893) |
| Sibling | Freddie L. WELLS (1862 - 1869) |
| Sibling | Mary A. WELLS (1866 - 1866) |
| Sibling | Anna May WELLS (1868 - 1938) |
Notes
Residence
She was found on the 1875 Kansas census as a 13 year old female and was listed as Nettie Wells.Residence
She was found on the 1895 Kansas census as a 21 year old female born IN who came to Kansas from Ind and was listed as L.O. Mentzer.Residence
Nettie A Mentzer was listed as the wife of Charles Mentzer on the 1900 census. She was 25 years old having been born Feb 1875 in Kansas. She and Charles had been married 6 years. Nettie was the mother of 4 children, all of whom were living.Residence
She was found on the 1905 Kansas census as a 32 year old female born in Kansas who was listed as N. A. Mentzer.Residence
a 37 year old female born Kansas who has been married 16 years and has 5 living children and was listed as Nettie A. MentzerResidence
She was found on the 1915 Kansas census as a 42 year old female born in Kansas who was listed as N. A. Mentzer.Residence
She was found on the 1920 census as a 47 year old female born Illinois and was listed as Nettie Mentzer.Residence
She was found on the 1925 Kansas census as a 52 year old female born in Kansas who was listed as N. A. Mentzer.Residence
Nettie A Mentzer was listed on the 1930 census as the 57 year old wife of Charles O Mentzer. Nettie married Charles at the age of 20. Nettie was born in Kansas.Endnotes
1. Nettie Adell Mentzer, death certificate #104 2410 (9 February 1938), Kansas State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Topeka, Kansas.
2. Charles Mentzer family, Holy Bible Self Pronouncing Edition (: , ); Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, Kansas, stored in filing cabinet. Hereinafter cited as Holy Bible Self Pronouncing Edition.
3. Marriage License Record, Woodson County, Kansas, Woodson County Courthouse, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas.
4. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online July 2016), memorial for Charles Oliver Mentzer (1869-1955), Find a Grave Memorial no. # 55747430, created by J Geoghan, citing Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by RisingSun, Charles Oliver Mentzer.
5. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Source number: 128.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MP1.
6. Ancestry.com, Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1925 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: KS1925_167; Line: 17.
7. Ancestry, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
8. Ancestry.com, Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1885 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: KS1885_143; Line: 15.
9. Ancestry.com, Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1905 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: ks1905_173; Line: 10.
10. BillionGraves, digital images of tombstone, BillionGraves (billiongraves.com : viewed online December 2018), memorial for Nettie A. Mentzer (1873-1939), BillionGraves created by mcphilbrick, citing Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center Kansas; accompanying photograph by AK, Nettie A. Mentzer.
11. "Mrs. C. O. Mentzer," undated clipping, from unidentified newspaper; Crawford Family Papers, saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles and passed down to Marcia Philbrick; privately held 2018 by Marcia Philbrick, , Seneca, KS.
12. Memorial Record of Nettie Adell Mentzer, Crawford Family Papers; privately held by Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, Kansas, 2016. H. R. Campbell Funeral Home. saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles and passed down to Marcia Philbrick.
13. Crawford Family Papers; privately held by Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, Kansas, 2016. Wells Family Bible. copy obtained from Doris Ryan, daughter of Cecile Mentzer Beine.
14. Kansas, County Marriages, 1811-1911, Nettie Wells, database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online December 2018). Original Source: Marriage Records. Kansas Marraiges. Family Search, Salt Lake City, UT.
15. Descendants of Ozias Wells and Mary Kennedy, Crawford Family Papers; privately held by Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, Kansas, 2016. Wells.KS.010. typewritten report likely obtained from Doris Ryan.
16. Transcriptions from Yates Center Cemetery, Crawford Family Papers; privately held by Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, Kansas, 2016. Mentzer.KS.001. recorded my Michael and Marcia Philbrick; transcribed by Marcia Philbrick.
17. 1875 Kansas Census, Woodson County, Kansas, Kansas State Census, Liberty Township, Woodson County, Kansas, image 6 of 8, household 69, T K Wells; digital image, Family Search (www.familysearch.org : viewed online December 2018).
18. 1885 Kansas State Census, Woodson County, Kansas, Kansas State Census, Liberty Township, Woodson County, Kansas, page 43, household 36, T. K. Wells; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online September 2016); Kansas State Historical Society. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1088/ks1885_143-0166/791971.
19. Duncan, L. Wallace and Chas F. Scott, History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas (Iola, Kansas: Iola Register, 1901), pp. 831-832 (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.025). Hereinafter cited as History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas.
20. Duncan, L. Wallace and Chas F. Scott, History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas (Iola, Kansas: Iola Register, 1901), p. 681 (George Mentzer Notebook). Hereinafter cited as History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas.
21. , History of Woodson County Kansas (Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1987), "Mentzer, George Family" p. 198-199. Hereinafter cited as History of Woodson County Kansas.
22. Woodson County, Kansas, Marriage Records, vol. E:180, Charles O. Mentzer-Nettie A. Wells, 18 Oct 1893; database with images, "Kansas County Marriages, 1840-1935," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 17 January 2015).
23. Kansas, County Marriages, 1811-1911, Charles O Mentzer - NEttie A. Wells, 18 Oct 1893; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online June 2017). Original Source: Marriage Records. Kansas Marraiges. Family Search, Salt Lake City, UT.
24. Charles Mentzer family, Holy Bible Self Pronouncing Edition (: , ); Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, Kansas, stored in filing cabinet. Hereinafter cited as Holy Bible Self Pronouncing Edition.
25. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7836/). Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 : accessed .
26. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Source number: 128.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MP1.
27. , Marriage Record (Yates Center: Woodson County, Kansas, n.d.), Book E page 180.
28. , Kansas, County Marriages, 1811-1911, database with images, Ancestry.com www.ancestry.com : . Original Source: Marriage Records. Kansas Marraiges. Family Search, Salt Lake City, UT. (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), viewed online; June 2017; Charles O Mentzer - NEttie A. Wells; 18 Oct 1893.
29. , Charles Mentzer family, Holy Bible Self Pronouncing Edition (: , ); Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, Kansas. Hereinafter cited as Holy Bible Self Pronouncing Edition. (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), stored in filing cabinet.
30. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7836/). Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 : accessed ; Charles Oliver Mentzer - Nettie Adell Wells.
31. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Source number: 128.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MP1.
32. "Personals," Woodson County Advocate (Yates Center, Kansas), 31 October 1924, page 4; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online December 2018).
33. Mentzer, George, Family Bible of Emeline Minnick Mentzer (: , ); Doris Ryan, Yates Center, KS, (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.006). Hereinafter cited as Family Bible of Emeline Minnick Mentzer.
34. , "The Mentzers," In the Beginning (Woodson County Historical Society), 15 (No. 58): pp 3-5.
35. "Married," The Yates Center News (Yates Center, Kansas), 20 October 1893, page 2; digital images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online December 2018).
36. "Mrs. C. O. Mentzer," undated clipping, from unidentified newspaper; Crawford Family Papers, saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles and passed down to Marcia Philbrick; privately held 2018 by Marcia Philbrick, , Seneca, KS.
37. Crawford Family Papers; privately held by Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, Kansas, 2016. Wells Family Bible. copy obtained from Doris Ryan, daughter of Cecile Mentzer Beine.
38. Marriage License Record, Woodson County, Kansas, Woodson County Courthouse, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas.
39. Descendants of Ozias Wells and Mary Kennedy, Crawford Family Papers; privately held by Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, Kansas, 2016. Wells.KS.010. typewritten report likely obtained from Doris Ryan.
40. Duncan, L. Wallace and Chas F. Scott, History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas (Iola, Kansas: Iola Register, 1901), pp. 831-832 (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.025). Hereinafter cited as History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas.
41. "Mrs. Roy Green Dies," The Emporia Gazette (Emporia, Kansas), 3 June 1977, page 1; Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online 23 December 2019).
42. 1895 Kansas State Census, Woodson County Kansas, Kansas State Census, North Township, Woodson County, Kansas, page 12, family 2, Chas O Mentzer; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online December 2018); Kansas State Historical Society. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1088/ksv115_164-0333?pid=5871776.
43. Social Security Administration, "Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database on-line, Ancestry, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901/ : viewed online October 2017), Paul Emory Mentzer. Found online at https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60901&h=628017809&ssrc=pt&tid=115166653.
44. 1900 U.S. Census, North Township, Woodson County, Kansas, population schedule, North Township, ED 186, Sheet 1A, household 2, Charmes Mentzer; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017); FHL microfilm: 1240503. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7602/4120168_00936/17285777.
45. 1905 Kansas Census, Neosho Falls, Woodson County, state census, Neosho Falls, page 12 (image 152 of 173), dwelling 72, Mentzer, C. O.; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online March 2016). https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1088/ks1905_173-0108/3991131.
46. 1910 U.S. Census, Liberty Township, Coffey County, Kansas, population schedule, Liberty Township, Coffey County, Kansas, ED 15, sheet 7B, household 124, Charles O Mentzer; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017). https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7884/31111_4328330-00622/132643224.
47. 1915 Kansas Census, Coffey County, State Census, Coffey County, Neosho Township, 11 (image 21 of 58), dwelling 91, C. O. Mentzer; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online March 2016). https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1088/ks1915_48-0462?pid=2954799.
48. U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939, Paul E. Mentzer, 25 Apr 1918; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 23 December 2019). Original Source: List of Incoming Passenters, 1917-1938 NAI 6234465 and List of Outgoing Passengers, 1917-1938 NAI 6234477.
49. 1920 U.S. Census, Woodson County, Kansas, population schedule, Everett Township, Woodson County, Kansas, ED 155, Sheet 6A, household 116, Charles O Mentzer; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017); NARA microfilm publication T625. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6061/4300898_00954/96814037.
50. Ancestry.com, Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1925 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: KS1925_167; Line: 17.
51. 1925 Kansas census, Woodson County Kansas, State Census, Everett Township, Woodson County, Kansas, image 13 of 47, Mentzer C O; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online December 2018). https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1088/KS1925_167-0204/8373851.
52. 1930 U.S. Census, Woodson County, Kansas, population Schedule, Neosho Falls, Woodson, Kansas, ED 104-6, Sheet 4B, household 126, Mentzer, Charles O; digital iamge, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online November 2017); NARA T626. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6224/4584655_00480/34040161.
53. "Yates Center News", (Yates Center, Kansas), to (), "Died: Mentzer" 12 May 1938, page 2, col. 3(George Mentzer Notebook); ,
54. Pauline Mentzer Briles family, The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments King James Version (: The World Publishing Company, ); Letha Doolittle, San Bernadino, California, Transcription (Charles Mentzer Notebook). Hereinafter cited as The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments.
55. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online July 2016), memorial for Charles Oliver Mentzer (1869-1955), Find a Grave Memorial no. # 55747430, created by J Geoghan, citing Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by RisingSun, Charles Oliver Mentzer.
56. Ancestry, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
57. BillionGraves, digital images of tombstone, BillionGraves (billiongraves.com : viewed online December 2018), memorial for Nettie A. Mentzer (1873-1939), BillionGraves created by mcphilbrick, citing Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center Kansas; accompanying photograph by AK, Nettie A. Mentzer.
58. Nettie Adell Mentzer, death certificate #104 2410 (9 February 1938), Kansas State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Topeka, Kansas.
59. "Mrs. C. O. Mentzer," undated clipping, from unidentified newspaper; Crawford Family Papers, saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles and passed down to Marcia Philbrick; privately held 2018 by Marcia Philbrick, , Seneca, KS.
60. Memorial Record of Nettie Adell Mentzer, Crawford Family Papers; privately held by Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, Kansas, 2016. H. R. Campbell Funeral Home. saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles and passed down to Marcia Philbrick.
61. Transcriptions from Yates Center Cemetery, Crawford Family Papers; privately held by Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, Kansas, 2016. Mentzer.KS.001. recorded my Michael and Marcia Philbrick; transcribed by Marcia Philbrick.
62. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online July 2016), memorial for Charles Oliver Mentzer (1869-1955), Find a Grave Memorial no. # 55747430, created by J Geoghan, citing Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by RisingSun, Charles Oliver Mentzer.
63. Ancestry, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
64. BillionGraves, digital images of tombstone, BillionGraves (billiongraves.com : viewed online December 2018), memorial for Nettie A. Mentzer (1873-1939), BillionGraves created by mcphilbrick, citing Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center Kansas; accompanying photograph by AK, Nettie A. Mentzer.
65. Nettie Adell Mentzer, death certificate #104 2410 (9 February 1938), Kansas State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Topeka, Kansas.
66. "Mrs. C. O. Mentzer," undated clipping, from unidentified newspaper; Crawford Family Papers, saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles and passed down to Marcia Philbrick; privately held 2018 by Marcia Philbrick, , Seneca, KS.
67. Transcriptions from Yates Center Cemetery, Crawford Family Papers; privately held by Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, Kansas, 2016. Mentzer.KS.001. recorded my Michael and Marcia Philbrick; transcribed by Marcia Philbrick.