Individual Details
William Hall WELLS
(24 Aug 1857 - 9 Sep 1939)
Events
| Birth | 24 Aug 1857 | Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, United States |  | ||
| Birth | Sullivan, New York, United States | ||||
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| Residence | 14 Jun 1860 | a 3 year old male born in Kansas and was listed as William Wells - Miamiville, Osage Township, Lykins County, Kansas |  | | |
| Residence | 30 Jul 1870 | a 12 year old male born Michigan and was listed as William Wells - Des Moines Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1875 | Liberty Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 5 Jun 1880 | Des Moines Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Marriage | 7 Aug 1881 | Davis, Iowa, United States - Mary Elizabeth BLACK | | ||
| Residence | 1 Jun 1885 | Chequest Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Residence | 22 Jun 1900 | Chequest Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Residence | 1901 | Iowa, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1905 | Chequest Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1907 | Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 30 Apr 1910 | Center Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | | |
| Residence | 17 Jan 1920 | a 61 year old laborer born Kansas and was listed as William Wells - Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1 Jun 1925 | Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Reunion | 10 Jul 1926 | the Wells family reunion - Riverside Park, Neosho Falls Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | 9 May 1938 | Milton, Van Buren, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Residence | Feb 1939 | Milton, Van Buren, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Death | 9 Sep 1939 | Malta, Phillips, Montana, United States | | ||
| Burial | Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Elizabeth BLACK (1861 - 1936) |
| Child | Nile Clay WELLS (1883 - 1941) |
| Child | Frank James WELLS (1885 - 1950) |
| Child | Dolla May WELLS (1888 - 1967) |
| Child | Mary Elizabeth WELLS (1890 - 1920) |
| Child | Samuel Clark WELLS (1892 - 1915) |
| Child | Jesse Hall WELLS (1894 - 1967) |
| Father | Thurston Kennedy WELLS (1821 - 1893) |
| Mother | Sarah HALL ( - 1860) |
| Sibling | Francis Owen WELLS (1853 - 1912) |
Notes
Residence
William Wells was listed below K. T. Wells and Franklin Wells in the household of James Londers on the 1860 census. According to the census, William was 3 years old and born in Kansas Territory.Residence
a 22 year old male farm laborer who is a cousin to the family and was born in Kansas and was listed as William WellsResidence
a 42 year old male farmer born in Kansas who has been married 18 years and was listed as William WillsWilliam was listed on the 1900 census as William Wills. He was born Aug 1857 in Kansas. He and his wife, Lizzie, had been married 18 years. William was a farmer.
Residence
a 52 year old male farmer born in Kansas who has been married 28 years and was listed as William H. WellsEndnotes
1. , (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.001), Yates Center Cemetery, , .
2. Descendents of Ozias Wells and Mary Kennedy (, , unknown), (Wells.KS.010)
3. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online June 2017), memorial for William Hall Wells (1857-1939), Find a Grave Memorial no. #55747343, created by J Geoghan, citing Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Rising Sun, William Hall Wells.
4. 1900 U.S. Census, Van Buren County, Iowa, population schedule, Chequest Township, Van Buren County, Iowa, ED 93, Sheet 7A, household 152, William Wells; digital image, Ancestry.com(www.ancestry.com: viewed online June 2017); NARA T623.
5. "Buried in Kansas," digital image, Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls, Montana), 17 September 1939, page 4; ditial images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online April 2018).
6. Crawford Family Papers; privately held by Marcia Philbrick, Seneca, Kansas, 2016. Wells Family Bible. copy obtained from Doris Ryan, daughter of Cecile Mentzer Beine.
7. "Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996,"Ancestry.com, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60284/ : viewed online (June 2017), William Hall Wells - Mary Lizzie Black; Family Search.
8. 1860 U.S. Census, Lykins County Kansas Territory, population schedule, Miami Ville, Osage Township, Lykins County, Kansas Territory, page 80, household 608, K T Wells; digital image, Ancestry.com(www.ancestry.com: viewed online Nov 2017).
9. 1870 U.S. Census, Van Buren County Iowa, population schedule, , ; digital image, Ancestry.com(www.ancestry.com: accessed ); NARA microfilm publication T132.
10. 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).
11. 1880 U.S. Census, Van Buren County, Iowa, population schedule, Des Moines, Van Buren County, Iowa, ED 37, page 8 (image 8 of 23), household 58, Clinton Dodson; digital image, Ancestry.com(www.ancestry.com: viewed online June 2017); NARA microfilm publication T9.
12. Descendents of Ozias Wells and Mary Kennedy (, , unknown), (Wells.KS.010)
13. Letter from () to , 1992; (), (Wells.KS.018).
14. Marriage Records, 1880-1951, William Hall Wells - Mary Lizzie Black, 7 Aug 1888; database on-line, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online June 2017).
15. "Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996,"Ancestry.com, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60284/ : viewed online (June 2017), William Hall Wells - Mary Lizzie Black; Family Search.
16. 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 .
17. "Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992,"MyHeritage, (www.myheritage.com : viewed online (June 2017), Mary Lizzie Black - William Hall Wells.
18. 1885 Iowa Census, Van Buren County, Iowa, Iowa State Census, Chequest Township, Van Buren County, Iowa, image 10 of 29, household 63, William Wells; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online June 2017); State Historical Society of Iowa.
19. 1900 U.S. Census, Van Buren County, Iowa, population schedule, Chequest Township, Van Buren County, Iowa, ED 93, Sheet 7A, household 152, William Wells; digital image, Ancestry.com(www.ancestry.com: viewed online June 2017); NARA T623.
20. Duncan, L. Wallace and Chas F. Scott, History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas (Iola, Kansas: Iola Register, 1901), "Biography of Charles O. Mentzer," pp. 831-832 (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.025). Hereinafter cited as History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas.
21. 1905 Iowa State Census, Van Buren County, Iowa, Iowa State Census, Chequest, Van Buren County, Iowa, image 5, line 269, William Wells; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online April 2018).
22. "Newspaper clipping from unknown newspaper", (), to (), "Peake" probably from Yates Center News (Wells.Notebook); , . Hereinafter cited as "Newspaper clipping".
23. 1910 U.S. Census, Woodson County, Kansas, population schedule, Center Township, Woodson County, Kansas, ED 145, Sheet 7A (image 13 of 15), household 128, William H Wells; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : veiwed online June 2017); NARA microfilm publication T624.
24. 1920 U.S. Census, Woodson County, Kansas, population schedule, Center Township, Woodson County, Kansas, ED 160, sheet 17B (image 32 of 47), household 11, William Wells; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online June 2017); NARA microfilm publication T625.
25. 1925 Kansas Census, Douglas County, Kansas, Kansas State Census, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, page 32 (image 81 of 505), household 111, Wells, W. H.; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online June 2017); Kanss State Historical Society.
26. "Newspaper clipping from unknown newspaper", (), to (), "The Wells Reunion" probably from Yates Center News (Wells.Notebook); , . Hereinafter cited as "Newspaper clipping".
27. "Yates Center News", (Yates Center, Kansas), to (), "Died: Mentzer" 12 May 1938, page 2, col. 3(George Mentzer Notebook); ,
28. , Obituary Clipping (N.p.: saved by Mrs. Pauline Briles, n.d.).
29. , (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.001), Yates Center Cemetery, , .
30. Descendents of Ozias Wells and Mary Kennedy (, , unknown), (Wells.KS.010)
31. "Montana, Death Index, 1868-2011,"Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : Phillips, Montana, viewed online (June 2017), William H Wells; State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of VItal Statistics.
32. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online June 2017), memorial for William Hall Wells (1857-1939), Find a Grave Memorial no. #55747343, created by J Geoghan, citing Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Rising Sun, William Hall Wells.
33. "Montana Death Index, 1907-2007,"Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com : viewed online (June 2017), William Wells; State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services.
34. "Buried in Kansas," digital image, Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls, Montana), 17 September 1939, page 4; ditial images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online April 2018).
35. , (Doc. #: Mentzer.KS.001), Yates Center Cemetery, , .
36. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online June 2017), memorial for William Hall Wells (1857-1939), Find a Grave Memorial no. #55747343, created by J Geoghan, citing Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by Rising Sun, William Hall Wells.