Individual Details

Miranda Aurilla Elizabeth "Rilla" Scoville

(19 Oct 1875 - 3 Nov 1944)



Named as Miranda Coffey at the time her mother wrote her will, 12 Oct 1920 - but she was already living with Walter Wells in the 1920 census.

1900 Census. El Reno, Canadian, OK, Hh
Stephen Brown, b. Jan 1863, 37, married 6 years, b. MO, House painter
Arilla, wife, b. Oct 1874, 25, 1 child, b. AR
Mamie E., dau, b. Mar 1896, 4, b. AR

1910 Census. Anadarko Ward 2, Caddo, OK, Hh 162
114 W. Washington Ave
W. W. Coffee, 39, married twice, this time for 4 years, b. Nebraska, Laaborer, cement work
Rilla, wife, 36, married twice, 4 children - 3 are living, b. AR
Mamie Brown, stepdau, 14, b. AR
Clifford Brown, stepson, 8, b. OK
Wesley Coffee, son, 11 months, b. OK
Albert Coffee, brother, 45, b. NE, laborer, any kind

1920 Census. Poplar Bluff, Butler, MO, Hh 77
Walter M. Wells, 62, Drayman, wood
Lizzie, wife, 48, Ironer, Laundry
Clifford, son, 17 (no alternative surname), b. AR (no ...Oklahoma)
Walton, son, 10 (no alternative surname), b. MO (no ...Oklahoma)

1928 Hot Springs City Directory
Wm Wells, (Eliz) mgr Oaklawn Apts, home 325 Benton

1930 Census. Hot Springs, Garland, AR, Hh 265
Walter M. Wells, 66, b. Ohio, married first time at age 30, Keeper Lodging House
Rilla, wife, 57, b. AR, married first time at age 20, b. AR
Elmer Pringle, Lodger, 70, b. IN, married at age 52, b. IN, laborer, railroad construction
John W. Mims, lodger, 76, b. AR, married first time at age 21, b. AR, retail merchard, Fish
John McWilliams, lodger, 69, single, b. Ohio

1930 Hot Springs City Directory
Walter M. Wells (Eliz) furnished rms, 335 Benton

1935 Hot Springs City Directly
Wells, Walter M. (Rilla: Nebraska House) Home 335 Benton

Marriage record, Polk Co, AR. Rilla Wells to William James Mitchell, 1 Feb 1938. She was 63 - he was 65

1940 Census. South Hot Springs, Garland, AR, Hh 784
William J. Mitchell, 66, b. PA
Rilla, wife, 64, b. AR

1940 Hot Springs City Directory
Wm J Mitchell (Rilla) home, 321 Benton

Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Hot Springs, Garland Co, AR as is husband Walton Wells.

Events

Birth19 Oct 1875Arkansas
Marriage19 Nov 1894Sebastian County, Arkansas - Living
Marriage8 Jul 1899Sebastian County, Arkansas - Stephen Brown
Marriage26 Nov 1905Caddo County, Oklahoma - Wesley Walton Coffey
DivorceBef 1920Wesley Walton Coffey
Marriage1 Feb 1938Polk County, Arkansas - Living
Divorce1943Living
Death3 Nov 1944
Marriage19 NovWalter Marvin Wells

Families

SpouseWalter Marvin Wells (1863 - 1936)
SpouseWesley Walton Coffey (1869 - 1924)
ChildWesley Walton Wells (1907 - 1981)
SpouseStephen Brown (1863 - )
SpouseLiving
SpouseLiving
FatherJames M. Scoville (1835 - 1897)
MotherMiranda Elizabeth Wood (1850 - 1922)
SiblingThomas Lester Scoville (1870 - )
SiblingJames H. Scoville (1874 - )
SiblingSam Scoville (1876 - )
SiblingWilliam Bailey Scoville (1878 - )
SiblingHenry Rodgers Scoville (1882 - )
SiblingStephen B. Scoville (1885 - 1885)
SiblingHenry Lee Scoville (1886 - )