Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameOmar Newton Wells
Birth18 May 1887, Batemantown, Knox Co, OH
CensusJan 1920, Middlebury Twp, Knox Co, OH
Memoroll#1403, pg 219
Census16 Apr 1940, Fredericktown, Knox Co, OH
Memoroll#3093, pg 10
Death16 Apr 1966, Mt Vernon, Knox Co, OH
BurialForest Cem, Fredericktown, Knox Co, OH
FatherJoseph Miller Wells (1859-1929)
MotherIda Ellen Moats (1862-1908)
Misc. Notes
Attended Miller school with Clarence, Melva and Josie. Bernice has a picture of them outside the school in 1896. married by Pastor O.L. Cook - marr lic filed in Morrow Co. was living in Perry Tp, Morrow Co in May, 1911 when Cloyd was born. They lived on farms and farmed around the county for a few years. Then they sold out and moved to Fredericktown, where he owned a garage and the boys helped out once in a while. Listed there in 1940, with sons Leonard, Carl and Willis.
He retired and moved to Mt. Vernon, but still helped Gatton's with gardening.
Was a member of the Waterford Church of Christ at one time. Frances, his daughter-in-law, said that he was born in Perry Twp, Morrow Co. Birth record lists his mother as Matha Holmes, not Ida. Iva's family photo listed his birth date as May 3rd. In 1920 census Sylvia Rinehart, his sister-in-law was living with them. Lived in Fredericktown, OH in 1929.
Spouses
Birth1 Jan 1891, Perry Twp, Morrow Co, OH
Death15 Apr 1965, Mt Vernon, Knox Co, OH
Burial18 Apr 1965, Forest Cem, Fredericktown, Knox Co, OH
FatherJames E. Rinehart (1851-1926)
MotherAnna E. Henry (1858-1926)
Misc. Notes
Her name is spelled Datura on marr license and Daturah in church records, Detura on Iva's family photo. Cloyd said that she was Pennsylvania Dutch. She never worked outside the home. Died of a heart attack at age 74.
Marriage6 Oct 1906, Morrow Co, OH
Marr MemoPastor O.L. Cook
ChildrenDortha (1908-1993)
 Cecile (1909-1990)
 Cloyd Leo (1911-1993)
 Leonard D. (1917-1982)
 Carl Howard (1919-1981)
 Willis Bert (1923-1980)
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