Oliver Wells (20, OH) is listed in Des Moines, IA in 1920 as a lodger, working as a barber. Lived in Iowa and married his first wife, Mattie there later that year, where they stayed until she died in childbirth. After that he roamed around for about 7 years until he met Molly in CO. They were married in Sterling in 1929 and moved to north of Yuma where they farmed and where both children were born.
Listed in Magee in 1930. where Oliver (31, OH) was farming with Mollie (24, NE). And they had moved to Washington Co, CO by 1940 with the family now consisting of Oliver L. (42, OH), Mollie (34, NE) and children William Robert (8, CO) and Edna Viola (4, CO).
They moved back to Ohio for a short time in 1942, then settled in Sterling, CO with his wife and children until his death. He was a farmer and did carpentry later on. Retired in 1954.