Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJosephine Wells 
Birth12 Sep 1862, Fayette Co, PA
Census26 Apr 1930, Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA
Memoroll#2040, pg 20
Death14 May 1937, Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA
BurialRedstone Cem, Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA
FatherSamuel W. Wells (1827-1894)
MotherSarah Ann Cockburn (1832-1914)
Misc. Notes
Living with her husband and two daughters in 1930. She outlived him by a couple years.
[Obituary]
Mrs. Josephine Stuckslager, widow of Christian H. Stuckslager, died Friday, May 14, 1937, in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Edna Staub, Jefferson township. She was 74 years, eight months, and two days old.
Surviving are the following children: Mary, James, Grover Stuckslager and Mrs. Staub; and six grandchildren: Willard, Dorothy, Geraldine, Harry, and Betty Stuckslager and Paul Albert Staub.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Staub residence at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Burial will be in Redstone cemetery, near Brownsville.
[Obituary]
Mrs. Josephine Stuckslager, widow of Christian H. Stuckslager, died Friday, May 14, 1937, in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Edna Staub, Jefferson township. She was 74 years, eight months, and two days old.
Surviving are the following children: Mary, James, Grover Stuckslager and Mrs. Staub; and six grandchildren: Willard, Dorothy, Geraldine, Harry, and Betty Stuckslager and Paul Albert Staub.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Staub residence at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Burial will be in Redstone cemetery, near Brownsville.
Spouses
Birth13 Jan 1859, Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA
Death25 Oct 1935, Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA
BurialRedstone Cem, Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA
OccupationFarmer
FatherCharles H. Stuckslager Jr (1822-1883)
MotherSarah Jane Krepps (1831-1890)
Misc. Notes
A farmer listed as married 16 years and all 4 children living with them in 1900 census.
He owned a farm of 111 acres which had been in the family for over 70 years, and sold the mineral rights for coal about 1900 for $100/acre. He was a Jeffersonian Democrat who served on the election board and as road supervisor and tax collector, and was a trustee for the M. E. church.
Listed in 1930 census as a farmer (71, PA) first married at age 24; with his wife Josephine (67, PA) first married at 22. Daughters Mary and Edna were still living at home.
[Obituary] - The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA; pg 1 Saturday 26 October 1935
Christian Stuckslager, 76 years old, died Friday evening at his home in Jefferson Township following a week’s illness of complications. Besides his wife, Josephine Stuckslager, he is survived by 4 children; Mary, James, Grover and Edna, and 6 grandchildren.
He owned a farm of 111 acres which had been in the family for over 70 years, and sold the mineral rights for coal about 1900 for $100/acre. He was a Jeffersonian Democrat who served on the election board and as road supervisor and tax collector, and was a trustee for the M. E. church.
Listed in 1930 census as a farmer (71, PA) first married at age 24; with his wife Josephine (67, PA) first married at 22. Daughters Mary and Edna were still living at home.
[Obituary] - The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA; pg 1 Saturday 26 October 1935
Christian Stuckslager, 76 years old, died Friday evening at his home in Jefferson Township following a week’s illness of complications. Besides his wife, Josephine Stuckslager, he is survived by 4 children; Mary, James, Grover and Edna, and 6 grandchildren.
Marriage25 Sep 1885
ChildrenMary Anna (1886-1968)
James Cockburn (1888-1967)
Grover C. (1892-1974)
Edna Helen Dewey (1899-1977)