Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameSarah “Belle” Wells 
Birth18 Apr 1885, Guernsey Co, OH
Census1 Jun 1900, New Concord, Muskingum Co, OH
Memoroll#1310, pg 1
Census27 Apr 1910, Tuscarawas Twp, Coshocton Co, OH
Memoroll#1162, pg 173
Census3 Jan 1920, Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV
Memoroll#1966, pg 2
Census25 Apr 1930, Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV
Memoroll#2550, pg 18
Census6 Apr 1940, Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC
Memoroll#2877, pg 4
Census7 Apr 1950, Asheville, Buncombe Co, NC
Memoroll#3030, pg 16
Death21 Sep 1965
OccupationTeacher, Stenographer, Secretary
FatherWilliam C. Wells (1825-1892)
MotherSarah A. "Sadie" McCune (1846-1913)
Misc. Notes
Listed as Sarah B. Wells until 1920, and Belle thereafter.
With her widowed mother and siblings in 1900.
Listed with her mother as a stenographer (24, OH) in a Chow plant in 1910.
Was with her brother John in 1920 in Wheeling, WV as a church secretary, listed as Belle (33, OH).
She was married to Alva Lewis back in Ohio in 1929, but is listed as Belle (39, OH) with him and children Blanche M. (13), William F. (10), Jane Louise (6), and Ellen May (1yr, 10 mo) for the 1930 census, and listed as Belle in city directories there thru 1934.
She is then listed as Belle W. Lewis in 1940, a widowed teacher (48, OH) working as secretary of the private Allen Home school (for the Colored) in Asheville, NC. It confirms that she was living in Wheeling, WV in 1935.
Listed in 1950 as Belle Lewis a widowed Bible Teacher (65, PA), still in Asheville.
With her widowed mother and siblings in 1900.
Listed with her mother as a stenographer (24, OH) in a Chow plant in 1910.
Was with her brother John in 1920 in Wheeling, WV as a church secretary, listed as Belle (33, OH).
She was married to Alva Lewis back in Ohio in 1929, but is listed as Belle (39, OH) with him and children Blanche M. (13), William F. (10), Jane Louise (6), and Ellen May (1yr, 10 mo) for the 1930 census, and listed as Belle in city directories there thru 1934.
She is then listed as Belle W. Lewis in 1940, a widowed teacher (48, OH) working as secretary of the private Allen Home school (for the Colored) in Asheville, NC. It confirms that she was living in Wheeling, WV in 1935.
Listed in 1950 as Belle Lewis a widowed Bible Teacher (65, PA), still in Asheville.
Spouses
Birth22 May 1893, Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV
Death19 Jul 1932, Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV
Burial22 Jul 1932, Greenwood Cem, Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV
OccupationMachinist
Misc. Notes
Son of Alva Fielding Lewis & Amelia Lodge.
He was first married in 1905 to Ellen Jane Armstrong (1897-1928) at age 22 and had 4 children, then married Belle after Ellen’s death.
By 1940 the 4 children were living together on their own, with Ellen’s brother, Wm L. Armstrong.
He was first married in 1905 to Ellen Jane Armstrong (1897-1928) at age 22 and had 4 children, then married Belle after Ellen’s death.
By 1940 the 4 children were living together on their own, with Ellen’s brother, Wm L. Armstrong.
Marriage30 Mar 1929, Cambridge Twp, Guernsey Co, OH
No Children