Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameMary Ann Ferris 
Birth1 Sep 1879, Wabash Co, IN
Census28 Apr 1910, Wabash, Wabash Co, IN
Memoroll#386, pg 201
Census2 Jan 1920, Wabash, Wabash Co, IN
Memoroll#472, pg 1
Census11 Jan 1930, Wabash, Wabash Co, IN
Memoroll#636, pg 11
Census12 Apr 1940, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
Memoroll#1124, pg 69
Death21 Sep 1954, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
BurialWashington Park
Memocremated
Misc. Notes
Daughter of Henry A. Ferris and Hannah Jane Thorne.
Referred to in her husband's obit as being from Wabash, IN.
She is listed as a widowed bookkeeper(35, IN) with her daughter Mary (11, IN) and mother (61, IN) in Wabash in 1920.
Listed there again in 1930 as age 49, and first married at age 24. Both she and her daughter were bookkeepers, and her mother Hannah J. Ferris is listed as a salesperson (70, IN).
By 1940 they had moved to Indianapolis, where she is listed as widowed (61, IN) with daughter Mary J. (30, IN) who is still single and working as a bookkeeper for a laundry. Both are listed as having completed high school, living there since before 1935, and they have two lodgers living with them.
She fell and hit her head, had a concussion and suffocated due to vomit aspiration.
[Obituary] Indianapolis Star - Thursday, 23 Sept 1954, pg 27
Mrs. Mary Wells
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Anna Wells, 2108 North Meridian Street, who died Tuesday in her home, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Roysler and Askin Mortuary. Cremation will be in Washington Park Cemetery. Mrs. Wells, a former bookkeeper and accountant, was a native of Wabash and had lived at Indianapolis 22 years. She was general bookkeeper for 19 years at the Wabash County Loan and Trust Company at Wabash. In Indianapolis she worked for the State Tax Board and at the Indiana National Bank. She was a member of the Altrusa Club at Wabash and was a member of the Indianapolis Second Church of Christ Scientist and the Indianapolis Business and Professional Women's Club. Her husband, Clyde W. Wells, an attorney, died in 1911. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Mary Jane Caudry of Peoria, III., and a sister, Mrs. W. R. Raney of Princeton, W.Va.
Referred to in her husband's obit as being from Wabash, IN.
She is listed as a widowed bookkeeper(35, IN) with her daughter Mary (11, IN) and mother (61, IN) in Wabash in 1920.
Listed there again in 1930 as age 49, and first married at age 24. Both she and her daughter were bookkeepers, and her mother Hannah J. Ferris is listed as a salesperson (70, IN).
By 1940 they had moved to Indianapolis, where she is listed as widowed (61, IN) with daughter Mary J. (30, IN) who is still single and working as a bookkeeper for a laundry. Both are listed as having completed high school, living there since before 1935, and they have two lodgers living with them.
She fell and hit her head, had a concussion and suffocated due to vomit aspiration.
[Obituary] Indianapolis Star - Thursday, 23 Sept 1954, pg 27
Mrs. Mary Wells
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Anna Wells, 2108 North Meridian Street, who died Tuesday in her home, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Roysler and Askin Mortuary. Cremation will be in Washington Park Cemetery. Mrs. Wells, a former bookkeeper and accountant, was a native of Wabash and had lived at Indianapolis 22 years. She was general bookkeeper for 19 years at the Wabash County Loan and Trust Company at Wabash. In Indianapolis she worked for the State Tax Board and at the Indiana National Bank. She was a member of the Altrusa Club at Wabash and was a member of the Indianapolis Second Church of Christ Scientist and the Indianapolis Business and Professional Women's Club. Her husband, Clyde W. Wells, an attorney, died in 1911. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Mary Jane Caudry of Peoria, III., and a sister, Mrs. W. R. Raney of Princeton, W.Va.
Spouses
BirthJun 1878, Fayette Co, PA
Death15 Nov 1912, Perryopolis, Fayette Co, PA
Burial17 Nov 1912
OccupationAttorney
FatherJames Allison Wells (1833-1892)
MotherEllen M. Colvin (1832-1912)
Misc. Notes
Following the death of his father, he is listed as going to school (at age 21) with his mother and brothers, living with the family of his brother Alva.
Working as a bookkeeper in the railroad office in Wabash, IN in 1910, with his wife and dau.
He was listed as being "of Indiana" in his mother's obituary in March 1912.
His obit says he graduated from law school in Indianapolis, practiced law at Wabash where he was married and returned to Fayette Co due to ill health.
[Obituary] The Daily Courier (Connellsville, PA), pg 5 - Saturday, 16 Nov 1912
Clyde Wallace Wells, aged 34 years, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Ada B. Chalfant at 6:30 Friday evening. Mr. Wells was born near Brownsville, PA, June 10, 1878. He studied at Jefferson Academy and became a school teacher. A few years later he entered Hiran College, where he remained three years. He has been in the employ of the Big Four railroad the last six years, during which time he had lived at Wabash, Ind. Mr. Wells leaves a wife and one child, Mary Jane Wells. He is also survived by four brothers, Alva, James, Levi and William, and one sister, Mrs. Ida B. Chalfant.
The funeral will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. from the old Wells homestead in Jefferson township, now the home of Alva Allen Wells.
Working as a bookkeeper in the railroad office in Wabash, IN in 1910, with his wife and dau.
He was listed as being "of Indiana" in his mother's obituary in March 1912.
His obit says he graduated from law school in Indianapolis, practiced law at Wabash where he was married and returned to Fayette Co due to ill health.
[Obituary] The Daily Courier (Connellsville, PA), pg 5 - Saturday, 16 Nov 1912
Clyde Wallace Wells, aged 34 years, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Ada B. Chalfant at 6:30 Friday evening. Mr. Wells was born near Brownsville, PA, June 10, 1878. He studied at Jefferson Academy and became a school teacher. A few years later he entered Hiran College, where he remained three years. He has been in the employ of the Big Four railroad the last six years, during which time he had lived at Wabash, Ind. Mr. Wells leaves a wife and one child, Mary Jane Wells. He is also survived by four brothers, Alva, James, Levi and William, and one sister, Mrs. Ida B. Chalfant.
The funeral will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. from the old Wells homestead in Jefferson township, now the home of Alva Allen Wells.
Marriage12 Feb 1908, Wabash, Wabash Co, IN
Marr MemoUnited Methodist Church
ChildrenMary Jane (1908-1996)