Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameSimpson Samuel Wells 
Birth3 May 1879, Rooks Co, KS
Census22 Apr 1910, Pct #29, Pueblo Co, CO
Memoroll#124, pg 3
Census31 Jan 1920, Concrete, Fremont Co, CO
Memoroll#164, pg 96
Census10 Apr 1930, Portland, Fremont Co, CO
Memoroll#241, pg 1
Census16 Apr 1940, Portland, Fremont Co, CO
Memoroll#463, pg1
DeathNov 1962, Pueblo, Pueblo Co, CO
BurialImperial Memorial Gardens, Pueblo, Pueblo Co, CO
MemoHillcrest plot
FatherNewton Wells (1849-1912)
MotherIrene Barnes (1850-1910)
Misc. Notes
listed with his parents as a farm laborer in 1900.
In 1910, both he (30, KS marr 2 yrs) and his brother Simpson were listed with what is assumed to be their work crew in Precinct 29, Pueblo County, listed as married boarders living with the Wilkinson’s, doing teamster work.
In 1920 he is renting a home in Concrete, age 40 and working as a General Foreman for the water canal. He is listed next door to his brother Howard; with his wife, 10 year old daughter Doris, and his wife’s niece, Harriet L. Aiken (12).
In 1930 (indexed as Wills) he is listed in Portland (51, KS) first married at age 30, working as a general Foreman for the Water Company on an irrigation project. His wife and daughter are both living with him.
In 1940 he is listed as a steel mill foreman (42, KS) for the Ditch, with his wife Louise (53, CO). It says he completed the 8th grade and she had 2 yrs of high school, and they were renting.
Living in Florence, CO in 1944.
In 1910, both he (30, KS marr 2 yrs) and his brother Simpson were listed with what is assumed to be their work crew in Precinct 29, Pueblo County, listed as married boarders living with the Wilkinson’s, doing teamster work.
In 1920 he is renting a home in Concrete, age 40 and working as a General Foreman for the water canal. He is listed next door to his brother Howard; with his wife, 10 year old daughter Doris, and his wife’s niece, Harriet L. Aiken (12).
In 1930 (indexed as Wills) he is listed in Portland (51, KS) first married at age 30, working as a general Foreman for the Water Company on an irrigation project. His wife and daughter are both living with him.
In 1940 he is listed as a steel mill foreman (42, KS) for the Ditch, with his wife Louise (53, CO). It says he completed the 8th grade and she had 2 yrs of high school, and they were renting.
Living in Florence, CO in 1944.
Spouses
BirthApr 1887, Swallows, Pueblo Co, CO
Death1966, Pueblo Co, CO
BurialImperial Memorial Gardens, Pueblo, Pueblo Co, CO
MemoHillcrest plot
Misc. Notes
Daughter of James Polk Richie and Elvina Harriet Higdon, both born in Georgia; with whom she is listed in the 1900 census for Pueblo Co, CO.
Marriage23 Sep 1908, Colorado Springs, El Paso Co, CO
ChildrenDoris N. (1909-1998)