Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameCharles David Wells 
Birth7 Jan 1884, Wayne Co, IL
Census25 Apr 1910, Elm River Twp, Wayne Co, IL
Memoroll#332, 124
Census2 Jan 1920, Groveland, LaSalle Co, IL
Memoroll#378, pg 1
Census7 Apr 1930, Evans Twp, Marshall Co, IL
Memoroll#534, pg 2
Death30 Apr 1938, Wayne Co, IL
BurialBrown Cem, Mt Erie, Wayne Co, IL
FatherDavid Allen Wells (1852-1890)
MotherMalinda Justine McCleary (1855-1941)
Misc. Notes
Living in Lasalle Co, IL with his wife in 1918, when he registered for the Draft.
Listed with his wife in the 1920 Illinois census.
Listed as a hired farm hand with his wife in Evans, IL in 1930.
Charles David died at home of a gunshot wound. His death was attributed to suicide but family and friends said that Charles David would never have killed himself. It was rumored that his wife was seeing another man. Even Phoebe’s family doubted that he had killed himself.
He is buried with his unnamed wife (Phoebe) and their baby.
Listed with his wife in the 1920 Illinois census.
Listed as a hired farm hand with his wife in Evans, IL in 1930.
Charles David died at home of a gunshot wound. His death was attributed to suicide but family and friends said that Charles David would never have killed himself. It was rumored that his wife was seeing another man. Even Phoebe’s family doubted that he had killed himself.
He is buried with his unnamed wife (Phoebe) and their baby.
Spouses
Birth19 Feb 1874, Elm Twp, Wayne Co, IL
Death8 Mar 1947, Olney, Richland Co, IL
Burial9 Mar 1947, Brown Cem, Mt Erie, Wayne Co, IL
Misc. Notes
dau of Joseph Marvel (4 Jan 1842, IN - 7 Feb 1895, IL) and Nancy Ellen Mann (5 Jan 1842, IL - 18 May 1913, IL). Her name was Yother when married to Charles, based on her previous marriage to David W. Yother on 15 Aug 1897 in Mt Erie.
Following the death of Charles, she was remarried to James Albert Trotter.
She was the widow of James Albert Trotter (25 Feb 1866 - 2 Jan 1947), who had previously married her older sister Miranda, when she died. But she is buried with Charles and their stillborn daughter.
Following the death of Charles, she was remarried to James Albert Trotter.
She was the widow of James Albert Trotter (25 Feb 1866 - 2 Jan 1947), who had previously married her older sister Miranda, when she died. But she is buried with Charles and their stillborn daughter.
Marriage26 Jun 1912, Fairfield, Wayne Co, IL
ChildrenBlanche June (Stillborn) (1912-1912)