Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJohn Morgan Wells 
Birth6 Apr 1876, Columbus, Bartholomew Co, IN
Census1880, Columbus, Bartholomew Co, IN
Memoroll#265, pg 33
Census1 Jun 1900, Columbus, Bartholomew Co, IN
Memoroll#369, pg 16
Census20 Apr 1910, Bedford, Lawrence Co, IN
Memoroll#364, pg 9
Census23 Jan 1920, Marion, Grant Co, IN
Memoroll#434, pg 29
Death1929, Bedford, Lawrence Co, IN
BurialGreen Hill Cem, Bedford, Lawrence Co, IN
Occupationdry goods Salesman
FatherHiram Simpson Wells (1849-1910)
MotherNancy M. Abbett (1850-1878)
Misc. Notes
Listed as John (4, IN) with his uncle James in the 1880 census.
In the 1900 census, it shows his birth as Apr 1877, and name as Jno M. Wells and he has been married one year to Strinea Haryman (Jan 1881, IN) working as a dry goods salesman. Her mother Nettie (48, IN) is living with them.
He was listed as widowed when he was (re)married to Mary P. Salman in 1908, and they were listed in Bedford, IN in the 1910 census with a boarder and John owning his own Dry Goods shop.
By 1920 they had moved to Marion, IN where John (43, IN) and Mary (35, PA) had her mother Ida C. Salman (70, SWE) living with them in addition to a woman and her daughter boarders. It lists Ida as widowed, immigrated from Sweden in 1876 and naturalized in 1898.
In the 1900 census, it shows his birth as Apr 1877, and name as Jno M. Wells and he has been married one year to Strinea Haryman (Jan 1881, IN) working as a dry goods salesman. Her mother Nettie (48, IN) is living with them.
He was listed as widowed when he was (re)married to Mary P. Salman in 1908, and they were listed in Bedford, IN in the 1910 census with a boarder and John owning his own Dry Goods shop.
By 1920 they had moved to Marion, IN where John (43, IN) and Mary (35, PA) had her mother Ida C. Salman (70, SWE) living with them in addition to a woman and her daughter boarders. It lists Ida as widowed, immigrated from Sweden in 1876 and naturalized in 1898.
Spouses
Birth23 Sep 1883, Pennsylvania
Death1933, Bedford, Lawrence Co, IN
BurialGreen Hill Cem, Bedford, Lawrence Co, IN
Misc. Notes
In 1900 Mary (Sep 1883, PA) is living with the family of her brother Charles A. and his wife Jessie, along with their mother Ida Salman (Nov 1850, SWE).
Following the death of her husband Mary is listed in the 1930 Bedford census as a widow (45, PA), along with her mother Ida C. Salman (80, SWE) also a widow - who immigrated in 1877 and was naturalized.
Following the death of her husband Mary is listed in the 1930 Bedford census as a widow (45, PA), along with her mother Ida C. Salman (80, SWE) also a widow - who immigrated in 1877 and was naturalized.
Marriage8 Jun 1908, Anderson, Madison Co, IN
Marr MemoBk2, pg 65
No Children