Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameRobert Wilson Wells Sr 
Birth18 Oct 1876, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
Census7 Jan 1920, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
Memoroll#452, pg 10
Census7 Apr 1930, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
Memoroll#609, pg 77
Census2 Apr 1940, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
Memoroll#1124, pg 1
Death2 Aug 1950, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
BurialCrown Hill Cem, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
MemoSec. 94, Lot 353
OccupationPostman
FatherWilson D. Wells (1835-1914)
MotherMaranda H. Coleman (1849-1935)
Misc. Notes
Initially ran a wordworking machine at the Udell Works. He then worked as a letter carrier for the Post Office from 1900 until 1942. He didn’t finish high school, but helped his kids study when they attended, and constantly used the dictionary, such that he was known as “Dictionary Wells”.
Listed in 1920 census with his wife and 9 children, as a postman (43).
In 1930 the only child not still living at home was Theodore.
By 1940 he is still at the Post Office as a mail carrier (63, IN), with his wife Mary (62, OH) and 3 children at home - Nellie (26), James (23), and John (20).
Listed in 1920 census with his wife and 9 children, as a postman (43).
In 1930 the only child not still living at home was Theodore.
By 1940 he is still at the Post Office as a mail carrier (63, IN), with his wife Mary (62, OH) and 3 children at home - Nellie (26), James (23), and John (20).
Spouses
Birth23 Nov 1877, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH
Death10 Mar 1952, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
Burial13 Mar 1952, Crown Hill Cem, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
MemoSec. 94, Lot 353
Misc. Notes
[Obituary] 12 March 1952
... Born in Circleville, OH. Mrs. Wells was brought to Indianapolis as a small infant. Her grandparents had come to this country from Ireland, and, because of an unpleasant six-week trip across the ocean, had kept a vow never to go back.
Mrs. Wells’ hobby was flowers, and she was a familiar figure to neighbors and passers-by as she worked among the flowers in her yard.
Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. Mary Reed, Wormsley, PA; Mrs. Genevieve Gorsline, Logansport; and Mrs. Bertha Schrader, Mrs. Lillian Ishler, and Mrs. Nellie Dunn, Indianapolis; M-Sgt Theodore Wells with the air wing of the National Guard at St. Louis, MO; and Harold Wells, New York and 15 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
One grandson, Sgt. Theodore Wells Jr. is now in Okinawa, another Pfc. Robert Reed, has returned to this country after a year in Korea, where he was wounded after partipating in four major battles.
... Born in Circleville, OH. Mrs. Wells was brought to Indianapolis as a small infant. Her grandparents had come to this country from Ireland, and, because of an unpleasant six-week trip across the ocean, had kept a vow never to go back.
Mrs. Wells’ hobby was flowers, and she was a familiar figure to neighbors and passers-by as she worked among the flowers in her yard.
Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. Mary Reed, Wormsley, PA; Mrs. Genevieve Gorsline, Logansport; and Mrs. Bertha Schrader, Mrs. Lillian Ishler, and Mrs. Nellie Dunn, Indianapolis; M-Sgt Theodore Wells with the air wing of the National Guard at St. Louis, MO; and Harold Wells, New York and 15 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
One grandson, Sgt. Theodore Wells Jr. is now in Okinawa, another Pfc. Robert Reed, has returned to this country after a year in Korea, where he was wounded after partipating in four major battles.
Marriage19 Sep 1899, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
ChildrenMary Elizabeth (1900-1982)
Robert Wilson (1902-1977)
Bertha Helen (1904-1994)
Genevieve C. (1906-1996)
Theodore Martin (1908-1991)
Lillian C. (1910-1991)
Harold F. “Stephen” (1911-1972)
Nellie M. (1914-1991)
James Woodrow “Woody” (1917-1945)
John Edward (1918-1943)