Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameSimpson Tanner Wells 
Birth13 Apr 1832, Greensburg, Decatur Co, IN
Census2 Sep 1850, Clay Twp, Decatur Co, IN
Memoroll#142, pg 34
Census11 Jul 1860, Fremont Twp, Benton Co, IA
Memoroll#311, pg 0
Census10 Jul 1870, Fayette Twp, Linn Co, IA
Memoroll#405, pg 167
Census17 Jun 1880, Marion, Linn Co, IA
Memoroll#351, pg 294
Census4 Jun 1900, Deep Creek Twp, Woods Co, Oklahoma Terr
MemoED 221, pg 106
Census1910, Deep Creek, Major Co, OK
Memoroll# , pg 72
Death29 Jul 1919, Fairview, Major Co, OK
BurialRusk Cem, Fairview, Major Co, OK
OccupationFarmer
ReligionSeventh Day
FatherJohn Haston Wells (1801-1878)
MotherAchsah Jane Tanner (1814-1886)
Misc. Notes
He moved to Benton Co, Iowa in 1857.
He appears as Simon (Simson) G. Wells in the 1860 census for Fremont Twp, Benton Co, IA as a farmer (28) with $1,100 of land. With him are his wife and 3 oldest children.
Listed as Simpson Wills (36) in 1870 census for Fayette, IA farming with his wife and oldest 6 children.
Listed as Simson (47) in Marion, IA for the 1880 census with his wife and 6 children (Emma was not listed, probably married). A family photo shows them all together in the mid 1880’s in Marion.
The family moved to Cullison, Pratt Co, KS in 1887, and then to Fairview, Major Co, OK in 1894.
He is listed with the family of his son Junius in 1900 and again and widowed in 1910.
[Obituary] Fairview Republican - Fri 8 Aug 1919, pg 1
Smpson T. Wells was born in Greensburg, Ind. April 13, 1832, died in Fairview, Okla. at the home of his son, J. E. Wells, July 29, 1919, aged 87 years, 3 months, 17 days. He weas married February 23, 1853, to Jane Douglass, who preceded him in death 16 years, to this union were born 7 children, 4 sons and 3 daughters, they are: Jacob L., Junius E., John D. and Charles C. Wells, Ravavah Wells, Mrs. C. W. Long and Mrs. C. W. Horton, all of whom live in and near Fairview and were present at the funeral.
In 1857 Brother Wells moved to Iowa, where he resided until 1885, when he moved to Kansas, living there until the opening of the Strip, when he came to Oklahoma, settled on a place 4 miles east of Fairview, where he has lived until about a year ago, when he came with his son to Fairview.
He united with the Church of God in 1875 and has lived a consistent Christian life, strong in the hope of a coming Savior and a home in the earth made new.
Funeral services were conducted by Brother S. S. Davison and interment made at Rusk cemetery.
He appears as Simon (Simson) G. Wells in the 1860 census for Fremont Twp, Benton Co, IA as a farmer (28) with $1,100 of land. With him are his wife and 3 oldest children.
Listed as Simpson Wills (36) in 1870 census for Fayette, IA farming with his wife and oldest 6 children.
Listed as Simson (47) in Marion, IA for the 1880 census with his wife and 6 children (Emma was not listed, probably married). A family photo shows them all together in the mid 1880’s in Marion.
The family moved to Cullison, Pratt Co, KS in 1887, and then to Fairview, Major Co, OK in 1894.
He is listed with the family of his son Junius in 1900 and again and widowed in 1910.
[Obituary] Fairview Republican - Fri 8 Aug 1919, pg 1
Smpson T. Wells was born in Greensburg, Ind. April 13, 1832, died in Fairview, Okla. at the home of his son, J. E. Wells, July 29, 1919, aged 87 years, 3 months, 17 days. He weas married February 23, 1853, to Jane Douglass, who preceded him in death 16 years, to this union were born 7 children, 4 sons and 3 daughters, they are: Jacob L., Junius E., John D. and Charles C. Wells, Ravavah Wells, Mrs. C. W. Long and Mrs. C. W. Horton, all of whom live in and near Fairview and were present at the funeral.
In 1857 Brother Wells moved to Iowa, where he resided until 1885, when he moved to Kansas, living there until the opening of the Strip, when he came to Oklahoma, settled on a place 4 miles east of Fairview, where he has lived until about a year ago, when he came with his son to Fairview.
He united with the Church of God in 1875 and has lived a consistent Christian life, strong in the hope of a coming Savior and a home in the earth made new.
Funeral services were conducted by Brother S. S. Davison and interment made at Rusk cemetery.
Spouses
Birth21 Dec 1829, Decatur Co, IN
Death25 Nov 1903, Fairview, Woods Co, Oklahoma Terr
BurialRusk Cem, Fairview, Major Co, OK
Misc. Notes
Her father was Leander F. Douglass according to some info collected by Dorothy Sampson, and verified by the 1850 census. She is listed with her parents in the 1850 census for Clay Twp, Decatur Co, IN.
She had a younger brother David, who fought in the Civil War, and is probably the witness to the will of Richard Wells, Simpson’s grandfather.
In 1900 she (70, IN) is listed in the census with her son Charles and his new bride in Fairview OK. She is listed as married 47 yrs, and both parents born in Kentucky, but her husband is listed with their son Junius.
She had a younger brother David, who fought in the Civil War, and is probably the witness to the will of Richard Wells, Simpson’s grandfather.
In 1900 she (70, IN) is listed in the census with her son Charles and his new bride in Fairview OK. She is listed as married 47 yrs, and both parents born in Kentucky, but her husband is listed with their son Junius.
Marriage24 Feb 1853, Decatur Co, IN
Marr MemoBook H, pg 14 by John Pavy (Baptist)
ChildrenJacob L. (1854-1921)
Ravanah (1856-1942)
Junius Elmer (1858-1928)
Emma Alice (1860-1946)
Achsah Jane “Jennie” (1862-1937)
John David (1866-1944)
Charles Cevy (1871-1947)