Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJacob L. Wells 
Birth3 Feb 1854, Decatur Co, IN
Census10 Jul 1870, Fayette Twp, Linn Co, IA
Memoroll#405, pg 167
Census17 Jun 1880, Marion, Linn Co, IA
Memoroll#351, pg 294
Census9 Jun 1900, Crowell Twp, Woods Co, Oklahoma Terr
Memoroll#1343, pg 4
Census13 May 1910, Crowell Twp, Major Co, OK
Memoroll#1262, pg 61
Census3 Mar 1920, Fairview, Major Co, OK
Memoroll#1472, pg 7
Death14 Sep 1921, Fairview, Major Co, OK
Burial15 Sep 1921, Rusk Cem, Fairview, Major Co, OK
FatherSimpson Tanner Wells (1832-1919)
MotherJane Achsah L. F. Douglass (1829-1903)
Misc. Notes
Living with his father in Iowa in 1880.
In 1900 he is living (46, IN) with his sister Emma and her husband Chris Long in Oklahoma Territory, working as a farm laborer.
Listed as J. L. Wells (56, IN) divorced in 1910, while living with his niece, Pearl B. Smith - wife of Fred A. Smith and daughter of Achsah (Wells) Horton.
In 1920 he is listed (66) with the family of Charles H. Horton (Jennie’s husband) as the widowed brother-in-law, working as farm help in Fairview, OK.
[Obituary] Fairview Republican - Friday, 16 September 1921, pg 1
JACOB WELLS DEAD -
Jacob Wells, a brother of John and Charles Wells of this city and Mrs C M Long, Mrs C H Horton, died at the Horton home on Wednesday evening aged about 65. He has not been in good health for many years and his death was due to a general decline. The funeral services were held Thursday at 10 o’clock and burial made in the Roscoe Cemetery.
In 1900 he is living (46, IN) with his sister Emma and her husband Chris Long in Oklahoma Territory, working as a farm laborer.
Listed as J. L. Wells (56, IN) divorced in 1910, while living with his niece, Pearl B. Smith - wife of Fred A. Smith and daughter of Achsah (Wells) Horton.
In 1920 he is listed (66) with the family of Charles H. Horton (Jennie’s husband) as the widowed brother-in-law, working as farm help in Fairview, OK.
[Obituary] Fairview Republican - Friday, 16 September 1921, pg 1
JACOB WELLS DEAD -
Jacob Wells, a brother of John and Charles Wells of this city and Mrs C M Long, Mrs C H Horton, died at the Horton home on Wednesday evening aged about 65. He has not been in good health for many years and his death was due to a general decline. The funeral services were held Thursday at 10 o’clock and burial made in the Roscoe Cemetery.