Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameHarry Eldon Wells 
Birth1907, Pierrepont, St Lawrence Co, NY
Census30 Apr 1930, DeKalb, St Lawrence Co, NY
Memoroll#1641, pg 3
Census13 Apr 1940, DeKalb, St Lawrence Co, NY
Memoroll#2769, pg 3
Death3 Mar 1981, Johnson City, Broome Co, NY
MemoIdeal-Wilson Hospital
BurialCrary Mills Cem, Canton, St Lawrence Co, NY
OccupationDairy Farmer
FatherHarry Loren Wells (1881-1951)
MotherBertha A. "Birdie" Crary (1881-1953)
Never married
Misc. Notes
Listed as Harry E. in 1910, H. Elden in 1920 and Eldon H. in later years.
Listed as a Eldon, a Dairy Farmer, while living with his father in 1930.
Listed as Eldon, a farmer (32, NY) in 1940, with his parents and two brothers.
Living in Rensselaer in 1945, and listed as Eldon in all subsequent records.
He was listed as living in DeKalb when his brother died in 1961, and deceased before his brother Donald in 1989.
[Obituary] The Journal - 8 Mar 1981
Johnson City - Funeral services for Elden Wells, 73, DeKalb Junction, were held in Johnson City, where Mr. Wells spent the winter months. Burial will be in Crary Mills Cemetery the spring. Mr. Wells died Tuesday, (March 3, 1981) in Ideal-Wilson Hospital, Johnson City, where he had been admitted Monday.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Lena Tower, Johnson City, with whom he spent the winter months; two brothers, Donald, DeKalb Junction, and Maynard of Homer; several nieces and nephews. A brother, Everett, died in 1961.
Mr. Wells was born in the town of Pierrepont, son of Harry and Birdie Crary Wells. He graduated from Canton schools and attended St. Lawrence University. He was a farmer in the Kindred area prior to his retirement in 1976, and worked at the Newell Manufacturing Company in Ogdensburg.
Listed as a Eldon, a Dairy Farmer, while living with his father in 1930.
Listed as Eldon, a farmer (32, NY) in 1940, with his parents and two brothers.
Living in Rensselaer in 1945, and listed as Eldon in all subsequent records.
He was listed as living in DeKalb when his brother died in 1961, and deceased before his brother Donald in 1989.
[Obituary] The Journal - 8 Mar 1981
Johnson City - Funeral services for Elden Wells, 73, DeKalb Junction, were held in Johnson City, where Mr. Wells spent the winter months. Burial will be in Crary Mills Cemetery the spring. Mr. Wells died Tuesday, (March 3, 1981) in Ideal-Wilson Hospital, Johnson City, where he had been admitted Monday.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Lena Tower, Johnson City, with whom he spent the winter months; two brothers, Donald, DeKalb Junction, and Maynard of Homer; several nieces and nephews. A brother, Everett, died in 1961.
Mr. Wells was born in the town of Pierrepont, son of Harry and Birdie Crary Wells. He graduated from Canton schools and attended St. Lawrence University. He was a farmer in the Kindred area prior to his retirement in 1976, and worked at the Newell Manufacturing Company in Ogdensburg.