Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameDonald Lawrence Wells 
Birth20 May 1919, Canton, St Lawrence Co, NY
Census10 Apr 1950, DeKalb, St Lawrence Co, NY
Death25 Jul 2021, Tombstone, Cochise Co, AZ
Memoroll#4104, pg 9
Death18 Jul 1989, Ogdensburg, St Lawrence Co, NY
BurialHermon Cem, Hermon, St Lawrence Co, NY
MemoNew Side (across street)
FatherHarry Loren Wells (1881-1951)
MotherBertha A. "Birdie" Crary (1881-1953)
Misc. Notes
Listed as 7 mos old in 9 Jan 1920 census.
[Obituary] The Tribune-Press, Gouverneur NY - 26 Jul 1989
DE KALB JUNCTION - Donald L. Wells, 70, Ritchie road, life-long DeKalb area resident, died July 18 in A. Barton Hepburn Hospital, Ogdensburg.
A graveside service was planned at a later date in Hermon Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Denesha Funeral Home.
Surviving are his wife, Virginia; two sons, James A., Brier Hill, and Donald E., Whitney Point; two daughters. Grace E. Ramsey, Brier Hill, and Virginia L. Watson, Gouverneur; six grandchildren, a great-grandchild; a brother, Maynard G. Weils, Homer; a sister, Lena Tower, Johnson City; several nieces and nephews. Two brothers, Everett and Eldon and two grandchildren died before him.
Born in Canton on May 20, 1919, a son of Harry and Berdia Crary Wells, he married Virginia Piercy June 8, 1946 in Rensselear Falls. Mr. Wells was employed as a dairy farmer in DeKalb. He had lived in the DeKalb area all of his life. He attended the Christ Church of Love, DeKalb.
[Obituary] The Tribune-Press, Gouverneur NY - 26 Jul 1989
DE KALB JUNCTION - Donald L. Wells, 70, Ritchie road, life-long DeKalb area resident, died July 18 in A. Barton Hepburn Hospital, Ogdensburg.
A graveside service was planned at a later date in Hermon Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Denesha Funeral Home.
Surviving are his wife, Virginia; two sons, James A., Brier Hill, and Donald E., Whitney Point; two daughters. Grace E. Ramsey, Brier Hill, and Virginia L. Watson, Gouverneur; six grandchildren, a great-grandchild; a brother, Maynard G. Weils, Homer; a sister, Lena Tower, Johnson City; several nieces and nephews. Two brothers, Everett and Eldon and two grandchildren died before him.
Born in Canton on May 20, 1919, a son of Harry and Berdia Crary Wells, he married Virginia Piercy June 8, 1946 in Rensselear Falls. Mr. Wells was employed as a dairy farmer in DeKalb. He had lived in the DeKalb area all of his life. He attended the Christ Church of Love, DeKalb.
Spouses
Birth6 Jun 1928, Ogdensburg, St Lawrence Co, NY
Death15 Sep 2019, Potsdam, St Lawrence Co, NY
MemoCanton Potsdam Hospital
Misc. Notes
Daughter of Everett Robert Piercy (1895 – 1979) and Grace Pauline Eddy (1898 – 1941).
Virginia comes from the great unwanted of Norfolk. It appears her ancestors, Robert and Sarah Piercy, were a burden on the Parish of Reepham in Norfolk. In 1834 the total parish relief was 2 pounds 16 shillings and 2 pence for the family of 2 adults and 4 children. That does not seem a great amount to warrant such a drastic step as exiling a family. The parish, aka the church, in their wisdom placed that family and quite a few other families on a boat to Upper Canada. The only one of that family which has been traced is Virginia’s G grandfather Isaac Piercy.
[Obituary] WWNY - September 17, 2019
DEKALB JUNCTION, NY - Virginia C. Wells, 91, of DeKalb Junction, died on September 15, 2019, at Canton Potsdam Hospital, Allen-Denesha Funeral Home, DeKalb Junction, entrusted with arrangements. Services are private.
Virginia is survived by sons, James and his wife Donna Wells of Gouverneur, Donald Wells of Tombstone, Arizona, daughters, Grace Wells of Ogdensburg, Virginia and her husband Gary Watson of Gouverneur, grandchildren, Daniel Rodriguez, Granger Watson, George Ramsey Jr., Jason Ramsey, Tina and her husband Scott Walrath, Tonya and her husband Robert Collins, great grandchildren, Jessica Moore, Robert Collins II, Chelsea Walrath, Joshua Walrath, Jacob Walrath, Nathan Watson, Emma Ramsey, Lizzy Ramsey, great great grandchildren, Michael Moore, Cayden Moore, Tristan Moore, and one nephew.
She was predeceased by her grandchildren, Kimberly Virginia Rodriguez, Lisa Marie Ramsey, a sister, Dorothea Davies and a daughter in law, Amity Wells.
Virginia was born on June 6, 1928, in Ogdensburg, NY, the daughter of the late R. Everett and Grace Eddy Piercy.
She married Donald L. Wells on June 8, 1946 in Rensselaer Falls, he died in 1989. She worked on her family farm in Kendrew, her whole life. Virginia was a member of the DeKalb Hermon Senior Citizen Club and the Gouverneur and Canton Senior Citizen Clubs.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to, DeKalb Junction United Methodist Church or the Hermon Rescue Squad. Online condolences can be made at www.allendeneshafuneralhome.com.
Virginia comes from the great unwanted of Norfolk. It appears her ancestors, Robert and Sarah Piercy, were a burden on the Parish of Reepham in Norfolk. In 1834 the total parish relief was 2 pounds 16 shillings and 2 pence for the family of 2 adults and 4 children. That does not seem a great amount to warrant such a drastic step as exiling a family. The parish, aka the church, in their wisdom placed that family and quite a few other families on a boat to Upper Canada. The only one of that family which has been traced is Virginia’s G grandfather Isaac Piercy.
[Obituary] WWNY - September 17, 2019
DEKALB JUNCTION, NY - Virginia C. Wells, 91, of DeKalb Junction, died on September 15, 2019, at Canton Potsdam Hospital, Allen-Denesha Funeral Home, DeKalb Junction, entrusted with arrangements. Services are private.
Virginia is survived by sons, James and his wife Donna Wells of Gouverneur, Donald Wells of Tombstone, Arizona, daughters, Grace Wells of Ogdensburg, Virginia and her husband Gary Watson of Gouverneur, grandchildren, Daniel Rodriguez, Granger Watson, George Ramsey Jr., Jason Ramsey, Tina and her husband Scott Walrath, Tonya and her husband Robert Collins, great grandchildren, Jessica Moore, Robert Collins II, Chelsea Walrath, Joshua Walrath, Jacob Walrath, Nathan Watson, Emma Ramsey, Lizzy Ramsey, great great grandchildren, Michael Moore, Cayden Moore, Tristan Moore, and one nephew.
She was predeceased by her grandchildren, Kimberly Virginia Rodriguez, Lisa Marie Ramsey, a sister, Dorothea Davies and a daughter in law, Amity Wells.
Virginia was born on June 6, 1928, in Ogdensburg, NY, the daughter of the late R. Everett and Grace Eddy Piercy.
She married Donald L. Wells on June 8, 1946 in Rensselaer Falls, he died in 1989. She worked on her family farm in Kendrew, her whole life. Virginia was a member of the DeKalb Hermon Senior Citizen Club and the Gouverneur and Canton Senior Citizen Clubs.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to, DeKalb Junction United Methodist Church or the Hermon Rescue Squad. Online condolences can be made at www.allendeneshafuneralhome.com.
Marriage8 Jun 1946, Rensselaer Falls, St Lawrence Co, NY