Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameDavid H. Wells 
Birth5 Jun 1852, Franklin Twp, Marion Co, IN
Census30 Jul 1870, Boone Twp, Madison Co, IN
Memoroll#336, pg 86
Census4 Jun 1880, Kent Twp, Warren Co, IN
Memoroll#320, pg 121
Census27 Apr 1910, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co, IN
Memoroll#382, pg 69
Death3 Aug 1919, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
Burial5 Aug 1919, Crown Hill Cem, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
MemoPlot: Sec: 54, Lot: 2063
FatherThomas Wells (1802-1899)
MotherEmily Emma Keith (1819-1900)
Misc. Notes
Living with his parents until 1870.
Listed as D. H. Wells (28, IN) a Coal Miner, with his wife Nettie (24, IN), son and two daughters in 1880.
He was remarried to Myrtle McCartney just after the 1900 census, but was living alone as a widower in 1910 in Lafayette, IN.
Listed as D. H. Wells (28, IN) a Coal Miner, with his wife Nettie (24, IN), son and two daughters in 1880.
He was remarried to Myrtle McCartney just after the 1900 census, but was living alone as a widower in 1910 in Lafayette, IN.
Spouses
Birth17 May 1853, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co, IN
Death31 May 1891, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co, IN
Misc. Notes
apparently previously married to Henry A. Zourr on 22 Jul 1872, as her last name was listed as Ada N. Zerns when she married David, and as Nettie Zenies on daughter Emma’s marriage record.
Marriage2 Jan 1875, Tippecanoe Co, IN
ChildrenFranklin Clarence “Frank" (1874-1905)
Emma E. (1876-1936)
Elizabeth May (1879-1929)
Ada Florence (1881-1960)
Birth23 Aug 1876, Indiana
Death22 May 1966, Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co, IN
MemoBen Hur Nursing Home
BurialOak Hill Cem, Lebanon, Boone Co, IN
Memo16-37n
Misc. Notes
Listed as age 3 in 1880 with her parents … as a son (sic)
Her marriage to David Wells didn’t last long, as she married James A. Grizzle (1864-1937) on April 25, 1905, in Boone County, Indiana.
Her marriage to David Wells didn’t last long, as she married James A. Grizzle (1864-1937) on April 25, 1905, in Boone County, Indiana.
Marriage27 Oct 1900, Anderson, Madison Co, IN
Marr MemoBk 9, pg 112