Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameCatherine “Katie” Hoffman 
Birth19 Nov 1864, Shelby Co, IN
Death28 May 1955, Fairborn, Greene Co, OH
BurialForest Hill Cem, Shelbyville, Shelby Co, IN
MemoSect 18, lot 362B
Misc. Notes
Daughter of Peter Hoffman (7 Jun 1826 Prussia - 14 Feb 1896 IN) and Margretha Schoan (2 Feb 1827 Prussia - 16 May 18987 IN) who were married 30 Nov 1856 in Indiana. Her parents were listed as being from Hanover and Germany in the census records. She had 2 brothers and 2 sisters.
Listed as Katherine Hoffman on marriage record, and Cathren Wells in 1900 census, Katherine in 1910, Catharine in 1920, and Catherine in 1930.
Listed as Katherine Hoffman on marriage record, and Cathren Wells in 1900 census, Katherine in 1910, Catharine in 1920, and Catherine in 1930.
Spouses
Birth4 Jun 1876, Decatur Co, IN
Death8 Feb 1947, Dayton, Montgomery Co, OH
MemoMiami Valley Hosp.
Burial11 Feb 1947, Forest Hill Cem, Shelbyville, Shelby Co, IN
MemoSect 18, lot 362B
OccupationMachinist, Cabinet Maker
FatherSamuel Wells (1837-1914)
MotherMartha Jane Ritchey (1840-1915)
Misc. Notes
Listed in Shelbyville in 1900 as a machinist (24) with his wife and year old daughter. They had been married 3 years.
In 1920 he is listed as a cabinet maker with his wife and daughter, plus his nearly 6 year old nephew Raymond Wells.
He also worked as a Woodworking foreman at Patterson Field, Dayton OH. And he is listed (53, IN) as an airplane field mechanic in 1930, with wife Catherine (60, IN) in Dayton, OH.
In 1940 he is listed as a wood worker (63, IN) doing airplane repair at the government airfield, with his wife Catherine (75, IN).
Died of Prostate Cancer
[Obituary] The Shelbyville Republican - Monday 10 February 1947, Pg 1 col 1
Morgan H. Wells, 70, a resident of Shelbyville for many years, died at 12:55 Saturday at the Miami Valley Hospital at Dayton, Ohio. His home was a 49 South First Street, Fairfield, Ohio.
For 25 years he made his home at 232 West Pennsylvania Street in this city, and he was employed for many years as a woodworker at the old Davis-Birely table factory. For the past 24 years he had been employed at Patterson Field, near Dayton.
He was married to Kathryn Hoffman, of Shelby county, and the widow survives with a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Ochs, and two grandchildren.
Mr. Wells was a member of the First Methodist Church here, and funeral services will be held at the Loren H. Murphy funeral home in this city at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. W. E. Burkher and Rev. N. I. Schoolfield will officiate. Burial will be made at Forest Hill cemetery.
In 1920 he is listed as a cabinet maker with his wife and daughter, plus his nearly 6 year old nephew Raymond Wells.
He also worked as a Woodworking foreman at Patterson Field, Dayton OH. And he is listed (53, IN) as an airplane field mechanic in 1930, with wife Catherine (60, IN) in Dayton, OH.
In 1940 he is listed as a wood worker (63, IN) doing airplane repair at the government airfield, with his wife Catherine (75, IN).
Died of Prostate Cancer
[Obituary] The Shelbyville Republican - Monday 10 February 1947, Pg 1 col 1
Morgan H. Wells, 70, a resident of Shelbyville for many years, died at 12:55 Saturday at the Miami Valley Hospital at Dayton, Ohio. His home was a 49 South First Street, Fairfield, Ohio.
For 25 years he made his home at 232 West Pennsylvania Street in this city, and he was employed for many years as a woodworker at the old Davis-Birely table factory. For the past 24 years he had been employed at Patterson Field, near Dayton.
He was married to Kathryn Hoffman, of Shelby county, and the widow survives with a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Ochs, and two grandchildren.
Mr. Wells was a member of the First Methodist Church here, and funeral services will be held at the Loren H. Murphy funeral home in this city at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. W. E. Burkher and Rev. N. I. Schoolfield will officiate. Burial will be made at Forest Hill cemetery.
Marriage7 Jul 1897, Shelby Co, IN
Marr MemoBk 15, pg 367
ChildrenMarguerite Gertrude (1899-1994)