Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJohn Wells 
BirthApr 1900, Shelbyville, Shelby Co, IN
Census7 Jun 1900, Shelbyville, Shelby Co, IN
Memoroll#402, pg 3
Census26 Apr 1910, Shelbyville, Shelby Co, IN
Memoroll#379, pg 126
FatherRichard Wells (1870-<1937)
MotherSusan Frances Havens (1875-1907)
Misc. Notes
Listed as “unnamed Wells” in 1900, and with his father and step-mother as Johnnie, age 9, on the 1910 census.
The Shelbyville Republican - Saturday, 13 Feb 1913
PLAYS HOOKEY; GETS WHIPPING; LEAVES HOME.
John Wells, the twelve year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wells, of Main street, Walkerville, left his home Friday evening about 5 o'clock to escape a whipping that was to have been given him for playing "hookey." The matter was reported to the police by the parents of the lad, who were greatly concerned. He was found as he attempted to board the eastbound 12:32 car at the station this morning. He was taken in charge and returned to his parents, where, no doubt, he received two whippings instead of the one he had been promised.
The Shelbyville Republican - Saturday, 13 Feb 1913
PLAYS HOOKEY; GETS WHIPPING; LEAVES HOME.
John Wells, the twelve year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wells, of Main street, Walkerville, left his home Friday evening about 5 o'clock to escape a whipping that was to have been given him for playing "hookey." The matter was reported to the police by the parents of the lad, who were greatly concerned. He was found as he attempted to board the eastbound 12:32 car at the station this morning. He was taken in charge and returned to his parents, where, no doubt, he received two whippings instead of the one he had been promised.