Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameChester Berle Wells 
Birth5 Jun 1915, Shelbyville, Shelby Co, IN
Census3 Jan 1920, Liberty Twp, Shelby Co, IN
Memoroll#465, pg 1
Census7 Apr 1930, Addison Twp, Shelby Co, IN
Memoroll#628, pg 17
Census26 Apr 1940, Ayer, Middlesex Co, MA
Memoroll#1602, pg 4
Death24 Aug 2002, Alachua Co, FL
Burial7 Mar 2003, Florida Nat’l Cem, Bushnell, Sumter Co, FL
MemoSection 1b Row 2d Site 12
OccupationMechanic
Anst File#GS23-Y6F
FatherRichard Wells (1870-<1937)
MotherBertha Mae Herron (1885-1972)
Misc. Notes
Listed as Chester Earl in Gordon Children’s Home record, SSN registration as Chester Burl and as Chester B. on his headstone.
He is listed with his grandparents, John and Martha Herron in Jan 1920, at age 3 1/2.
He was placed in Gordon Children’s Home in 1922, along with his brothers, when his parents separated and was released to Wm. C. Shaw on 13 April 1931.
In 1930 he is listed at the Shelby County (Gordon) Children's Home at age 14, and listed with his brother Raymond.
Chester is listed as a Private (24, IN) in the Quartermaster Corps at Fort Devens. It says he was living in Frankfort IN in 1935.
PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II; 17 Jul 1940 - 18 Jun 1945
After the Army, he is listed back in Frankfort in 1952-54, working as a mechanic and married to Rachel.
He was listed as living in California when his mother died in 1972. Other records list him as living in Las Vegas.
He was living in Florida in 1997, and is buried in the Florida National Cemetery.
He is listed with his grandparents, John and Martha Herron in Jan 1920, at age 3 1/2.
He was placed in Gordon Children’s Home in 1922, along with his brothers, when his parents separated and was released to Wm. C. Shaw on 13 April 1931.
In 1930 he is listed at the Shelby County (Gordon) Children's Home at age 14, and listed with his brother Raymond.
Chester is listed as a Private (24, IN) in the Quartermaster Corps at Fort Devens. It says he was living in Frankfort IN in 1935.
PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II; 17 Jul 1940 - 18 Jun 1945
After the Army, he is listed back in Frankfort in 1952-54, working as a mechanic and married to Rachel.
He was listed as living in California when his mother died in 1972. Other records list him as living in Las Vegas.
He was living in Florida in 1997, and is buried in the Florida National Cemetery.
Spouses
Birth27 Jul 1910, Colfax, Clinton Co, IN
Death26 Oct 1984, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co, IN
MemoLafayette Healthcare Center
BurialGreenlawn Cem, Frankfort, Clinton Co, IN
MemoMausoleum
OccupationSeamstress
Misc. Notes
Listed with her parents - Charles E. and Margaret A. Myers in Charleston, IL in 1930 and 1940.
Listed with husband Chester in the 1946 thru 1959 city directories for Frankfort, IN.
They were divorced at the time of her death.
[Obituary] Journal and Courier, Lafayette IN - Saturday, 27 October 1984, pg 10
Mrs. Rachel I. Wells
FRANKFORT Mrs. Rachel Irene Wells, 74, of Delphi Avenue, Frankfort, died at 2:30 a.m. Friday in Lafayette Healthcare Center, Lafayette. She was born July 27, 1910, in Colfax, and had lived in Frankfort for 33 years. Mrs. Wells was a seamstress and had been employed at Jules Simon Co. She attended Apostolic Bible Church. - Surviving are two daughters, Catherine Hale of Houston, Texas, and Carolyn Krouse of Fort Myers, Fla.; and three sisters, Mrs. Harvey F. Igney of Frankfort, and Mrs. Glenna Tippward and Mrs. Lee A. Butler, both of Arizona.
Listed with husband Chester in the 1946 thru 1959 city directories for Frankfort, IN.
They were divorced at the time of her death.
[Obituary] Journal and Courier, Lafayette IN - Saturday, 27 October 1984, pg 10
Mrs. Rachel I. Wells
FRANKFORT Mrs. Rachel Irene Wells, 74, of Delphi Avenue, Frankfort, died at 2:30 a.m. Friday in Lafayette Healthcare Center, Lafayette. She was born July 27, 1910, in Colfax, and had lived in Frankfort for 33 years. Mrs. Wells was a seamstress and had been employed at Jules Simon Co. She attended Apostolic Bible Church. - Surviving are two daughters, Catherine Hale of Houston, Texas, and Carolyn Krouse of Fort Myers, Fla.; and three sisters, Mrs. Harvey F. Igney of Frankfort, and Mrs. Glenna Tippward and Mrs. Lee A. Butler, both of Arizona.
Marriage11 Jul 1945, Clinton Co, IN
Divorce
ChildrenC. A. (Private)