Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameAmy Wolf 
BirthNov 1898, Kentucky
Census7 Jun 1900, Lamasco, Lyon Co, KY
MemoED 61, pg 4
Census12 Jan 1920, LaFont Twp, New Madrid Co, MO
Memoroll#937, pg 6
Census5 Apr 1930, Marissa, St Clair Co, IL
DeathAug 1979, Marissa, St Clair Co, IL
Misc. Notes
Listed as Amy Wolf on the 1900 census as the only child of Berry (29, TN) and Ivy Lee (24, KY) Wolf.
Listed as Amy Wolfe on daughter Lorene’s SSN registration.
Married Arthur Newton Cooper (1886-1943) just prior to the 1920 census, when she is listed as Ami Coopper (21, KY) with her two Wolf sisters, Inas (12, KY) and Olina (6, MO) along with brother Kelly Wolf (2yr 6mo, MO) listed with them.
As Ammie Cooper (31, KY) in the 1930 St Clair Co, IL census her husband (41, KY) a road & bridge inspector, and 3 daughters; twins Pauline & Loraine (9, MO) and Bernice (3, MO). It says she was first married at age 19, and he at 29. Her parents were born in Tennessee and Kentucky.
She was Mrs. Amy Cooper when she was remarried to Ernest Armstrong in 1960, and 3 of her Cooper children are listed in Ernest’s obituary.
Listed as Amy Wolfe on daughter Lorene’s SSN registration.
Married Arthur Newton Cooper (1886-1943) just prior to the 1920 census, when she is listed as Ami Coopper (21, KY) with her two Wolf sisters, Inas (12, KY) and Olina (6, MO) along with brother Kelly Wolf (2yr 6mo, MO) listed with them.
As Ammie Cooper (31, KY) in the 1930 St Clair Co, IL census her husband (41, KY) a road & bridge inspector, and 3 daughters; twins Pauline & Loraine (9, MO) and Bernice (3, MO). It says she was first married at age 19, and he at 29. Her parents were born in Tennessee and Kentucky.
She was Mrs. Amy Cooper when she was remarried to Ernest Armstrong in 1960, and 3 of her Cooper children are listed in Ernest’s obituary.
Spouses
Birth3 Sep 1886, Cadiz, Trigg Co, KY
Death4 May 1943, Belleville, St Clair Co, IL
Misc. Notes
Son of Newton Cooper and Emily Choate
Marriage1918, Missouri
Birth19 Jan 1896, St Louis, St Louis Co, MO
Death27 Mar 1967, Tilden, Randolph Co, IL
Burial29 Mar 1967, Marissa Cem, Marissa, St Clair Co, IL
OccupationFarmer
FatherWyman "Otis" Armstrong (1866-1950)
MotherSusan Jane “Jennie” Box (1862-1940)
Misc. Notes
He is living in Alton, MO in 1920, working as a laborer (23, MO) for the city, with his wife Leila (24, IL) and daughters Esther and Opal, both born in Kansas.
He is listed as a farmer (34, MO) in the 1930 census for Jasper Twp, Ralls Co, MO with his wife Lila and 4 children as well as his “widowed”? mother.
In the 1940 census, Ernest is listed with his wife and 2 sons in East St Louis.
He was living in Mountain Grove MO in 1931-32, then in East St Louis IL in 1942 when he registered for the WWII Draft. He was living in Glenellen, MO in 1950 when his father lived with him due to illness and died at his home.
[Obituary] The Belleville News-Democrat, Belleville IL - Tuesday, 28 March 1967, pg 2
Ernest Armstrong of Tilden dies at Home Monday
Ernest E. Armstrong 71, died unexpectedly at his home in Tilden Monday morning. He had been in failing health for several years. Before his retirement he was employed by the Hunter Packing Co, in East St. Louis for 27 years.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Finger Funeral Home in Marissa followed by burial in the Marissa Cemetery, Rev. Wesley P. Walters, pastor of the United Presbyterian Church of Marissa, officiated.
Mr. Armstrong was born January 19, 1896 in St. Louis, a son of the late Wyman 0. and Susan Jane Armstrong nee Box. On September 15, 1960, he was married at Sparta to Mrs. Amy Cooper, who survives.
Other survivors are two sons, Harley Armstrong of Cahokia, and Francis Armstrong of Caseyville; two daughters, Mrs. Esther Janco of Granite City and Mrs. Opal Swindell of Clay City: a step-son, Raymond Cooper of Tilden; two step-daughters, Mrs. Lorene Casperson of Arthur and Mrs. Pauline Schmidi of East St. Louis; two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Tucker of Waieiloo, Iowa and Mrs. Jennie Atchison of Marshalltown, Iowa; a half-brother, Sid Adkins of Hot Springs, Ark.; 14 grandchildren; four step-grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren.
He is listed as a farmer (34, MO) in the 1930 census for Jasper Twp, Ralls Co, MO with his wife Lila and 4 children as well as his “widowed”? mother.
In the 1940 census, Ernest is listed with his wife and 2 sons in East St Louis.
He was living in Mountain Grove MO in 1931-32, then in East St Louis IL in 1942 when he registered for the WWII Draft. He was living in Glenellen, MO in 1950 when his father lived with him due to illness and died at his home.
[Obituary] The Belleville News-Democrat, Belleville IL - Tuesday, 28 March 1967, pg 2
Ernest Armstrong of Tilden dies at Home Monday
Ernest E. Armstrong 71, died unexpectedly at his home in Tilden Monday morning. He had been in failing health for several years. Before his retirement he was employed by the Hunter Packing Co, in East St. Louis for 27 years.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Finger Funeral Home in Marissa followed by burial in the Marissa Cemetery, Rev. Wesley P. Walters, pastor of the United Presbyterian Church of Marissa, officiated.
Mr. Armstrong was born January 19, 1896 in St. Louis, a son of the late Wyman 0. and Susan Jane Armstrong nee Box. On September 15, 1960, he was married at Sparta to Mrs. Amy Cooper, who survives.
Other survivors are two sons, Harley Armstrong of Cahokia, and Francis Armstrong of Caseyville; two daughters, Mrs. Esther Janco of Granite City and Mrs. Opal Swindell of Clay City: a step-son, Raymond Cooper of Tilden; two step-daughters, Mrs. Lorene Casperson of Arthur and Mrs. Pauline Schmidi of East St. Louis; two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Tucker of Waieiloo, Iowa and Mrs. Jennie Atchison of Marshalltown, Iowa; a half-brother, Sid Adkins of Hot Springs, Ark.; 14 grandchildren; four step-grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren.
Marriage15 Sep 1960, Sparta, Randolph Co, IL