Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameFlorence Evelyn Shelton 
Birth11 Oct 1900, Iowa
Death11 Aug 1920, Eltopia, Franklin Co, WA
MemoSt Elizabeth Hospital
Burial13 Aug 1920, Tahoma Cem, Yakima, WA
MemoSect C, Blk 197, SE Qtr, Lot 3
Misc. Notes
Daughter of Charles Thomas Shelton and Lillian Laughunn. When Florence was about two years old her mother died in childbirth, so Florence was raised by her grandparents until she was twelve years old.
After marrying Lewis, she had a baby girl on 22 May 1920 in Eltopia, WA but it was a premature birth and only lived a few hours then died. Florence died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis later that year.
After marrying Lewis, she had a baby girl on 22 May 1920 in Eltopia, WA but it was a premature birth and only lived a few hours then died. Florence died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis later that year.
Spouses
Birth23 Nov 1893, Centralia, Lewis Co, WA
Death2 Sep 1958, Vernonia, Columbia Co, OR
Memocert# 10156
BurialVernonia Memorial Cem, Vernonia, Columbia Co, OR
FatherWilliam Arthur Wells (1850-1933)
MotherMartha Ann Shelton (1860-1945)
Misc. Notes
He was living in Eltopia, WA when he registered for the Draft in 1917.
Listed in Leroy, WA in 1920 as a grain farmer with his wife Florence E. (19, IA). By 1930 he had moved to Yacolt and is listed as (re)married 2 years to Maud R. (25, OR) and working as a butcher in a logging camp. His name is spelled Louis in 1930.
They were living in Vernonia in 1940, with him still listed as a butcher (46, WA) in the logging camp. His family consisted of Maude (35, OR) and children Martha R. (9), Lester L. (7), William O. (6), Patricia K. (4), Margaret A. (2), and Ruby F. (9 mos).
His headstone lists his death as 3 Sept 1958, and says he was a PVT in the 90 Spruce Squadron in WWI.
Listed in Leroy, WA in 1920 as a grain farmer with his wife Florence E. (19, IA). By 1930 he had moved to Yacolt and is listed as (re)married 2 years to Maud R. (25, OR) and working as a butcher in a logging camp. His name is spelled Louis in 1930.
They were living in Vernonia in 1940, with him still listed as a butcher (46, WA) in the logging camp. His family consisted of Maude (35, OR) and children Martha R. (9), Lester L. (7), William O. (6), Patricia K. (4), Margaret A. (2), and Ruby F. (9 mos).
His headstone lists his death as 3 Sept 1958, and says he was a PVT in the 90 Spruce Squadron in WWI.
Marriage22 Sep 1919, Franklin Co, WA
Marr Memo#744