Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Anderson King 
Birth20 May 1877, Eddyville, Pope Co, IL
Census16 Apr 1910, St Louis, St Louis Co, MO
Memoroll#817, pg 3
Census5 Apr 1950, East St Louis, St Clair Co, IL
Memoroll#4724, pg 14
Death14 Jan 1961, St Louis Co, MO
MemoVA Hospital
BurialLake View Memorial Gardens, Fairview Heights, St Clair Co, IL
OccupationRailroad Engineer
Misc. Notes
Son of Joe W. King (1839, IL) and Melinda (1858, Scotland).
Was a steam locomotive Engineer, and listed in the 1920 and 1930 census with his wife and her siblings.
He and Grace were living in East St. Louis in 1942 (at the same address as her brother and sister), when he registered for the WWII Draft, while working for the railroad.
He is listed with Grace and her siblings in 1950, although listed as Will Wells, a brother.
He was still living there and married to Grace when he died in the VA hospital in 1961.
Was a steam locomotive Engineer, and listed in the 1920 and 1930 census with his wife and her siblings.
He and Grace were living in East St. Louis in 1942 (at the same address as her brother and sister), when he registered for the WWII Draft, while working for the railroad.
He is listed with Grace and her siblings in 1950, although listed as Will Wells, a brother.
He was still living there and married to Grace when he died in the VA hospital in 1961.
Spouses
BirthSep 1885, Illinois
Deathaft 1961
FatherSamuel Wells (1838-1912)
MotherAmanda Margaret Stewart (1845-1927)
Misc. Notes
She and her husband William A. King are living in St Louis in 1910, married 0 yrs.
Wm. King (1878, IL) was a steam engineer and they were living with her mother and siblings in 1920, 1930 and 1940.
She is then listed as Grace Wells (65, IL) with her siblings in 1950 as having never been married, althogh her husband Will (69, IL) is listed with her.
Listed in the city directory as late as 1959.
Wm. King (1878, IL) was a steam engineer and they were living with her mother and siblings in 1920, 1930 and 1940.
She is then listed as Grace Wells (65, IL) with her siblings in 1950 as having never been married, althogh her husband Will (69, IL) is listed with her.
Listed in the city directory as late as 1959.
Marriage7 Apr 1910, Alton, Madison Co, IL
Marr MemoJustice Nathan