Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJeanette Alice ”Nettie" Hauger 
Birth26 Apr 1872, Terre Haute, Vigo Co, IN
Census6 Apr 1940, Palmyra, Lee Co, IL
Memoroll#836, pg 3
Death28 Jan 1957, Dixon, Lee Co, IL
Burial30 Jan 1957, Oakwood Cem, Dixon, Lee Co, IL
Misc. Notes
Daughter of Solomon Hauger Jr (1828-1880) and Julia Ann Dowell (1834-1915).
After her husband died, she is listed as Jaenette, a widow (67, IN) in 1940 living next to the families of sons Paul and Warren Wells.
[Obituary] Dixon Evening Telegraph - Monday, 28 January 1957, pg 6
Mrs John F. Wells, 83, died at 8:30 this morning in her home at 319 Chamberlin St, after a lingering illness. She was born Jeanette Alice Hauger in Terre Haute, Ind., on April 26, 1873. She is survived by five sons and four daughters. Sons are Ira and Samuel, both of Dixon; John, Rockford; Clyde, Harmon; and Warren, Franklin Grove. Daughters are Clare, at home in Dixon; Mrs. Lora Dusing, Polo; Mrs. Julia McMahon, Danville; and Mrs. Emmogene Buck, Peoria. Also surviving are 26 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, John, and four sons and three daughters. Funeral services will be held at Buckley Staples Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Joseph C. McMahon officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Friends may call Monday and Tuesday evening at the funeral home.
After her husband died, she is listed as Jaenette, a widow (67, IN) in 1940 living next to the families of sons Paul and Warren Wells.
[Obituary] Dixon Evening Telegraph - Monday, 28 January 1957, pg 6
Mrs John F. Wells, 83, died at 8:30 this morning in her home at 319 Chamberlin St, after a lingering illness. She was born Jeanette Alice Hauger in Terre Haute, Ind., on April 26, 1873. She is survived by five sons and four daughters. Sons are Ira and Samuel, both of Dixon; John, Rockford; Clyde, Harmon; and Warren, Franklin Grove. Daughters are Clare, at home in Dixon; Mrs. Lora Dusing, Polo; Mrs. Julia McMahon, Danville; and Mrs. Emmogene Buck, Peoria. Also surviving are 26 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, John, and four sons and three daughters. Funeral services will be held at Buckley Staples Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Joseph C. McMahon officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Friends may call Monday and Tuesday evening at the funeral home.
Spouses
Birth9 Dec 1866, Bloomington, McLean Co, IL
Death6 Mar 1934, Dixon, Lee Co, IL
BurialOakwood Cem, Dixon, Lee Co, IL
FatherRichard C. Wells (1835-1893)
MotherCassandra Hougham (1841-1879)
Misc. Notes
Listed with his parents in 1870 as John (3, IL).
CHILDREN:
Ira WELLS - Sep 1891
Grover WELLS - Jan 1893 (m. Winifred Strauss on 26 Jan 1916, listed next in 1920 as a widow)
Azel WELLS - Jun 1894
Laura Lena WELLS - Nov 1895
Luella WELLS - Sep 1896 (m. Miles L. Bowers on 9 Sep 1919)
Edna Julia WELLS - Apr 1899 (m. Lester L. Rhodes on 10 Mar 1923)
Clara WELLS - 1902 twin
Clyde WELLS - 1902 twin
John WELLS - 1904
Ralph “Samuel” WELLS - 1906 (m. Mamie Dwyer on 15 Jun 1929)
Imogene WELLS - 1907 (m. Donald H. Grover on 17 Mar 1925)
Paul WELLS - Nov 1909
Warren WELLS - 1912
His death was reported on Pg 1, Col 7 of the 6 Mar 1934 Dixon Telegraph.
[Obituary] Dixon Evening Telegraph - Saturday, 10 March 1934, pg 2
JOHN WELLS WAS LAID TO REST IN PLOT IN OAKWOOD - Assemblage Gathered at Rite of Popular Dixon Farmer
Funeral services for the late John F Wells was held at the country home, southwest of Dixon, Thursday. Rev. James A Barnett, pastor of the First Christian church, was in charge of the funeral rites. Interment was in Oakwood cemetery.
Obituary
John Franklin Wells was born December 9, 1866, at Bloomington, departed this life March 6, 1934 at his home near Dixon. He was the oldest of three children born to Richard and Cassandra Wells, who died while he was yet a small boy. He then was taken into the care of his grandparents, with whom he lived till early manhood in McLean county. He followed the vocation of electrician for several years, then he took up farming which he followed the last thirty years of his life.
Father of Large Family
On July 20, 1890, he was united in marriage to Jeannette Hauger of McLean, III. To this union were born sixteen children, of whom twelve survive. Two children, Jeannette and Lamar died in infancy and later Edna and Grover, husband of Mrs. Winifred Wells, who resides in this city. The surviving children are; Warren, Paul, Clare and Clyde, at home; Ira, Azel, John Jr., Mrs. Julia Rhodes, Mrs. Emmagene Grover, of Dixon; Mrs. Lora Dusing, Mrs. Luella Bowers and Samuel Wells, of Polo. He is also survived by sixteen grand-children. He was a good citizen, an accommodating neighbor and a kind and loving father, and will be greatly missed in the home circle and community. A host of friends join in extending warmest sympathy to the sorrowing widow and loved ones.
CHILDREN:
Ira WELLS - Sep 1891
Grover WELLS - Jan 1893 (m. Winifred Strauss on 26 Jan 1916, listed next in 1920 as a widow)
Azel WELLS - Jun 1894
Laura Lena WELLS - Nov 1895
Luella WELLS - Sep 1896 (m. Miles L. Bowers on 9 Sep 1919)
Edna Julia WELLS - Apr 1899 (m. Lester L. Rhodes on 10 Mar 1923)
Clara WELLS - 1902 twin
Clyde WELLS - 1902 twin
John WELLS - 1904
Ralph “Samuel” WELLS - 1906 (m. Mamie Dwyer on 15 Jun 1929)
Imogene WELLS - 1907 (m. Donald H. Grover on 17 Mar 1925)
Paul WELLS - Nov 1909
Warren WELLS - 1912
His death was reported on Pg 1, Col 7 of the 6 Mar 1934 Dixon Telegraph.
[Obituary] Dixon Evening Telegraph - Saturday, 10 March 1934, pg 2
JOHN WELLS WAS LAID TO REST IN PLOT IN OAKWOOD - Assemblage Gathered at Rite of Popular Dixon Farmer
Funeral services for the late John F Wells was held at the country home, southwest of Dixon, Thursday. Rev. James A Barnett, pastor of the First Christian church, was in charge of the funeral rites. Interment was in Oakwood cemetery.
Obituary
John Franklin Wells was born December 9, 1866, at Bloomington, departed this life March 6, 1934 at his home near Dixon. He was the oldest of three children born to Richard and Cassandra Wells, who died while he was yet a small boy. He then was taken into the care of his grandparents, with whom he lived till early manhood in McLean county. He followed the vocation of electrician for several years, then he took up farming which he followed the last thirty years of his life.
Father of Large Family
On July 20, 1890, he was united in marriage to Jeannette Hauger of McLean, III. To this union were born sixteen children, of whom twelve survive. Two children, Jeannette and Lamar died in infancy and later Edna and Grover, husband of Mrs. Winifred Wells, who resides in this city. The surviving children are; Warren, Paul, Clare and Clyde, at home; Ira, Azel, John Jr., Mrs. Julia Rhodes, Mrs. Emmagene Grover, of Dixon; Mrs. Lora Dusing, Mrs. Luella Bowers and Samuel Wells, of Polo. He is also survived by sixteen grand-children. He was a good citizen, an accommodating neighbor and a kind and loving father, and will be greatly missed in the home circle and community. A host of friends join in extending warmest sympathy to the sorrowing widow and loved ones.
Marriage20 Jul 1890, McLean Co, IL
Marr MemoVol 00J, pg 0207
ChildrenIra Oliver (1892-1964)
Grover Cleveland (1893-1919)
Azel Ross (1894-1953)
Lora P. (1895-1973)
Luella E. (1897-1942)
Edna Ersel (1899-1917)
Julia E. (1901-1984)
Clare E. (Twin) (1902-1987)
Clyde Elbert (Twin) (1902-1979)
John H. (1904-1971)
Samuel Ralph (1905-1975)
Emmogene Francis (1907-1998)
Paul Clinton (1909-1944)
Warren Edward (1912-1975)
Jeanette (Died as Infant)
Lamar Max (Died as Infant) (1916-1916)