Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameRalph William Leader 
Birth11 Sep 1878, Monmouth, Warren Co, IL
Death1943
BurialElmwood Cem, Brighton, Adams Co, CO
OccupationHarness shop proprietor, Oil & Gas salesman, oil Pumper
Spouses
Birth18 Nov 1881, Warren Co, IL
DeathMar 1967, Brighton, Adams Co, CO
BurialElmwood Cem, Brighton, Adams Co, CO
FatherRobert Laughlin Wells (1845-1923)
MotherMelvina Delcina Smith (1848-1923)
Misc. Notes
Listed as Margaret in 1900, working as a housemaid for the Joel family at age 18.
Married Ralph William Leader on 1 Jan 1903 and had daughter Alberta.
They are listed in Iowa in 1910 as Ralph (29, IL) and Margaret (26, IL), married 7 years with a child no longer living. Ralph was listed as proprietor of a harness shop. They were still there in 1920 at ages 40 and 37, now with daughter Alberta M. (4, IA).
By 1925 they have moved to Independence, KS where they are listed at ages 44, 41 and 9. They are listed there again in 1930, with Ralph listed as an Oil & Gas salesman.
They moved to McPherson Co, KS by 1940, where they are listed at ages 60 and 56, without their daughter. Ralph completed an 8th grade education and is listed as a Pumper in the oil lease industry, while Margaret attended 2 yrs of High School.
Married Ralph William Leader on 1 Jan 1903 and had daughter Alberta.
They are listed in Iowa in 1910 as Ralph (29, IL) and Margaret (26, IL), married 7 years with a child no longer living. Ralph was listed as proprietor of a harness shop. They were still there in 1920 at ages 40 and 37, now with daughter Alberta M. (4, IA).
By 1925 they have moved to Independence, KS where they are listed at ages 44, 41 and 9. They are listed there again in 1930, with Ralph listed as an Oil & Gas salesman.
They moved to McPherson Co, KS by 1940, where they are listed at ages 60 and 56, without their daughter. Ralph completed an 8th grade education and is listed as a Pumper in the oil lease industry, while Margaret attended 2 yrs of High School.
Marriage1 Jan 1903