Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJames Francis McConnell
Birth21 Feb 1889, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, PA
Death18 Sep 1959, Blossburg, Tioga Co, PA
MemoBlossburg State Hospital
Burial21 Sep 1959, Woodlawn Nat’l Cem, Elmira, NY
Misc. Notes
Sone of Alonzo McConnell and Amanda Richardson.
1/SGT, US Air Force WWI
He worked as a telephone engineer for the state of Pennsylvania.
They lived in Watrous, Potter Co, PA before he died.
Spouses
Birth7 Feb 1894, Dundas Co, Ontario, Canada
Death25 May 1988, Gaines Twp, Tioga Co, PA
Burial31 May 1988, Woodlawn Nat’l Cem, Elmira, NY
MemoSection H Site 606
FatherWillis Hermon Wells (1867-1942)
MotherAgnes Elizabeth Myers (1871-1933)
Misc. Notes
Living with her parents in Rochester, NY in 1910, after immigrating in 1901.
Divorced and listed with the married name of Duke, but living with her mother in 1920, working as a cutter in clothing. She was naturalized in 1910.
In 1930 she is married to James F. McConnell (41, PA) and living in Tioga Co, PA where she worked as a bookkeeper for the Telephone Co. Living with them is her mother Agnes (59, CAN). She is listed as first married at age 18, and it appears they have been married 5 yrs.
She and James are still in Gaines, PA in 1940 with her as a telephone operator (46, CAN) having completed 2 yrs of high school.
She is buried with him in Woodlawn National Cemetery, since he served as 1/SGT in the US Air Force.
Marriage19 Jul 1925, Monroe Co, NY
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