Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJulia E. Wells 
Birth1 Feb 1901, Atlanta, Logan Co, IL
Census4 Apr 1930, Dixon, Lee Co, IL
Memoroll#523, pg 4
Census12 Apr 1940, Dixon, Lee Co, IL
Death9 Apr 1984, Dixon, Lee Co, IL
BurialEmmanuel Cem, Dixon, Lee Co, IL
FatherJohn Franklin Wells (1866-1934)
MotherJeanette Alice ”Nettie" Hauger (1872-1957)
Misc. Notes
She appears to have been missed in the 1910 census and shows up in 1920 only as Julia, and in later census as and other records as Julia E.
Married Lester Leroy Rhodes (4 Sep 1898 - 28 Aug 1937) on 10 Mar 1923; with whom she is buried.
By 1930 they were still in Dixon, with Lester (31, IL) working as a bookkeeper in a bakery, Julia (29, IL) and sons Harold L. (6) and John F. (8 mos). Her sister-in-law Winifred was the enumerator.
She is listed as Julia E. Rhodes (39, IL) and widowed in 1940 working as a hair dresser in her own beauty shop, which she and her sister Clare owned. With her are sons Harold (16) and John (10), along with her widowed aunt Nora Hauger (60, IL). Her son, John Frederick Rhodes died 30 Jan 1947 of a lingering illness.
On 7 Nov 1951 Julia was remarried to Rev. Joseph C. McMahon in the Elmhurst Evangelical United Brethren parsonage. They then settled in Tonica, where he had previously been pastor of the Methodist parsonage for 11 years.
Married Lester Leroy Rhodes (4 Sep 1898 - 28 Aug 1937) on 10 Mar 1923; with whom she is buried.
By 1930 they were still in Dixon, with Lester (31, IL) working as a bookkeeper in a bakery, Julia (29, IL) and sons Harold L. (6) and John F. (8 mos). Her sister-in-law Winifred was the enumerator.
She is listed as Julia E. Rhodes (39, IL) and widowed in 1940 working as a hair dresser in her own beauty shop, which she and her sister Clare owned. With her are sons Harold (16) and John (10), along with her widowed aunt Nora Hauger (60, IL). Her son, John Frederick Rhodes died 30 Jan 1947 of a lingering illness.
On 7 Nov 1951 Julia was remarried to Rev. Joseph C. McMahon in the Elmhurst Evangelical United Brethren parsonage. They then settled in Tonica, where he had previously been pastor of the Methodist parsonage for 11 years.