He is married and a farmer listed as John H. Wells (34, IL) in 1940, having moved from Dixon to Winnebago Co since 1935. The family is wife Sylvia L. (31, IL) and children Norma J. (9, IL), John R. (7, IL), Charles H. (6, IL) and Richard H. (3, IL).
[Obituary] Dixon Evening Telegraph - Wednesday, 15 Dec 1971, pg 6
ROCKFORD— John H. Wells died Tuesday morning in Rockford Memorial Hospital. Survivors include his widow, Sylvia; three sons, John, Charles and Richard; three daughters, Norma, Joann and Janet; 15 grandchildren; three brothers, Clyde, Pecatonica; Samuel, Dixon, and Warren, Tucson, Ariz.; four sisters, Mrs. Winfred Dusing, Mrs. Joseph McMahon, Miss Clare Wells and Mrs. Leslie Buck. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Wilbur Christianson Funeral Home, Rockford. Visitation will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. today.