Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameLucy C. Webb
BirthMay 1881, Indiana
Census27 Apr 1910, Emma Twp, White Co, IL
Memoroll#333, pg 10
Census9 Jan 1920, Mt Vernon, Posey Co, IN
Memoroll#458, pg 7
Misc. Notes
dau of James A. Webb and Sarah Mariah York
She was first married to Andrew H Phillips
(1880-1909) on 4 Apr 1900 in Posey Co, IN with whom she had son Roscoe Phillips in 1903.
In 1910 she (29, IN) was remarried to Robert Wells (45, IN), and living with them was her son Roscoe as well as her father, J. A. Webb (72, IN).
She is listed as widowed and living with her son in Mt Vernon, IN for the
1920 census, even though her husband was still alive and didn’t die until 1925.
Spouses
Birth19 Oct 1856, Wayne Co, IL
Death3 Sep 1925, Black Twp, Posey Co, IN
Burial5 Sep 1925, Moore Cem, Posey Co, IN
Occupationfarmer, cotton weigher
FatherJohn T. Wells (1837-1876)
MotherSusan R. Nay (1838-)
Misc. Notes
Listed as age 2 in 1860, then with his parents as age 10 in 1870.
He is listed in Zif Twp, Wayne Co, IL in 1880, after their father’s death, as a farmer (22, IN) with his sisters Amanda (20), Emma (14) and Rosa (11).
He was first married to Malinda Jane Brower in 1884, with whom he had two sons, William and Robert. They were apparently divorced around 1895, as both remarried just after that time.
He was re-married in 1897 to Elizabeth “Bettie” Brower (Malinda’s older sister), who had been previously married twice to a Bradley and Dever. In 1900 they are listed as married 3 yrs, with Robert listed as born Nov 1855 (IL), and Elizabeth in Feb 1852 (IN) with 4 of her 6 children living; all of whom were with them -
Gilbert Dever (15), Florence Dever (13), Frederick Dever (11) and Jasper Bradley (26) & son Oscar Bradley (2).
After his second wife died in 1909, he was married a third time to Lucy Webb in 1910, and is listed with her (29, IN) and her son from a first marriage, Roscoe Phillips (7, IN) as well as her father J. A. Webb (72, IN) in the 1910 census where Robert (45, IN) is listed as a farm laborer.
He has not been found in the 1920 census, although his wife was listed as widowed with her son in Mt Vernon, IN. And then Robert is also listed as widowed on his death certificate in 1925 in Posey Co, IN, with the information being provided by a Mrs. Wm V. Wilson rather than his wife.
Marriage20 Jan 1910, White Co, IL
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