Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameAnna M. Wells 
BirthJul 1855, Fayette Co, PA
Census3 Jun 1880, Redstone, Fayette Co, PA
Memoroll#1129, pg 173
Census9 Jun 1900, Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA
Memoroll#1410, pg 6
Census22 Apr 1910, Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA
Memoroll#1346, pg3
Census16 Jan 1920, South Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA
Memoroll#1570, pg 4
Death10 May 1928, South Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA
BurialRedstone Cem, Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA
FatherSamuel W. Wells (1827-1894)
MotherSarah Ann Cockburn (1832-1914)
Misc. Notes
married names Johnston and Essington
Listed in 1880 as Anna Johnson (23, PA) with husband George (22, PA) a teacher.
Listed in 1900 census with husband of 20 yrs James Essington (47, PA) a farmer and children Ross L. (Dec 1888), Mary E. (Mar 1880), Lala J. (Sept 1882), Goldie A. (Sept 1884) with only the two youngest being her daughters.
In 1910 Anna (52, PA) is listed with husband of 20 yrs James C. Essington (65, PA) a school janitor. It shows this as the second marriage for each of them, and lists them as having 1 daughter, who is living with them - Lala (27, PA). Their name is written and was transcribed as Effington (Eßington)
In 1920 she is listed as Annie Essington (64, PA), widowed and living with her son Louis Johnson (38, PA), a locomotive engineer and his wife Myrtle (37, PA).
Listed in 1880 as Anna Johnson (23, PA) with husband George (22, PA) a teacher.
Listed in 1900 census with husband of 20 yrs James Essington (47, PA) a farmer and children Ross L. (Dec 1888), Mary E. (Mar 1880), Lala J. (Sept 1882), Goldie A. (Sept 1884) with only the two youngest being her daughters.
In 1910 Anna (52, PA) is listed with husband of 20 yrs James C. Essington (65, PA) a school janitor. It shows this as the second marriage for each of them, and lists them as having 1 daughter, who is living with them - Lala (27, PA). Their name is written and was transcribed as Effington (Eßington)
In 1920 she is listed as Annie Essington (64, PA), widowed and living with her son Louis Johnson (38, PA), a locomotive engineer and his wife Myrtle (37, PA).
Spouses
Misc. Notes
son of Wm C. Johnston (Johnson) and wife Elma - b. May 1820, married 1840 and listed as widowed in 1900 census with 3 of her 5 children living.
He is listed as George Johnson (22, PA) a teacher in 1880, with his wife Anna.
The family seems to alternate between spelling their name Johnson and Johnston.
He is listed as George Johnson (22, PA) a teacher in 1880, with his wife Anna.
The family seems to alternate between spelling their name Johnson and Johnston.
Marriageabt 1879
ChildrenLouis Elliot (1881-1949)
Walter Emerson (1883-1974)
BirthJul 1852, Pennsylvania
Death28 Dec 1917, Union Twp, Fayette Co, PA
OccupationFarmer
Misc. Notes
Still living with his parents in 1880. His first wife was Martha Wolf, with whom he had 5 children: Ora Belle, Rosswell, Mary B., Lala, and Goldie.
Marriageabt 1893
ChildrenLala J. (1882-1939)