Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameHerman Lorenzo Gaddis 
Birth3 Sep 1881, Jefferson Twp, Richland Co, OH
Census8 Jun 1900, Jefferson Twp, Richland Co, OH
MemoED 115, sht 4
Census2 May 1910, Jefferson Twp, Richland Co, OH
Memoroll#1224, pg 6
Census5 Jan 1920, Nara Visa, Quay Co, NM
Memoroll#1078, pg 2
Census4 Apr 1930, Middlebury Twp, Knox Co, OH
Memoroll#1825, pg 1
Census23 Apr 1940, Marion, Henry Co, OH
Memoroll#3084, pg 9
Census1 Apr 1950, Marion, Henry Co, OH
Memoroll#4956, 956
Death6 Dec 1962, Napolean, Henry Co, OH
BurialMarion Twp Cem, Marion Twp, Henry Co, OH
OccupationFarmer
FatherLewis Kosciusko Gaddis (1845-1900)
MotherMelinda “Jane” Beans (1847-1936)
Misc. Notes
listed as Herman M. in Richland Co birth records, a twin of Sherman.
Married Maude B. Kennedy (1885-1915) after 1910 census and had a son on 1 April 1913 in Ohio.
Mansfield News - 16 June 1915
Herman Gaddis and Walter Woodard left for the Pacific Coast Wednesday, where they will make an extended visiti.
Wife Maude B. Kennedy died on 21 Nov 1915 in Kentucky.
Registered for WWI draft on 12 Sep 1918 in Quay Co, NM.
In 1930 he is listed as single and a farmer (49, OH) with his sister Iva living with him, plus her two boys. Also living in the household is his mother.
Listed as married (58, OH) and a farmer in 1940 with his wife Belle (57, OH) and widowed mother-in-law , Alice South (77, OH).
He subsequently married May Belle South (1882-1950) on April 1st 1931.
Married Maude B. Kennedy (1885-1915) after 1910 census and had a son on 1 April 1913 in Ohio.
Mansfield News - 16 June 1915
Herman Gaddis and Walter Woodard left for the Pacific Coast Wednesday, where they will make an extended visiti.
Wife Maude B. Kennedy died on 21 Nov 1915 in Kentucky.
Registered for WWI draft on 12 Sep 1918 in Quay Co, NM.
In 1930 he is listed as single and a farmer (49, OH) with his sister Iva living with him, plus her two boys. Also living in the household is his mother.
Listed as married (58, OH) and a farmer in 1940 with his wife Belle (57, OH) and widowed mother-in-law , Alice South (77, OH).
He subsequently married May Belle South (1882-1950) on April 1st 1931.
Spouses
Birth11 Nov 1885, Hendley Co, OH
Death21 Nov 1915, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH
Burial23 Nov 1915, Evergreen Cem, Southgate, Campbell Co, KY
MemoSec 42 Grave 207
Misc. Notes
Dau of Andrew Jackson Kennedy and Sarah Tisdale
Died of tuberculosisi
Died of tuberculosisi
Unmarried
ChildrenHerbert Elroy “Herb” (1913-1996)
Birth7 Apr 1882, Coshocton Co, OH
Death16 Mar 1950, Hamler, Henry Co, OH
BurialMarion Twp Cem, Marion Twp, Henry Co, OH
Misc. Notes
[Obituary] Defiance Crescent News - 17 Mar 1950, pg 12
Mrs. Belle Gaddis Dies at Age 67
Rites Sunday at 2 P. M. In Holgate Home Holsate,
March 17-Mrs. Belle Gaddis, 67, RFD. Hamler, died suddenly Thursday at 9 p.m. at her home just east of Holgate, of a heart attack.
The body will remain in the Smith funeral home here where services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. by Rev. David Eichar of Liberty Center, former Methodist minister of Holgate. Burial will be in Marion tp. cemetery.
Mrs. Gaddis was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, April 7. 1882. Her mother was the late Mary South. On April 1, 1931, she was married to Herman Gaddis who survives. She also leaves a brother, Charles Kenneth South, Toledo, and a sister, Mrs. David Moore, Frazyburg, O.
Mrs. Belle Gaddis Dies at Age 67
Rites Sunday at 2 P. M. In Holgate Home Holsate,
March 17-Mrs. Belle Gaddis, 67, RFD. Hamler, died suddenly Thursday at 9 p.m. at her home just east of Holgate, of a heart attack.
The body will remain in the Smith funeral home here where services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. by Rev. David Eichar of Liberty Center, former Methodist minister of Holgate. Burial will be in Marion tp. cemetery.
Mrs. Gaddis was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, April 7. 1882. Her mother was the late Mary South. On April 1, 1931, she was married to Herman Gaddis who survives. She also leaves a brother, Charles Kenneth South, Toledo, and a sister, Mrs. David Moore, Frazyburg, O.
Marriage1 Apr 1931, Ohio