Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameFairy Maude Wells
Birth15 Nov 1889, Shelbyville, Shelby Co, IN
Census10 Jun 1900, Sugar Creek Twp, Shelby Co, IN
Memoroll#403, pg 6
Census20 Apr 1910, Liberty Twp, Shelby Co, IN
MemoED 142, sht 2
Census16 Jan 1920, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
Memoroll#450, pg 10
Census3 Apr 1930, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
Memoroll#616, pg 226
Census8 Apr 1940, Mars Hill, Marion Co, IN
Memoroll#1075, pg 5
Death14 Mar 1950, San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX
Burial16 Mar 1950, Roselawn Memorial Park, San Antonio, TX
Memoaka San Fernando Cemetery #3
FatherWilliam C. Wells (1860-1926)
MotherMary Ellen Land (1858-1943)
Misc. Notes
Other records indicate her birth in 1889, but her death certificate lists it as 1890.
She was married to Terry Smith (b. 27 Aug 1883 KY) on 15 Jan 1916 in Marion Co. IN (Bk 84, pg 232) with whom she had a daughter Pearl that year. They were separated by 1920, when she (29, IN) is married but listed again with her parents in Indianapolis with daughter Lucile (5, IN). William Baldwin (41, OH) a widowed boarder was living with them at the time, along with her cousins Dorothy and Ray Wells - children of Richard and Susan.
She later married William Baldwin and her mother came to live with them in Indianapolis following the death of her father. So, the family listed in the 1930 Indianapolis census is William Baldwin (52, KS), wife Fairy (39, IN), step-daughter Pearl (Lucile) Smith (15, IN) and Fairy’s widowed mother Mary (72, IN). It says the Wm was a carpenter and first married at age 23, Fairy first married at 22 (1911?), and Mary first married at 25.
After William’s death, Fairy married a 3rd time in 1935 to Joseph Thompson Proctor (b. 10 Jan 1884 Palmyra, Montgomery Co, TN) and in 1940 they were listed in Mars Hill, where they had been since at least 1935. He was a stockman in a box factory, and living with them was her mother Mary at age 82. It lists Fairy in the supplemental data as having been first married at age 17 (1906?), having born 2 children and completed her sophomore year of High School.
Her husband Joseph registered for the WWII Draft in 1942 and listed Fairy as his next of kin, and his employer as American Valve and Enameling Corp. They lived outside Indianapolis in Decatur Twp.
Her Texas death certificate as Fairy Maude Proctor lists her parents, and says she was married at the time of death. They had lived in San Antonio 5 months.
Spouses
Birth27 Aug 1882, Kentucky
OccupationIronworker
Misc. Notes
Son of Elias Smith and Martha Frazier
Listed as Charles Terry Kris Smith on daughter Pearl’s birth record.
Listed as an Ironworker when he registered for the WWI Draft in 1918. He and Fairy were living at 2467 Columbus Ave in Indianapolis at the time.
There is a Terry H. Smith listed in the 1920 Indianapolis City Directory, as a manager for Sam’l Feldman
Marriage15 Jan 1916, Marion Co, IN
ChildrenPearl Lucile (1914-)
Birth30 Dec 1877, Marietta, Washington Co, OH
Death20 Sep 1933, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
BurialFloral Park Cem, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
MemoSec-I Lot-93 Sp-34A
OccupationCarpenter
Misc. Notes
Son of Silas A. Baldwin (1841-1915) and Nancy Elizabeth Hill (1846-1933)
He was married to Clara Hardee on 28 Nov 1901 in Indianapolis. He is listed as Herbert W. Baldwin in the 1910 census, working as a carpenter (32, OH) married 8 yrs with wife Clara (25, IN) and children Elmer A. (7), Laoma (5), and Clarence (3); living on Walnut St. They were still there when he registered for the WWI Draft in 1918. And Clara is listed on Walnet St as head of household with the children in 1920.
He is listed as a widowed carpenter (41, OH) working as a contractor and living with the Wells family as a boarder in 1920 on Columbia Ave in Indianapolis.
In 1930 he is listed on Pershing Ave in Indianapolis as a carpenter (52, KS) with his wife Fairy, step-daughter Pearl Smith and mother-in-law Mary Wells. It says he was first married at age 23.
[Obituary] Indianapolis Star - Friday, 22 Sept 1933, pg 3
WILLIAM H. BALDWIN.
William Herbert Baldwin, 55 years old, 1405 North Belmont avenue, died Wednesday in his home after a brief illness. Mr. Baldwin was born in Marietta, 0., Dec. 30, 1877, and spent his early life in Scottsburg, coming to Indianapolis when he was 20 years old. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Fairy Baldwin; three children, Elmer, Leona and Clarence Baldwin; a grandson, Kenneth Baldwin, all of this city; three sisters, Mrs. Lillie Thompson, Mrs. Myrtle Kulmer and Mrs. Lulu Kulmer of Louisville, Ky., and three brothers, Earl Baldwin of Port Arthur, Tex., Edward Baldwin of Terre Haute and Warner Baldwin of Buffalo, N. Y. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the home. Burial will be in Floral Park cemetery.
Birth10 Jan 1884, Palmyra, Montgomery Co, TN
Death2 Feb 1961, Marion Co, IN
Burial4 Feb 1961, Floral Park Cem, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN
Misc. Notes
Son of Richard Wesley Proctor (1859-1942) and Vicie Pamelia Powers (1861-1967)
He is listed as Joe T. Proctor with the family of Thomas and Margaret Ober in 1900, as an adopted child.
In 1910 he is listed as Joe T. Proctor in Clarksville, TN as a clerk (26, TN) in a furniture store. He is with his 1st wife, Claudie L. (23, TN) in their first year of marriage.
He was listed as a minister when he registered for the WWI Draft in Russell Co, KY.
In 1940 he is listed as Joseph G. Prostor(sic) a stockman (56, TN) in a box factory, with his wife Fairy and mother-in-law Mary Wells.
Listed as widowed and living with his step-mother Beulah Proctor in 1950,
He was divorced at the time of his death.
Marriage31 Dec 1935, Marion Co, IN
Marr MemoRecord 39351, Bk 144, pg 428
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