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SIXTH GENERATION

b. 5 Mar. 1817 NY
d. 21/27 Jan. 1894 Meehan (Station), Plover (Twp.), Portage Co., WI (of peritonitis) (SRC: Death Certificate)
Lived Vienna Dist. 47, Dane, WI 1850 Census
liv. Westport Twp., Dane, WI 1860
liv. Centralia, Wood, WI 1870,76
liv. Dist. 142, Plover, Portage, WI 1880
Occupation: Day Laborer 1860, Farm Laborer, Farmer
A "Tippecanoer of 1840 (Stevens Point Journal 1 Sep. 1888)
Described in obituary as "an old soldier". Received pension BEF 14 Jan. 1888 (ibid.)
m.(1) Laura Holford 28 Jan. 1840 Lorain Co., OH/20 Jan. 1840 Lake Co., OH
- b. 1820/21 OH d. BET 1850/57 prob. WI
- Lived Vienna Dist. 47, Dane, WI 1850
- a. Permella (Pamella?) D. Wells
  - b. 1840/41 OH; poss. d. BEF 1860
  - Lived Vienna Dist. 47, Dane, WI 1850
- b. Charles Henry Wells
  - b. 1842/43 OH
  - liv. Vienna Dist. 47, Dane, WI 1850
  - liv. Westport Twp., Dane, WI 1860
  - [poss. m. Clara Belle Reuterskiold 7 Oct. 1892 Dane/Rock Co., WI #1831486/2321993
    - b. 11 July 1867 Paola, KS /WI
    - liv. Dist. 177, Summer, Jefferson, WI 1870/80
    - Father Fabian A. (1839/40 Sweden-) Mother Emeline S. Southwick (1843 NY-)]
- c. Jonathan Wells
  - b. 1844/45 OH; poss. d. BEF 1860
  - Lived Vienna Dist. 47, Dane, WI 1850
- d. Lucy Jane Wells
  - b. April 1847 Detroit, MI Race: White
  - d. 18 July 1919 Benton Co., MN (after a "stroke of apoplexy", at home of Ellen [Nordquist] Allen)
  - liv. Vienna Dist. 47, Dane, WI 1850
  - liv. Westport Twp., Dane, WI 1860
  - liv. Oakdale, Monroe WI 1880
  - liv. T160 R65 Towner Co., ND 1900
  - to Ronneby, [MN] 1904 (SRC: The Foley Independent, 23 July 1919)
  - to Yellowstone Co., MT 1917; to Deaver, WY 1918
  - Family (1): Ebner E. Perry (ABT 1844/45-) 21 Feb. 1865 Portage, Columbia, WI
    - Occupation: Sailor
    - "Legal" marriage ceremony
  - Family (2): Edwin Levi Mathews ABT 1870 of Centralia, Wood, WI
    - b. 1826/27 NY d. 1888
    - Occupation: Blacksmith 1870
  - 1. Edwin Levi Mathews
    - b. 19 Jan. 1871 Oakdale Twp., Monroe, WI
    - d. 17 Dec. 1950 Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA (Lutheran funeral)
    - liv. Minot, ND 1919
    - Occupation: Freight Checker, Great Northern RR
    - m. Carrie Jane Clayson 5 Oct. 1906 Saskatoon, Sask., Can.
  - 2. Maude L. Mathews
    - b. 7 Mar. 1873 Oakdale Twp., Monroe, WI
    - d. 31 Mar. 1936 Vanscoy, Sask., Can.
    - Family (1): James Shannon 13 Dec. 1905? (divorced)
    - Family (2): David Clancy BEF 1919 of Van Scoy, Sask.
  - 3. James D.(/C.) Mathews
    - b. July 1875 Oakdale Twp., Monroe, WI
    - liv. Moose Jaw, Sask., Can. 1919
    - m. Bella McGardy AFT 26 Aug. 1904 Vanscoy, Sask., Can.
  - 4. Mary(/Mayme) E. Mathews
    - b. July 1880 Oakdale Twp., Monroe, WI
    - liv. Deaver, WY 1919
    - Family: George McGhan 7 Dec. 1901 Cando, Towner, ND
  - 5. Grover Cleve Mathews
    - m. Lu Milton 1906/07
  - Family (3): John Lofgren BET 1888/98
    - b. July 1868 Sweden d. AFT 1919
    - Occupation: Farmer
  - 1. Ellen Nordquist
    - Family: Wallace Allen BEF 1919 of St. Cloud, MN
- e. Edwin L. Wells
  - b. Feb. 1849/50 MI
  - d. 25 Aug. 1925 Orofino, Clearwater, ID (arteriosclerosis; compl. by insanity)
  - i. Spirit Lake, Kootenai, Idaho
  - Lived Vienna Dist. 47, Dane, WI 1850
  - liv. Westport Twp., Dane, WI 1860
  - living with wife Nellie, Adams Co., IA 1880 Census
  - later lived in Nebraska and in Merrill, WI
  - Lived in Rathdrum, ID BEF 15 Jan. 1924
  - Occupation: Student 1873; Methodist Minister at death
  - m. Helen J. (/Nellie) Archee (/Archer) 7 June 1873 Plover, Portage, WI (Divorced BEF 1900)
    - b. Aug. 1850 MI
    - d. BEF 1925 i. Kansas City, Jackson, MO.
    - Father of VT; Mother of Canada
    - liv. with son Arza 1900
    - liv. with dau. Ida (d. 1921 NE) & family (Lovell) 1910
    - Occupation: Hotel Keeper Hartford, KS 1900; Hotel Cook 1910
  - 1. Ida Wells
    - b. 1873/74 WI
    - liv. NE 1893; Calcasieu Co., LA 1900; Texas Co., MO 1910
    - Son Vernon became Seventh Day Adventist Minister
    - Family: John L. Lovell (1864/65 Canada-) 1890/91 of Sarpy Co., NE (widower)
  - 2. Capt. Lloyd Eldred Wells
    - b. Nov. 1876 IA
    - d. 10 Apr. 1945 Ramsey Co., MN
    - i. Ft. Snelling National Cem., MN Section B Site 244-S
    - living Lake Charles ity, Ward 3, Parish, Calcasiew, LA 1900
    - liv. Redfield Vlg., Fort Snelling, Hennepin, MN 1910
    - liv. 7601 34th Avenue, South Minneapolis , MN 55450 1945
    - Occupation: Cook 1900; Captain, US Army (served 1904-35)
    - m. Lorella Moritz (1875/76-) 1908
      (2 daughters by prev. marriage)
  - 3. Arza Ora Wells
    - b. 10 July 1884 NE
    - d. 12 Oct. 1959 Los Angeles, CA
    - Occupation: Salesman? 1910; Boiler Maker for Union Pacific RR, Walla Walla, WA 1930
    - liv. Hartford, Elmerdaro Twp., Lyon, KS 1900
    - liv. Parker Twp., Montgomery, KS 1910
    - m. Mable Thornbury (1887/88 KS-) of Parker, Montgomery, KS
  - 4. Frank Wells prob. d. young
m.(2) (39) Mary Ann Stevens 1850-58 prob. WI

38. Levi was well spoken of by the family; he had a sawmill, and he used to put up young men passing through, give them work at his mill and read the Bible to them.

39. Mary Ann Stevens

b. 5(/13) Apr. 1836 Canada
d. 7 Mar. 1915 (of Merrill,) Lincoln Co., WI (cerebral hem., paralysis)
Lot 20, Block B, - with son, William and wife, etc.
liv. Westport Twp., Dane, WI 1860
liv. Centralia, Wood, WI 1870
liv. Dist. 142, Plover, Portage, WI 1880
liv. Ward 4, Merrill, Lincoln, WI 1910
Occupation: Day Laborer, Housewife, Canvasser
Family: (38) Levi Holcum Wells
i. (19) (Jessie/) Josephine Matilda Wells
ii. Richard H. Wells
- b. Aug. 1860 Portage, Columbia, WI
- [d. 1938 Everett, WA (Purdy & Walters Funeral Home)]*
- liv. Centralia, Wood, WI 1870
- lived in Merrill, Lincoln, WI 1900
- Occupation: Grader, Lumberman
- m. Julia Etta Lewis (ABT 1862-) 6 Dec. 1881 Necedah, Juneau, WI
- a. William P. Wells (1883/84-)
  - Occupation: Barber, Everett, Snohomish, WA 1920
  - m. Agnes M. unknown (1885/86-)
- b. Susan Mellie Wells (1884/85-)
  - living Everett, Snohomish, WA 1910-20
  - Family: Henry James Clow (1874/75-) 12 May 1902 Lincoln Co, WI #1827086
iii. Charles Wells
- b. 1862 WI
- liv. Centralia, Wood, WI 1870
- liv. Dist. 142, Plover, Portage, WI 1880
iv. William Wells
- b. 9 Oct. 1866 WI
- d. 4 Oct. 1915 Merrill, Lincoln, WI (SRC: Census)
- liv. Centralia, Wood, WI 1870
- liv. Dist. 142, Plover, Portage, WI 1880
- liv. Dist. 57, Ward 3, Merrill, Lincoln, WI 1910
- Occupation: Lumber Loader/ Laborer/ Fireman, Merrill 6th Ward 1900/10
- m. Anna Meyer 3 July 1888 Centralia, Wood, WI
  - b. 1866 WI/ Germany; German-speaking d. 1919
  - liv. Dist. 57, Ward 3, Merrill, Lincoln, WI 1910
- a. Fern A./D. Wells
  - b. 8 Apr. 1889 Lincoln Co., WI #3286516
  - liv. Dist. 57, Ward 3, Merrill, Lincoln, WI 1910
- b. William L. Wells
  - b. 2 May 1891 WI
  - d. 1 Nov. 1909 Merrill, Lincoln, WI (of typhoid fever)
- c. Vera Wells 387-01-7402
  - d. 15 Nov. 1986 (of Austin, Travis/) Caldwell Co., TX
  - liv. Dist. 57, Ward 3, Merrill, Lincoln, WI 1910
  - Occ.: Clerk, Doctor's Ofc. 1930 Milwaukee, WI
  - m. Charles Chromaster of Milwaukee, WI (div. BET 1920/30)
    - b. 1891/92 WI liv. 1930 Tarrent Co., TX
    - Occ.: Architect, Milwaukee 1920; Arch. Contr. TX 1930
v. Elmer Wells
- b. 25 Mar. 1870 of Centralia, Wood, WI
- d. 30 Mar. 1876 i. Forest Hill Cem., Wis. Rapids, Wood, WI
- liv. Centralia, Wood, WI 1870
SRC: Cem. record; 1870 Census
vi. Laura Emma Wells
- b. 1872/73 WI
- d. AFT 1938 of Grand Rapids, MI
- living Merrill, Lincoln, WI 1900
- liv. Dist. 90, Ward 3, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI 1920
- liv. Dist. 36, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI 1930
- Family (1): Marion Alonzo Smart (prob. 1866/67-) 4 July 1888 Plover, Portage, WI (#1835160) (also 1 Apr 1898 Lincoln Co., WI)
  - prob. liv. Linwood Twp., Portage, WI 1870
- a. (Beulah/) Marim F Smart
  - b. 31 Oct. 1891 Wood Co., WI #3171435
- b. Myrtle (M./E.) Smart
  - b. (16/20) May 1894 Marathon Co., WI #(3171441/3171439)
- c. Harold L. Smart 569-12-0320
  - b. 22 Jan. 1900 Lincoln Co., WI #3171522
  - d. 11 Feb. 1964 San Diego, CA
  - m. prob. Edith Alvida unknown 545-48-5156 (1893-1979) of CO
- Family (2): Ernest J. Randall* 1 Apr. 1898 Lincoln Co., WI
  - b. 1882/83 MI Father b. MI Mother b. NY
  - liv. Dist. 90, Ward 3, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI 1920
  - liv. Dist. 36, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI 1930
  - Occupation Sodder (sic) 1920, Foreman 1930 @ Brass Works
  - m(1): unknown 1884/85
- a. Lucille Randall
  - b. 1903/04 MI
  - liv. Dist. 90, Ward 3, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI 1920
- b. Blanch Randall (F)
  - b. 1904/05 MI
  - liv. Dist. 90, Ward 3, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI 1920

SRC: US Census: 1850, 1880; Anita Smith AnitaLarry@aol.com; Lincoln County Vital Records Vol. 6 pg. 46 ((39) Mary Ann Sevens' death cert.); 1860, 1900 Census (/WI/IA)
* Obit for Richard H. Wells

According to the 1860 Census, Luke Lamphire (1797/98 PA-) and family were next-door neighbors of Levi Wells & Family in Westport, WI

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