Friday Finds

In an attempt to figure out whether I was working with one or two men named Thurston Wells, I ordered land entry records from the National Archives. As it turns out, the records I ordered were not for my ancestor, but for the ‘other’ Thurston Wells. The major clue to the difference is that these papers were filed by a single man and my ancestor was married in 1851.

Sworn Declaration and Corroborating Affidavit

To Perfect Titles to Lands Entered for Actual Settlement and Cultivation Under
the Graduation Act of August 4, 1854

Declaration
County of Genesee
State of Michigan

On this 12th day of April 1856, personally
appeared before me, the undersigned R. Bishop Receiver
Genesee Mich for the county and State aforesaid Thurston
Wells, who being duly sworn by me according to law
deposes and says, in relation to the land entered by him the 12th
day of December 1856, per certificate of purchase No. 6047
that the same was for his own use and for the purpose of actual
settlement and cultivation under the provisions of the act of Congress
of 4th August 1854, “to graduate and reduce the price of the public
lands to actual settlers and cultivators,” that he is at this time in the
occupancy of said land, and has been residing thereon since the first
day of May 1855; that he has improved the
same by clearing and fencing about one
acre of the same and that he has erected
a dwelling house thereon and now re
sides in the same
that he has made or entered no contract or agreement, either directly
or indirectly, for the sale or transfer of said land, and that he was
twenty-one years of age at the time he entered the same.
Thurston Wells
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year first
above written.
R Bishop
Receiver

Corroborating Affidavit
County of Genesee
State of Michigan
Before me, R. Bishop Receiver Genesee Mich
personally appeared John McIntyre who, being duly
sworn according to law, deposes and says, that he is well acquainted
with Thurston Wells who subscribed the foregoing
declaration and knows him to be the identical person who entered the
land described therein, and that he is now, and has been residing on
said land since the first day of May 1855 and that
his statement in regard to the improvements on the land he well
knows from personal observation to be true.
John McIntyre
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 12th day
of April 1856
R. Bishop
Receiver

No. 6047 Receiver’s Office at Genesee, Decr 12 1854
Received form Thurston Wells
of Tuscola County Michigan the sum of Thirty
dollars and _ cents; being in full for the Southwest 1/4 of Southwest quarter of section no. three in Township No. 10 N of Range No 10 E containing forty acres and __ hundredths, at $.75 per acre
$30
R Bishop Receiver

6047
United States Land Office, at Genesee, Michigan
December 12th, 1854
I, Thurston Wells of Tuscola County, State of
Michigan, being a single man, and over twenty-one years of age, and
having applied to enter the South west Quarter of the
South west Quarter of Section Num
ber Three (3)
in Township No. Ten (10) North of Range No. Ten (10)
East, containing forty (40) acres
under the act entitled “An act to graduate and reduce the price of the public lands to actual settlers and
cultivators,” approved 4th August, 1854, do solemnly swear that I enter the same for my own use, for the
purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, and that, together with said entry, I have not acquired form the
United States, under provisions of said act, more than three hundred and twenty acres, according to the
established surveys; and further that that the said land is not now in the occupancy of any settler whose
settlement thereon existed at the date of said law.
Thurston Wells
Sworn to and subscribed before me on
the 12th day of December 1854
R Bishop Receiver

No 6047 Land Office at Genesee December 12 1854
It is hereby certified, that, in pursuance of law, Thurston Wells
Tuscola County, State of Michigan on this day purchased of the Register
of this Office, the lot or South West qr of South West qr
of Section No. Three (3) in Township No. Ten N of Range No. Ten E
containing forty acres, at the rate of
twenty five cents per acres, amounting to Thirty (30
dollars, for which the said Thurston Wells
has made payment in full as required by law.
Now therefore be it known, that on presentation of this Certificate to the
Commissioner of he General Land Office, the said Thurston Wells
shall be entitled to receive a Patent for the lot above described.
Wm M Fenton Register

Ozias Wells

Ozias Wells was born on 15 May 1796 in Northampton, Fulton County, New York.^1–4

He lived in Sullivan, Madison, New York, United States in 1820.⁷

He  purchased rights to gypsum and plaister in the undivided sixth part of all the gypsum or plaister that can be discovered as found on the whole or any part of all that certain piece or parcel of land consisting of thirty acres and being the north part of the second fifty acre lot in this subdivision of lot number forty in said town of Sullivan on 9 Jul 1825 in Madison, New York, United States.¹¹

Ozias lived in Madison, Madison, New York, United States before 1830.^13–14

He was aa delegate to Anti-Mason Convention in 1830.¹⁵

After 1830 he worked for an uncle digging a canal near  Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States.¹⁴

Ozias died on 5 Aug 1832 at the age of 36 in Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States.^{1–2,4,14,17–18}

He was buried in 1832 at Princeton Baptist Church Cemetery in Penns Neck, Mercer, New Jersey, United States.¹

Ozias Wells and Mary Kennedy were married on 18 Mar 1818 in Sullivan, Madison, New York, United States.^2,4,18–19

Mary Kennedy, daughter of John Kennedy and Anna Barnes, was born on 21 Feb 1799 in Halfmoon, Saratoga, New York, United States.^{2,4,14,18,20–21}

She lived in Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1837.^14,17

She lived in Calhoun, Michigan, United States in Jul 1840.²²

Mary lived in Clarendon, Calhoun, Michigan, United States on 21 Oct 1850.²³

She lived in Clarendon, Calhoun, Michigan, United States on 9 Oct 1860.

She lived in Clarendon Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States on 9 Aug 1870.²⁴

Mary  resided in 1873 in Chester Township, Eaton County, Michigan.²⁵

She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.¹⁴

She lived in Kalamo Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States on 18 Jun 1880.²⁶

Mary died on 23 Mar 1885 at the age of 86 in Kalamo, Eaton, Michigan, United States.^{2,4,14,20–21,27}

She was buried in 1885 at Kaloma Cem. in Eaton, Michigan, United States.²¹

Mary and Ozias were the parents of six children:

• On 27 Mar 1819, a child named Benjamin Franklin Wells was born in Sullivan, Madison, New York, United States.^5–6
• On 26 Feb 1821, a child named Thurston Kennedy Wells was born in Sullivan, Madison, New York, United States.⁸
• On 9 Jan 1823, a child named William Wallice Wells was born in Sullivan, Madison, New York, United States.⁹
• On 6 Mar 1825, a child named Hannah Anne Wells was born in Sullivan, Madison, New York, United States.¹⁰
• On 14 Jan 1827, a child named Mary Jane Wells was born in Sullivan, Madison, New York, United States.¹²
• On 8 May 1831, a child named Nancy Phidila Wells was born in Sullivan, Madison, New York, United States.¹⁶

ENDNOTES:

1. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online November 2016), memorial for Ozias Wells (1795-1832), Find a Grave Memorial no. #144143986, created by GSNJ Tombstone Hounds, citing Princeton Baptist Church Cemetry, Penns Neck, Mercer County, New Jersey;, Ozias Wells.

2. Crawford Family Papers; privately held by Marcia Philbrick, , Seneca, Kansas, 2016. Wells Family Bible. copy obtained from Doris Ryan, daughter of Cecile Mentzer Beine.

3. Valerie Radee, (Albion, Michigan) to Marcia Philbrick, letter, 28 October 2003; Wells Family Correspondence, privately held by Marcia Philbrick. , 2022. Wells Family Group Sheets – with documentation.

4. Doris Ryan, , Descendants of Ozias Wells and Mary Kennedy; supplied by Ryan, , created before 2010. Marcia Philbrick 2010.

5. Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995. Benj F Wells, 25 Dec 1891 database, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 5 October 2020.

6. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 16 December 2020), memorial for Benjamin Franklin Wells (1819-1891), Find a Grave Memorial no. 3155335683, created by BluMoKitty, citing Hillside Cemetery, Kalamo, Eaton County, Michigan; accompanying photograph by miran, Benjamin Franklin Wells.

7. 1820 U.S. Census, Madison County, New York, population schedule, Sullivan, Madison County, New York Image 11 of 11, Horiah Wells; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017)

8. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online September 2016), memorial for Thurston Kennedy Wells (1821-1893), Find a Grave Memorial no. #55747283, created by J. Geoghan, citing Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas; accompanying photograph by RisingSun, Thurston Kennedy Wells.

9. “Michigan, Death Records, 1897-1929,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online October 2017), William Wallace Wells.

10. Smith John E., Editor, Our County and Its People, a Descriptive and Biographical Record of Madison County, New York (N.p.: Boston History Company, Publishers, 1899), page 96; digital images, FamilySearch.org, http://www.familysearch.org Film 934838 Item 1 : viewed online 12 June 2022.

11. New York, Madison County. Deed records, 1806-1900.  Film #404305 DGS 711997. Ozias Wells, 9 Jul 1825 Vol AE: page 281; digitized images, FamilySearch http://www.familysearch.org : viewed online 21 July 2022.

12. “Michigan, Death Records 1867-1952,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online October 2017), Mary Jane Humeston.

13. 1830 U.S. Census, Madison County, New York, population schedule, Sullivan, Madison County, New York, page 402 Image 29 of 52, Ozias Wells; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017)

14. , Portrait and Biographical Album of Barry and Eaton Counties, Michigan (Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1891), p. 278-279; digital images, Archive.org, http://www.archive.org viewed online 22 June 2022.

15. Tuttle, William, Names and Sketches of the Pioneer Settlers of Madison County, New York (Interlaken, NY: Heart of the Lakes Publishing, ), p. 272.

16. “Michigan, Death Records 1867-1952,” database Waney P Doolittle.

17. Durant, Samuel W., History of Ingham and Eaton County Michigan (: , 1880), p. 492 (Doc. #: Wells.MI.016).

18. Valerie Radee, (Albion, Michigan) to Marcia Philbrick, letter, [RecordDate]; Wells Family Correspondence, privately held by Marcia Philbrick. , 2022. [Details].

19. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7836/). Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 : viewed online 22 July 2022.

20. Valerie Radee, (Albion, Michigan) to Marcia Philbrick, letter, 2003; Wells Family Correspondence, privately held by Marcia Philbrick. , 2022. Michigan records; family group sheets.

21. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online October 2017), memorial for Mary Kennedy Wells (1799-1885), Find a Grave Memorial no. #155336266, created by BluMoKitty, citing Hillside Cemetery, Kalamo, Eaton County, MIchigan; accompanying photograph by miran, Mary Kennedy Wells.

22. 1840 U.S. Census, Calhoun County Michigan, Clarendon, Calhoun County, Michigan, image 7 of 8, Mary Wells; digital images,  (: viewed online 22 July 2022).

23. 1850 U.S. Census, Calhoun County Michigan, population schedule, Clarendon Township, Calhoun County, Michigan, image 12 of 16, family 199, Mary Wells; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 27 June 2022); NARA microfilm publication M432.

24. 1870 U.S. Census, Calhoun County, Michigan, population schedule, Calhoun County, Michigan, page 8 Image 8 of 30, family 67, James Doolittle; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : viewed online 21 May 2022)

25. Halsey, Drouscella Perry, Index of Landowners of Eaton County Michigan, 1873 (: , 1992), page 6, 92 (Doc. #: Wells.MI.010).

26. 1880 U.S. Census, Eaton County Michigan, population schedule, Kalamo Township, Eaton County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) ED 74, page 26, household 296, Benjamin F. Wells; digial images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online July 2017); NARA microfilm publicaiton T9.

27. Photograph, Tombstone, West Clarendon Cemetery, Calhoun County, Michigan read by Valerie Radee, 1995, Kaloma Twp. Cemetery, Eaton Co., MI.

The Big Ditch

Do you have facts in your family tree that over time your mind has misconstrued? That’s my case with Ozias Wells. For some reason, I assumed that when a source said that Ozias “worked for an uncle digging a canal” it was referring to the Erie Canal. Since Ozias was born about 1795, he would have been old enough to work on the Erie Canal which traversed Madison County, NY. (See Map)

However, going back thru the sources I’ve collected for Ozias and carefully reading the information, I discovered that Ozias went to Princeton, New Jersey to undertake digging a canal. After realizing that the canal was in New Jersey and not New York, I did some ‘digging’ and discovered that the charter for the Delaware and Raritan Canal was approved by the New Jersey legislature in 1830.

The idea for the Delaware and Raritan canal had been around for quite a few years prior to the creation of the charter. At the time, the canal allowed for travel from Bordentown, NJ to New Brunswick, NJ in 2 days versus a trip via the Atlantic Ocean taking 2 weeks. Since this was a major route between Philadelphia and New York City, the canal (and railroad built at same time) greatly improved the ability to travel between these two cities.

As I was researching the Delaware and Raritan Canal – or the Big Ditch – I found that there was an epidemic of Asiatic cholera that swept thru the workers in 1832. This epidemic killed hundreds of workers in 1832-1833 and may have been the cause of Ozias’ death in August 1832.

While I haven’t figured out the identity of the ‘uncle’ that Ozias worked for, I discovered that Ozias’ fourth cousin, Canvass White was the chief engineer for the Big Ditch. Canvass White had previously worked on the Eire Canal where he recruited Irish workers.

When Ozias died in 1832, he left a wife and young family. Since Ozias was listed on the 1830 census in New York and New York is given for the birth location of his children, it is possible that the family stayed in New York while Ozias worked in New Jersey.

Ozias’ Children [Ozias Wells on FamilySearch – KHPF-QW9]

• Benjamin Franklin Wells – born 1819 – thus 13 at the time of his father’s death
• Thurston Kennedy Wells – born 1821 – thus 11 at the time of his father’s death
• William Wallace Wells – born 1823 – thus 9 at the time of his father’s death
• Hannah Anne Wells – born 1825 – thus 7 at the time of her father’s death
• Mary Jane Wells – born 1827 – thus 5 at the time of her father’s death
• Lucinda M. Wells – born 1829 – thus 3 at the time of her father’s death
• Nancy Phidila Wells – born 1831 – thus 1 at the time of her father’s death

The Big Ditch – https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/6348904197/

Sources:

1. Delaware and Rariton Canal (Wikipedia)
2. Q&A; Guardian of the Memory of Those Who Dug a Canal by Karen Demasters; published by The New York Times, 9 Aug 1998.
3. A Brief History of the Delaware and r=Raritan Canal on the Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission site
4. Honoring the Irish Who Built the D&R Canal. Department of Environmental Protection. State of New Jersey
5. The Canal Dug by Irishmen. The Historical Marker Database.
6. The Birth of the Canal. D&R Canal State Park
7. Along the Delaware & Raritan Canal: A History and Resources Database. by Capt. Bill McKelvey, 2011.

Mineral Rights

Have you worked with deeds for mineral rights? Although I’ve heard of deeds for mineral rights, particularly oil and gas, I don’t remember actually working with one. Since most of my tree is farmers, they were buying and selling land for agricultural use.

As I’m starting to research my third great-grandfather, Ozias Wells, I’ve encountered a deed where Ozias Wells and John Kennedy purchase the rights to gypsum or plaister on a parcel of land.

Vol AE
Image 169 – page 281

This indenture made the ninth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and twenty five between Robert Montgomery of Sullivan in in the count of
Madison and sate of New York of the first part and John Kennedy and Ozias Wells of
Sullivan aforesaid of the second part Witnesseth that the party of the first part for and in
consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars current money of the United States
of America to him in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and confesed
Hath sold bargained aliened and leases and by these pressure doth sell bargain alien and have
unto the parties of the second part their heirs executors administrators and assigns one equal undivided
sixth part of all the gypsum or plaister that can be discovered as found on the whole or any part
of all that certain piece or parcel of land consisting of thirty acres and being the north part of the second
fifty acre lot in this subdivision of lot number forty in said town of Sullivan which said fifty acre
lots are set off from and and parallel to the west line of said lot number forty which said pice
or parcel of land was conveyed to John Lewis who a certain deed bearing date the twenty second day of
February one thousand eight hundred and fourteen executed by Ira M Olds and Phebe Olds his wife
and also one equal undivided sixth part of all the Gypsum or plaister that can be found or
discovered on the whole or any part of all that certain piece or parcel of land containing about
seventy five and being a part of the East half of lot number thirty five on the two mile strip in
the late Oneida reservation which said last mentioned piece of land was conveyed to robert
Stuart by deed executed by James Pickert bearing date the twenty seventh day of June one
thousand eight hundred and eight and the said part of the first part for himself his heirs executors
administrators and assigns doth hereby covenant promise and agree to and with the said
parties of the second part their heirs executors administrators and assigns that the said
at all times and forever hereafter have free ingress access and regress into upon and to any part of
the said pieces or parcels of land for the purpose of searching for diging or carrying away the said Gypsum
or plaister from the said premises And the said party of the first part hereby covenants promises
and agree to & with the said parties of the second part that himself heirs executors & adminis
trators shall & will forever hereafter warrant and defend the said party of the second part their
heirs and representatives of and from all and all maner of claim that any person or persons shall
hereafter lawfully make & insist upon in any or all the before mentioned sixth pary of said plaister
beds herein before conveyed to the said party of the second part Freelove M the wife of the
said Robert hereby confirms the above conveyance as her deed by signing her name hereunto
Signed sealed & delivered the day and year first above written Robert Montgomery (SS)
Freelove M Montgomery (SS) In presence of N. B. the words equal undivided & interlined
twice before ex – Geo Eager State of New York Madison County on the 9th day of July 1825 before
me personally appeared Robert Montgomery & Freelove M his wife tome known to be the persons who execut
ted the annexed indenture and they severally and duly acknowledged the voluntary execution of the annexed
indenture for the uses and purposes therein mentioned and the said Freelove on a private examina
tion seperate and apart from her husband said she executed the said deed without any fear
threat or compulsion of her husband Geo Eager Commr bc Recorded on the 27th day of march
1832 at 2 o’clock P.M.
A. S.Sloan Clk

The above deed is the only one I’ve found (so far) for Ozias Wells in Madison County, New York.

Since John Kennedy could be Ozias’ father-in-law or a brother-in-law, I need to also do KENNEDY research in Madison County.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun

It’s Saturday Night – 

time for more Genealogy Fun! 

Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music here) is to:

1)  What is the best or important image or document that you have recently found online? [Thank you to Linda Stufflebean for suggesting topics!]

Well it is early Sunday morning as I’m writing this.

While going back thru my research of Ozias Wells I’ve been trying to verify two statements in biographies of his son, Benjamin Franklin Wells.

His father, Oziah Wells, was a native of Massachusetts and died at Princeton, N. J., his being the first pronounced death of that malignant disease, cholera, in the United States.

Durant, Samuel W., History of Ingham and Eaton County Michigan (: , 1880), p. 492

The father was a farmer in Madison County, N. Y where he engaged in agricultural pursuit, for some
years and then removed to Princeton, N. J., where he worked for an uncle as overseer in the digging
of the canal.

Portrait and Biographical Album of Barry and Eaton Counties, Michigan (Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1891), p. 278-279; digital images, Archive.org, http://www.archive.org viewed online 22 June 2022.

Thus, I started researching canals in New Jersey around 1832. That research led me to the Delaware and Rariton Canal and Canvass White. As I continued searching I uncovered my best recent find. This ‘find’ is a pdf document titled, Along the Delaware and Raritan Canal: A History & Resources Database. Within that 134 page document is a paragraph about Cholera that includes quotes from newspaper articles.

Later in the article is a biography of Canvass White.

Since Ozias’ mother was Abigail WHITE, I was intrigued about a possible relationship between Ozias Wells and Canvass White. Curious about a possible relationship, I looked up Canvass White on FamilySearch and found that he descends from Elder John White.

When I looked up Abigail White, Ozias Wells’ mother, I found that FamilySearch has her lineage also going back to Elder John White.

And this led to another wonderful find this morning: Canvass White in the book, Memorials of Elder John White one of The First Settlers of Hartford, Conn. and of His Descendants by Allyn S. Kellogg. (on Google Books and Archive.org)

And there on pages 70 and 71, I find my ancestor, Oliver White and his daughter, Abigail who married Green Wells.

Although I’m still looking for more information about Ozias’ work on the canal and his death, finding the list of resources for the Delaware and Rariton Canal helped me unearth this White Genealogy.

Friday Finds

OK, I have to admit it. I have another unrelated obituary in my file. This time, it is for Jess Wells who was killed during World War I from the Iola Daily Register. I do have a Jesse Wells in my tree who lived in Woodson County, Kansas and served during World War I. However, the Jesse Wells in my tree did not die in 1918. Thus, this obituary is for a different Jesse Wells.

Deaths and Funerals
The body of Jess Wells, who died in overseas service, arrived in Colony Saturday night and was brought to Iola by Adams and Hesser where funeral arrangements were made. Wells was a Geneva boy, so members of the Leslie J. Campbell Post No. 15, American Legion, accompanied the body to Geneva
today to perform the military portion of the funeral service. Captain Hill of the Salvation Army, overseas veteran, made the funeral address and interment was made in the Geneva cemetery.

The Iola Daily Register (Iola, Kansas) Tuesday evening, May 31, 1921, page 5 col. 5

I obtained the above obituary by reading microfilm at the Kansas State Historical Society. At the time, I simply transcribed the information and did not obtain a copy. Thanks to the digitization projects in Kansas, many of the Iola newspapers are on Newspapers.com. Thus, I was able to locate this particular paper to get an image of the notice.

In addition, I located a notice in the 27 May 1921 issue of The Iola Register regarding the return on the body of Jess Wells to Kansas

Miss Blanche Ponsler, secretary for the Allen County red Cross has notice that the body of Jess Wells, who died in France in 1917, will arrive in Geneva soon for burial. A brother, Chas. Wells, resides in Geneva, and the father lives in Henrietta, Okla. Glen Bean, Legion Post Commander, will take proper action for arranging the services when the body arrives.

The Iola Register (Iola, Kansas) 27 May 1921, page 3, available on Newspapers.com.

Since the earlier notice indicated that Jess Wells died in 1917, I tried to locate a notice of his death. When I couldn’t find a 1917 notice, I decided to check Find a Grave to see what it had for the death date. On Find a Grave, I found Jess Wells died in 1918. The memorial includes a transcription of a death notice from the 21 Nov 1918 issue of the Iola Register.

Mrs. Frank Mabie received the news of the death of her brother, Jess Wells last week. He was killed in action –another soldier laid down his life for his country. Jess used to reside in this community. We extend our sympathy to his parents and sisters and brothers in their loss.

Iola Register
Nov. 21 1918

I was able to locate this death notice on Newspapers.com.

Curious as to whether this Jess Wells was related to my WELLS research in the area of Woodson and Allen counties, I located him on FamilySearch.

Unfortunately, his tree shows no connection to my WELLS line. Thus, another unrelated obituary in my files.

Ozias Wells Descendants

1-Ozias Wells-[KHPF-QW9]1833 (15 May 1796-5 August 1832)

+Mary Kennedy-1834 (21 February 1799-23 March 1885)

. . . . . 2-Benjamin Franklin Wells-2828 (27 March 1819-25 December 1891)

. . . . . +Anna Mariah Benham-4547 (about 1825-25 May 1856)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Mary Alice Wells-4571 (about 1849-)

. . . . . . . . . . +M. G. Parker-5090 (-)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Daniel Frank Parker-7693 (-July 1947)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-George Franklin Wells-4557 (9 November 1851-15 March 1892)

. . . . . . . . . . +Mahala May Ann Eaton-8657 (about 1853-)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Ivena M. Wells-8658 (7 October 1878-2 March 1884)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Lavern Lotsone Wells-18421 (20 July 1881-13 March 1932)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-_____ Wells-4931 (-)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Clark Eugene Wells-4567 (12 July 1853-30 September 1937)

. . . . . . . . . . +Eltha L. Hyde-4929 (-7 October 1942)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Winifred Wells-4930 (22 January 1893-5 August 1983)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Perry Benham Wells-4564 (7 January 1856-1 March 1943)

. . . . . . . . . . +Caroline Henrietta Boyd-8638 (31 August 1857-21 June 1943)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Glen B. Wells-8652 (1 September 1881-10 February 1956)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Florence E. Wells-8653 (11 August 1885-29 March 1972)

. . . . . +Malissa R. Hamilton-4794 (1822-12 June 1902)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Clinton K. Wells-4800 (21 August 1860-10 May 1932)

. . . . . . . . . . +Lydia A. Hunter-4914 (1869-12 January 1948)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Nellie Wells-4915 (16 October 1893-27 March 1969)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Clayton H. Wells-4801 (21 August 1860-13 March 1931)

. . . . . . . . . . +Anna M. Henry-4909 (21 October 1864-7 October 1942)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Carl B. Wells-4910 (11 October 1892-4 September 1977)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Hazel Wells-4911 (October 1894-19 June 1962)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Violetta M. Wells-4913 (11 June 1898-2 July 1982)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Leola A. Wells-4912 (9 May 1902-28 October 1989)

. . . . . 2-Thurston Kennedy Wells-1701 (26 February 1821-3 June 1893)

. . . . . +Sarah Hall-4512 (-before 1860)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Francis Owen Wells-1718 (23 February 1853-19 November 1912)

. . . . . . . . . . +Emma Steach-1824 (16 June 1859-24 January 1891)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Pearlie L. Wells-1825 (17 February 1879-6 December 1965)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Clinton Ery Wells-1826 (10 March 1883-August 1975)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Etta May Wells-1827 (22 May 1885-11 April 1888)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Archie Wells-1828 (14 May 1888-12 May 1978)

. . . . . . . . . . +Sudie Curd-1835 (about 1868-28 December 1947)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Forrest Dale Wells-1758 (23 September 1902-25 February 1975)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-William Hall Wells-1719 (24 August 1857-9 September 1939)

. . . . . . . . . . +Mary Elizabeth Black-1815 (11 June 1861-14 March 1936)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Nile Clay Wells-1816 (12 August 1883-20 March 1941)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Frank James Wells-1818 (12 June 1885-14 April 1950)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Dolla May Wells-1817 (3 February 1888-25 June 1967)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Mary Elizabeth Wells-1819 (25 February 1890-29 January 1920)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Samuel Clark Wells-1821 (30 January 1892-about 2 May 1915)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Jesse Hall Wells-1820 (3 June 1894-2 June 1967)

. . . . . +Salome Adell Crandall-1702 (24 June 1836-30 August 1893)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Freddie L. Wells-4580 (16 January 1862-25 September 1869)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Mary A. Wells-1814 (1 January 1866-23 September 1866)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Anna May Wells-1720 (12 June 1868-7 May 1938)

. . . . . . . . . . +John Frederick Mentzer-1721 (3 March 1871-16 May 1943)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Hazel Adell Mentzer-1750 (19 May 1896-24 January 1985)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Cecile Marie Mentzer-1751 (7 November 1897-28 August 1980)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Lelia Pearl Mentzer-1748 (26 April 1899-1 October 1981)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Marjorie Emma Mentzer-1746 (18 September 1901-8 December 1962)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Wilfred Francis Mentzer-1745 (29 January 1903-6 May 1972)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Harley Wells Mentzer-1752 (13 June 1904-27 March 1984)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Mildred Mabel Mentzer-1747 (5 October 1906-12 December 1991)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Aleta Doris Mentzer-1749 (8 June 1909-19 June 1997)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Nettie Adell Wells-1710 (5 February 1873-9 February 1939)

. . . . . . . . . . +Charles Oliver Mentzer-1709 (1 July 1869-15 August 1955)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Gladys Olive Mentzer-1711 (9 July 1894-2 June 1977)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Paul Emory Mentzer-1712 (28 March 1896-14 August 1942)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Pauline Edith Mentzer-9796 (28 March 1896-16 July 1984)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Leslie George Mentzer-1713 (23 August 1898-19 April 1988)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Herbert Wells Mentzer-1714 (20 July 1900-25 March 1977)

. . . . . 2-William Wallice Wells-2066 (9 January 1823-13 May 1907)

. . . . . +Martha B. Clark-4544 (1825-1 April 1880)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-William O. Wells-4541 (4 February 1845-25 February 1933)

. . . . . . . . . . +Ellen O. Andrews-4855 (about 1846-30 January 1911)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Lena B. Wells-5106 (17 June 1868-)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Preston L. Wells-5107 (7 August 1875-4 March 1944)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Florence Wells-21759 (27 April 1883-27 December 1961)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-John M. Wells-4540 (about 1847-)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Ida M. Wells-4566 (7 January 1851-25 April 1929)

. . . . . . . . . . +Jerome Gregory-4856 (-)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Everard Gregory-4858 (25 December 1866-9 February 1945)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Clara Gregory-8712 (20 March 1869-1959)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Herbert Gregory-8713 (about 1879-15 September 1880)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Glen E Gregory-21758 (18 January 1886-22 September 1956)

. . . . . . . . . . +Lovewell Lowell Irish-21756 (9 June 1845-10 August 1917)

. . . . . . . . . . +John Harmon Darrow-21757 (1850-1929)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Sarah A. Wells-4562 (14 September 1856-3 May 1901)

. . . . . . . . . . +James Eugene Snelgrove-4857 (7 September 1858-1 December 1930)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Harry Snelgrove-8644 (January 1893-10 February 1960)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Paul Wells-4519 (about 1858-)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Harry Morton Wells-5108 (11 June 1863-1951)

. . . . . . . . . . +Margaret Adams-21801 (1866-29 April 1929)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Herbert John Wells-21803 (10 July 1885-May 1965)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Veyleria B Wells-21802 (4 January 1900-18 March 1988)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Kate L. Wells-5109 (8 April 1867-29 June 1882)

. . . . . 2-Hannah Anne Wells-2951 (6 March 1825-1905)

. . . . . +George Talbot Perry-4797 (1824-15 November 1865)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Hattie Sims Perry-9487 (1853-5 September 1918)

. . . . . . . . . . +Rodolphus C. Briggs-9488 (24 October 1846-13 February 1935)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Anna Gertrude Briggs-21814 (21 December 1886-7 July 1951)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Georgia Talbot Perry-9489 (about 1858-23 June 1931)

. . . . . . . . . . +Charles Button-9490 (-)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Arthur Edward Button-21817 (17 January 1887-15 January 1954)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Roy Sumner Button-21816 (15 May 1889-18 September 1961)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-George Perry Button-21815 (23 March 1894-19 November 1970)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Edward Sims Perry-9491 (about 1860-31 January 1864)

. . . . . 2-Mary Jane Wells-2793 (14 January 1827-12 November 1871)

. . . . . +Julius Humeston-4798 (-)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Edwin Humeston-9632 (about 1846-)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Albert Humeston-9633 (about 1849-)

. . . . . . . . . . +Nina Annette Thornber-21828 (9 December 1856-23 August 1947)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Raymond Julius Humeston-21831 (2 November 1885-2 December 1973)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Ralph Mail Humeston-21830 (3 June 1889-9 December 1936)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Genevieve Ruth Humeston-21829 (26 December 1892-5 August 1974)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Ella Humeston-9634 (about 1853-1867)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Frank Humeston-9635 (21 April 1855-1 February 1923)

. . . . . . . . . . +Phoebe Jane Monroe-21824 (13 April 1860-9 February 1918)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Louisa Humeston-21827 (13 July 1894-6 October 1897)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Gladys A Humeston-21826 (12 October 1899-2 March 1972)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Marian Grace Humeston-21825 (25 February 1902-26 December 1987)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-James Artemas Humeston-9636 (2 May 1857-30 September 1930)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Lydia Humeston-9637 (about 1858-4 March 1882)

. . . . . . . . . . +James Cassidy Osborn-21851 (23 June 1854-29 March 1942)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Saron Fayette Osborn-21852 (23 February 1882-2 July 1958)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Niva Laverne Osborn-21853 (6 August 1880-8 November 1958)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Hattie L Osborn-21854 (20 June 1878-11 November 1952)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Louise Humeston-9638 (about 1861-18 November 1931)

. . . . . . . . . . +Warren Stone Gordis-21858 (20 February 1863-January 1956)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Charles Humeston-9639 (22 May 1863-4 February 1936)

. . . . . . . . . . +Ella Jane Showers-12109 (about 1864-)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Earl E Humeston-21864 (4 September 1886-17 April 1908)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Lulu Blanche Humeston-21863 (4 September 1889-14 January 1969)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Beatrice E Humeston-21861 (24 August 1891-30 August 1987)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Ina Bessie Humeston-21860 (6 November 1893-12 December 1978)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Charles Howard Humeston-21862 (February 1900-26 February 1901)

. . . . . 2-Lucinda M. Wells-2803 (21 April 1829-2 March 1910)

. . . . . +Henry Hall-4799 (14 March 1830-12 April 1893)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Burdett Hall-5113 (5 March 1862-8 May 1920)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Perry George Hall-5114 (May 1865-17 July 1923)

. . . . . . . . . . +Bertha _____-9640 (August 1868-)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Mildred E. Hall-9642 (January 1892-)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Erma M. Hall-9641 (July 1893-)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Ruth A. Hall-9643 (November 1896-)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-B. Ella Hall-9644 (April 1899-)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-George P. Hall-9645 (about 1904-)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Alfred H. Hall-5115 (9 February 1868-13 September 1925)

. . . . . . . . . . +Susan A. Powers-9646 (-)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Chalton P. Hall-9647 (about 1915-)

. . . . . . . . . . +Bertha J. VanAllen-9648 (1 September 1866-8 September 1910)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-William A. Hall-5116 (1872-6 September 1920)

. . . . . . . . . . +Blanche Cloyes-21901 (1878-1963)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Cloyes T Hall-21902 (12 September 1911-24 February 1985)

. . . . . 2-Nancy Phidila Wells-2717 (8 May 1831-19 May 1906)

. . . . . +James Augustus Doolittle-4530 (31 March 1830-2 December 1893)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Frederick Wells Doolittle-4776 (29 August 1858-23 April 1913)

. . . . . . . . . . +Ida Adella Phelps-21846 (29 September 1860-8 January 1927)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Clifford Wells Doolittle-21850 (6 November 1880-25 March 1975)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Edith Lucinda Doolittle-21849 (5 April 1883-14 September 1883)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Earl James Doolittle-21847 (12 June 1887-5 September 1954)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Pearl O Doolittle-21848 (29 August 1890-6 August 1960)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Frank Doolittle-4778 (31 October 1861-3 September 1883)

. . . . . . . . . . +Dora Ellen “Nellie” Warner-22034 (30 July 1864-15 November 1944)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Lester Doolittle-4777 (25 August 1864-28 May 1943)

. . . . . . . . . . +Eva Jane ‘Jennie’ Miller-21903 (21 August 1869-20 November 1918)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-James Howard Doolittle-21905 (16 July 1895-20 January 1976)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Frank A Doolittle-21904 (30 May 1898-20 July 1980)

. . . . . . . . . . 3-Talbot James Doolittle-4779 (20 October 1871-2 September 1947)

. . . . . . . . . . +Adeline Lindsay-4780 (10 September 1876-9 July 1968)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Clara L. Doolittle-4782 (21 December 1899-27 February 1986)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Ola Doolittle-4781 (4 December 1897-11 November 1994)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Mildred Doolittle-4783 (3 February 1902-1 October 1971)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Donald Doolittle-4784 (4 May 1905-5 May 1999)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Ruth Doolittle-4785 (1 June 1907-26 October 1989)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-Edson T. Doolittle-4786 (16 September 1910-3 January 1996)

Friday Finds

Do you have obituary clippings in you file for non-relatives? As I’m going back thru the files created when I scanned my paper files, I am finding such clippings. Today’s find is the obituary for Harold Ernest ‘Jim’ Wells published in the Topeka (KS) paper.

Harold Ernest ‘Jim’ Wells

Boise, Idaho – Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. today at the Alden-Waggoner Chapel in Boise, Idaho, for Harold Ernest ‘Jim” Wells, 85, Boise. He died Wednesday, May 11, 1994, at a Boise nursing home.

Mr. Wells worked for the Boise Parks Department for 25 years and then he worked for the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Boise. He was an Army veteran of World War II.

He was born April 3, 1909, in Linn, Kan., and was reared in Linn.

He was married to Lela Elliott on Jan. 20, 1935. She survives in Boise.

Other Survivors include two daughters, Vickie Woolsey, Auburn, Calif. and Valerie Schoof, Placerville, Calif.; two sisters, Helen Setnor, Topeka, Kan., and Marjorie Stenger, Wichita, and a granddaughter.

Inurnment at Dry Creek Cemetery in Boise will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s association, 4620 Overland Road, Boise, Idaho, 83705.

The Topeka Capital-Journal (Topeka, KS) Saturday, May 14, 1994 page 15-A

Unsure as to whether, Harold Wells was a cousin, I searched for him on FamilySearch.

Even though the great-grandfather of Harold Wells is Benjamin F. Wells, it is a different Benjamin F. Wells than the one in my tree. Thus, this is a random obituary that I kept which is unrelated to my tree.

Pearl

Do you ever have trouble figuring out whether females with different surnames are the same person? That’s been my struggle when researching Pearl, daughter of Frederick Doolittle and his wife Ida Phelps.

Fred Doolittle’s obituary identifies the daughter as Mrs. Will Nysen.

Fred W. Doolittle
Tekonsha Man Passes Away After Several Years’ Illness
[Special to The Citizen Press]
Tekonsha, Mich., April 25, — Fred W Doolittle passed away at his home on Jackson avenue, Wednesday night. He has been in poor health for a number of years, having been stricken with paralysis. The deceased was a highly respected citizen, a Mason and a member of the Woodmen lodge of this village. He was a prosperous farmer and had been a local stock buyer, being a member of the Merrifield, Proctor & Doolittle firm. He is survived by an invalid wife, two sons, Clifford and Earl, both of this place, and one daughter, Mrs. Will Nysen, of Coldwater and two brothers, Lester and Talbot Doolittle, all of Tekonsha. The funeral was held this afternoon, conducted by Rev. F. R. Randall, Burial in the Riverside cemetery.

“Fred W. Doolittle,” , Jackson Citizen Patriot, (Jackson, Michigan), 25 April 1913, page 2; Public Member Story, , submitter, linked to , GenealogyBank, genealogybank.com, posted .

However, the name changes when Fred’s wife, Ida dies in 1927. According to Ida Doolittle’s obituary, she had a daughter named Mrs. Edwin Friend.

Dies after Long Illness

Mrs. Ida Doolittle Passes at Home in Tekonsha — Daughter and Two Sons Survive

Mrs. Ida Doolittle died at her home Saturday following years of invalidism. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Edwin Friend, of Pueblo, Colorado and two sons, Earle J. and Clifford E. Both of Tekonsha. Mrs. Doolittle was preceeded in death by her husband, Fred Doolittle about 10 years ago.

“Dies after Long Illness,” Battle Creek Enquirer (Battle Creek, Michigan), 11 January 1927, page 15; digital images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online 29 June 2022).

Based on these two obituaries, it appears that Pearl Doolittle, Pearl Nyssen and Pearl Friend are the same person. However, the FamilySearch tree does not show a second spouse for Pearl Doolittle,

Based on the 1927 obituary, I found an Edwin Friend on Find a Grave who was buried in Pueblo, Colorado. And he has a wife named Pearl. Unfortunately, Edwin Friend on FamilySearch has a wife named Pearl Yeagla.

So is Pearl Yeagle actually Pearl Doolittle? If so, can I find sources to prove it?

In 1907, Pearl Doolittle married William Henry Nyssen in Branch county, Michigan. They were divorced in 1919 in Branch county, Michigan. When I looked for a marriage record between a Pearl Doolittle or a Pearl Nyssen, I could not find one. Instead, I found a marriage record for Edwin Friend and Pearl Yeagla in Colorado which supports the Edwin Friend family on FamilySearch.

“Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006,” Ancestry.com (ancestry.com : Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, viewed online (30 June 2022), Edwin Friend; Colorado Marriages, State Archives, Denver, Colorado.

Suspecting that Pearl Yeagle was Pearl Doolittle, I searched for a marriage record between Pearl and a Yeagle. So far, I haven’t found such a record. However, thanks to another Ancestry user sharing an image of a newspaper clipping about the marriage of Pearl and A. L. Yeagle, I was able to locate the article which provides the link between Pearl Doolittle and Pearl Yeagle.

Mrs. Pearl Nyson daughter of Mrs. Ida Doolittle was recently married to A. L. Yeagle of Pueblo Colo. A wire from Mrs. Yeagle states they were not injured in the recent floods near the city.

“Teokonsha News,” The Evening Chronicle (Marshall, Michigan), 8 June 1921, page 2; digital images, Newspaper Archives (newspaperarchive.com : viewed online 29 June 2022).

Thus, I believe that Pearl Doolittle, daughter of Fred Doolittle and his wife Ida Phelps, is also Pearl Nyssen, Pearl Yeagle and Pearl Friend.

Conflicting Sources

In your genealogy research, have you encountered a tree containing a different death date for an individual in your tree that also includes a source? Most of the time when I encounter differing information, I can locate sourcing to support one set of information. However, I don’t remember encountering a difference in information with sourcing for both sets of dates.

That’s my situation with Frederick Wells Doolittle, son of Nancy Phidila Wells and James Augustus Doolittle of Calhoun County, Michigan. In RootsMagic, I have recorded 23 April 1913 as the death date for Frederick Doolittle.

On FamilySearch, there is a death date of 25 August 1929 for Frederick Wells Doolittle.

There is a source for the death date on FamilySearch that indicates the date of death came from a pension file. The link to the source leads to a pension file on Fold 3. This source does support 25 Aug 1929 as the death date for a Fred W Doolittle.

Going back to my RootsMagic file, I have several sources for the 1913 death date for Fred Doolittle. One of those sources is a record on Find a Grave. While the Find a Grave record contains links to other family members it does not include a picture of a tombstone. Thankfully, I have other sources to support the 1913 death date. One of those sources is a Michigan death certificate.

“Michigan, Death Records 1867-1952,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 27 June 2022), Fred Melle “Wells” Doolittle.

Not only does the death certificate give a 1913 death date, it identifies the parents: James Doolittle and Nancy Wells. Besides the death certificate, I was able to find an obituary for a Fred W. Doolittle in the 25 April 1913 issue of the Jackson Citizen Patriot (Jackson, Michigan).

“Fred W. Doolittle,” , Jackson Citizen Patriot, (Jackson, Michigan), 25 April 1913, page 2; Public Member Story, , submitter, linked to , GenealogyBank, genealogybank.com, posted .

Based on the death certificate and obituary, I don’t believe the pension record is for the same Fred W. Doolittle.

Since the death certificate and obituary are consistent with the other information I’ve collected on Fred, I believe he died in 1913.

Frederick Wells Doolittle¹ was born on 29 Aug 1858 in Clarendon, Calhoun, Michigan, United States.^1–4 He lived in Clarendon, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1860.⁵ He lived in Clarendon Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States on 9 Aug 1870.⁶ Frederick lived in Clarendon, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1880.⁷ He lived in Girard, Branch, Michigan, United States in 1900.⁸ He lived in Tekonsha, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1910.⁹ Frederick died on 23 Apr 1913 at the age of 54 in Tekonsha Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States.^{1,3–4,10–11} He was buried on 25 Apr 1913 at Riverside Cemetery in Tekonsha, Calhoun, Michigan, United States.^4,10–11

Frederick Wells Doolittle and Ida Adella Phelps were married on 29 Sep 1878 in Homer, Calhoun, Michigan, United States.^12–13 Ida Adella Phelps was born on 29 Sep 1860 in Tekonsha, Calhoun, Michigan, United States. She lived in Clarendon, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1880.⁷ She lived in Girard Township, Branch, Michigan, United States in 1900.⁸ Ida lived in Tekonsha, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1910.⁹ She was buried in 1927 in Tekonsha, Calhoun, Michigan, United States. She died on 8 Jan 1927 at the age of 66 in Tekonsha, Calhoun, Michigan, United States.¹⁴

ENDNOTES:

1. “Michigan, Death Records, 1897-1929,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 27 June 2022), Fred Wells Doolittle.

2. 1870 Michigan Federal Census (: U.S. Government, 1870), Calhoun Co., MI (M593-697), page 8, line 27 [Doc, #: WELLS.MI.036].

3. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 16 December 2020), memorial for Nancy Wells Doolitte (1831-1906), Find a Grave Memorial no. #51515334, created by maintained by Find a Grave, citing West Clarendon Cemetery, Clarendon, Calhoun County, Michigan; accompanying photograph by Genealogy BugKate, Nancy Wells Doolittle.

4. Find a Grave, database and images, Find a Grave (www.findagrave.com : viewed online 27 June 2022), memorial for Fred Wells Doolittle (1858-1913), Find a Grave Memorial no. 91032796, created by Dorothy, citing Riverside Cemetery, Tekonsha, Calhoun County, Michigan;, Fred Wells Doolittle.

5. 1860 U.S. Census, Calhoun County Michigan, population schedule, Clarendon, Calhoun County, Michigan, page 206, family 1366, Polly Doolittle; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 27 June 2022); NARA microfilm publication M653.

6. 1870 U.S. Census, Calhoun County, Michigan, population schedule, Calhoun County, Michigan, page 8 Image 8 of 30, family 67, James Doolittle; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : viewed online 21 May 2022)

7. 1880 U.S. Census, Calhoun County Michigan, Clarendon, Calhoun County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) ED 48, Page 1, family 3, Fred Doolittle; digital images,  (: viewed online 27 June 2022).

8. 1900 U.S. Census, Branch County Michigan, population scheduule, Girard Township, Branch County, Michigan, ED 13, Sheet 6A Image 11 of 26, family 138, Fred Doolittle; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 27 June 2022)

9. 1910 U.S. Census, Calhoun County Michigan, Tekonsha Township, Calhoun County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) ED 74, Sheet 1A, family 1, Fred Doolittle; digital images,  (: viewed online 27 June 2022).

10. “Michigan, Death Records 1867-1952,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 27 June 2022), Fred Melle  “Wells” Doolittle.

11. “Fred W. Doolittle,” , Jackson Citizen Patriot,  (Jackson Citizen Patriot (Jackson, Michigan)), 25 April 1913, page 2; Public Member Story, , submitter,  linked to , GenealogyBank, genealogybank.com,  posted .

12. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Fred Wells Doolittle, 29 September 1878; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 27 June 2022). Original Source: Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952.

13. “Michigan, County Marriages, 1822-1940,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 27 June 2022), Fred Wells Doolittle.

14. “Dies after Long Illness,” Battle Creek Enquirer (Battle Creek, Michigan), 11 January 1927, page 15; digital images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : viewed online 29 June 2022).