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Luella E Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: Fairmount Cemetery, Polo, Ogle Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: 9 September 1897¹

Mary Ann Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: Fairmount Cemetery, Polo, Ogle Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: 15 August 1842¹

Esther Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: Brimfield Township Cemetery, Brimfield, Peoria Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: March 1815¹

Mary T Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: Elmwood Township Cemetery, Elmwood, Peoria Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: 2 August 1822¹

Edith Edna Coulson¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 2 April 1874¹
• (Bride) Marriage*: circa 1895; Groom=Arthur M Wells
• Death*: 1 February 1945
• Burial*: 1 February 1945; Springdale Cemetery and Mausoleum, Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois, USA; Name: Edith Edna Wells
  [Edith Edna Coulson]
  Birth Date: 2 Apr 1875
  Birth Place: Peoria, Illinois
  Death Date: 1 Feb 1945
  Death Place: Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois
  Burial Date: 3 Feb 1945
  Burial Place: Peoria, Peoria, Illinois
  Cemetery Name: Springdale
  Death Age: 69
  Occupation: Housework
  Race: White
  Marital Status: W
  Gender: Female
  Residence: Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois
  Father Name: Theodore Coulson
  Father Birth Place: Illinois
  Mother Name: U
  Mother Birth Place: Illinois
  Spouse Name: Arthur
  Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths
  FHL Film Number: 1984082

• Married Name: circa 1895; Mrs. Wells (Coulson)

Fern Cecelia Juelg¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 14 January 1900; Illinois, USA¹
• (Bride) Marriage*: circa 1920; Groom=Herbert M Wells
• Death*: 5 June 1985
• Burial*: 5 June 1985; Springdale Cemetery and Mausoleum, Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois, USA; Daughter of William and Jennie (Sult) Juelg. Wife of Herbert Wells.
  
  Buried with her husband and next to her mother.
  
  Sister of Newell.
  
  Springdale Cemetery records: Fern Wells died Jun. 5, 1985.

• Married Name: circa 1920; Mrs. Wells (Juelg)

Barbara Urban¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 7 May 1879¹
• (Bride) Marriage*: circa 1900; Groom=Irvin J Wells
• Death*: 29 August 1947
• Burial*: 29 August 1947; Springdale Cemetery and Mausoleum, Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois, USA; daughter of John Urban, OH and Mary Krieger
  married to Irvin Wells

• Married Name: circa 1900; Mrs. Wells (Urban)

Charlotte Wells¹

• Father*: Uriah H Wells b. 22 Apr 1870, d. 28 Jul 1947
• Mother*: Lillian B Morris b. 1874, d. 1958

• Reference: W008

• Birth*: 22 February 1901; Illinois, USA¹
• Burial*: 28 March 1939; Springdale Cemetery and Mausoleum, Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois, USA; The daughter of Uriah Wells of Lincoln Il and Lillian Norris of Pekin.
• Death*: 28 March 1939

• Name Variation: circa 1920; Mrs. Charlotte Tompkins (Wells);
  Spouse
  
  Photo
  George Raymond Tompkins
  
  1898–1953
  

Martha Jane Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: Springdale Cemetery and Mausoleum, Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: 15 September 1845¹

Jessie M Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: Springdale Cemetery and Mausoleum, Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: 3 March 1881¹

Marian R Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: Saint Josephs Cemetery, West Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: 18 May 1895¹

Jane B Dawson¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 13 September 1819¹
• (Bride) Marriage*: circa 1835; Groom=Jacob H Wells
• Burial*: 27 August 1877; Bramble Cemetery, Peoria Co., Illinois, USA; w/o Jacob H. Wells
  d/o J. F. Dawson
  
  57y, 11m, 14ds
• Death*: 27 August 1877

• Married Name: circa 1835; Mrs. Wells (Dawson)

Arilla A Wells¹

• Father*: Corp. Miron Wells b. c 1832
• Mother*: Eliza Jane Blanton b. 1834

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 27 February 1860; Franklin Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*: 11 April 1929; Du Quoin, Perry Co., Illinois, USA
• Burial*: 11 April 1929; IOOF Cemetery, Du Quoin, Perry Co., Illinois, USA; Dau. of Myron & Eliza (Blanton) Wells
  Md. John Scarborough 12 Dec 1873

• Married Name: 12 December 1873; Mrs. Arilla A Scarborough (Wells); Md. John Scarborough 12 Dec 1873¹

Laura Ann Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: IOOF Cemetery, Du Quoin, Perry Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: 22 September 1852¹

Martha Ann Wells¹

• Father*: Pvt. Lewis Wells Sr. b. 22 Jun 1750, d. 12 Aug 1846
• Mother*: Elizabeth Bates b. 1750, d. 4 Oct 1846

• Reference: W011 ID095

• Birth*: 15 April 1774; South Carolina, USA¹
• Burial: 11 October 1876; McElvain Cemetery, Du Quoin, Perry Co., Illinois, USA; Martha Wells Williams, sometimes called Patsy, was the daughter of Lewis, a South Carolina militiaman in the American Revolution, and Elizabeth Bates Wells.
  
  Martha married William Williams 21 Oct 1802, probably in Greenville County, South Carolina. William was the son of Fredrick William and Annah Bryant Williams. Note: their is some controversy about his mother's name. His headstone reads "William, son of F. & A. Williams."
  
  Although the precise date is not known, various members of Martha and William's families and neighbors prepared to settle on the western frontier. Tradition has it that, in 1803, Lewis Wells, Thomas Taylor, the three Pyle brothers, Robert McElvain and maybe others came to Illinois to assess the land and the Indian situation. They opted to settle in Kentucky instead, because of Indian hostility in Illinois.
  
  Martha and William's two eldest children were born in South Carolina, Susan Elizabeth in 1804 and Thomas Simpson (almost always referred to as Simpson) in 1806. Martha and William's third child, Frederick, was born in Christian County, Kentucky in early 1808, so they apparently moved to Kentucky about 1807. William and Martha were the parents of 11 children who lived to adulthood: Elizabeth Susan, aka Susan Elizabeth, Simpson, Frederick, Ann, Samuel, Richard Wesley, William B., Mary, Abner Joseph, Daniel Lewis, and John Hampton.
  
  By about 1812, various members of the Carolina families apparently began to move into southern Illinois. In 1817, Martha's parents sold their land in Christian County, Kentucky, 514 acres on Blue Lick Fork of Little River. Martha and William remained in Christian County until at least 1830.
  
  In about 1832, Martha and William apparently separated, and Martha and ten of her children moved to southern Illinois, with only the eldest, Elizabeth Susan, wife of John Thompson Brasher (also spelled Brashear or Brazier), remaining in Kentucky. William remained in Kentucky until his death in 1860. The various members of the Williams family acquired several acres of land in Illinois, including land granted to William in 1810 by a United States patent. We have found no record of a divorce, but, William and Martha apparently remained separated for the rest of their lives.
  
  The following obituary from the Du Quoin Tribune, Oct. 12, 1876. Page 1, column 2, cites a slightly incorrect age based on tombstone information and her age as cited in the U.S. Censuses of 1850 & 1860. Martha was probably 90 at the time of her death.
  
  "Martha Wells
  Martha Wells, daughter of Lewis Wells & Elizabeth Bates. Wife of William Williams. --Mrs. Martha Williams, aged 91, mother of Abner J., William and Fred Williams, died quite sudden1y last evening, at her home in this Co.. Mrs. W. was one of the early settlers of this Co. and had reached a ripe old age. In the evening when she retired, she appeared in her usual health, but during the night the family were awakened by a noise in her room, and upon going to her bedside found that she was dying. She had suffered some of late with rheumatism, and it is thought that the disease reached the heart, which caused almost sudden death."
  
  Martha is buried here in McElvain Cemetery, near her parents.
  
  ---Bonnie Ward Williamson, G-G-G-Great granddaughter
• Death*: 11 October 1876
• Burial*: 11 October 1876; McElvain Cemetery, Du Quoin, Perry Co., Illinois, USA; Research taken - 1992 by Mrs. Betty Gamblin Miller in Plainview, Texas.
  
  Information also gathered from Bonnie Ward Williamson - FindAGrave, Gamblin Family Records, Census Records
  and Family Genealogical Charts.
  
  Martha Wells Williams, sometimes called Patsy, was the daughter of Lewis, a South Carolina militiaman in the American Revolution, and Elizabeth Bates Wells.
  
  Martha married William Williams 21 Oct 1802, probably in Greenville County, South Carolina. William was the son of Fredrick William and Annah Bryant Williams. Note: their is some controversy about his mother's name. His headstone reads "William, son of F. & A. Williams."
  
  Although the precise date is not known, various members of Martha and William's families and neighbors prepared to settle on the western frontier. Tradition has it that, in 1803, Lewis Wells, Thomas Taylor, the three Pyle brothers, Robert McElvain and maybe others came to Illinois to assess the land and the Indian situation. They opted to settle in Kentucky instead, because of Indian hostility in Illinois.
  
  Martha and William's two eldest children were born in South Carolina, Susan Elizabeth in 1804 and Thomas Simpson (almost always referred to as Simpson) in 1806. Martha and William's third child, Frederick, was born in Christian County, Kentucky in early 1808, so they apparently moved to Kentucky about 1807. William and Martha were the parents of 11 children who lived to adulthood: Elizabeth Susan, aka Susan Elizabeth, Simpson, Frederick, Ann, Samuel, Richard Wesley, William B., Mary, Abner Joseph, Daniel Lewis, and John Hampton.
  
  By about 1812, various members of the Carolina families apparently began to move into southern Illinois. In 1817, Martha's parents sold their land in Christian County, Kentucky, 514 acres on Blue Lick Fork of Little River. Martha and William remained in Christian County until at least 1830.
  
  In about 1832, Martha and William apparently separated, and Martha and ten of her children moved to southern Illinois, with only the eldest, Elizabeth Susan, wife of John Thompson Brasher (also spelled Brashear or Brazier), remaining in Kentucky. William remained in Kentucky until his death in 1860. The various members of the Williams family acquired several acres of land in Illinois, including land granted to William in 1810 by a United States patent. We have found no record of a divorce, but, William and Martha apparently remained separated for the rest of their lives.
  
  The following obituary from the Du Quoin Tribune, Oct. 12, 1876. Page 1, column 2, cites a slightly incorrect age based on tombstone information and her age as cited in the U.S. Censuses of 1850 & 1860. Martha was probably 90 at the time of her death.
  
  "Martha Wells
  Martha Wells, daughter of Lewis Wells & Elizabeth Bates. Wife of William Williams. --Mrs. Martha Williams, aged 91, mother of Abner J., William and Fred Williams, died quite sudden1y last evening, at her home in this Co.. Mrs. W. was one of the early settlers of this Co. and had reached a ripe old age. In the evening when she retired, she appeared in her usual health, but during the night the family were awakened by a noise in her room, and upon going to her bedside found that she was dying. She had suffered some of late with rheumatism, and it is thought that the disease reached the heart, which caused almost sudden death."
  
  Martha is buried here in McElvain Cemetery, near her parents.
  
  ---Bonnie Ward Williamson, G-G-G-Great granddaughter
  
  SURNAMES
  
  WELLS
  WILLIAMS
  WILLIAMS, Susan Elizabeth aka Elizabeth Susan
  WILLIAMS, Thomas Simpson 'Simpson'
  WILLIAMS, Frederick
  WILLIAMS, Ann
  WILLIAMS, Samuel
  WILLIAMS, Richard Wley
  WILLIAMS, William B.
  WILLIAMS, Mary
  WILLIAMS, Abner
  WILLIAMS, Joseph
  WILLIAMS, Daniel Lewis
  WILLIAMS, John Hampton

• Name Variation: Patsey Wells
• Married Name: circa 1790; Mrs. Martha Williams (Wells); John H. Williams
  
  1824–1873¹
• Married Name: circa 1795; Mrs. Martha Ann Williams (Wells); William Williams
  
  1774–1860¹

Sarah Wells¹

• Father*: Pvt. Lewis Wells Sr. b. 22 Jun 1750, d. 12 Aug 1846
• Mother*: Elizabeth Bates b. 1750, d. 4 Oct 1846

• Reference: W011

• Birth*: 30 August 1788; Edgefield Co., South Carolina, USA¹
• Burial*: 22 January 1855; McElvain Cemetery, Du Quoin, Perry Co., Illinois, USA; Sarah was the daughter of Lewis & Elizabeth Bates Wells. On 23 Oct 1805, she married Abner Pyle.
  
  They were the parents of 10-Abner Jr., Eliza (Woodsides), Edith (Taylor), Elvira (Lee), Elizabeth, Martha, John, Sarah (Thompson), Samuel, and Erastus.
• Death*: 22 January 1855

• Married Name: 23 October 1805; Mrs. Sarah Pyle (Wells)¹

Cynthia Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 28 February 1813; Kentucky, USA¹
• Burial*: 15 September 1877; Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Perry Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*: 15 September 1877

• Married Name: circa 1825; Mrs. Cynthia Harriss (Wells);
  Spouse
  
  Photo
  John Garrett Harriss*
  
  1812–1893 (m. 1831)
  ¹

Fannie Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: Cerro Gordo Cemetery, Cerro Gordo, Piatt Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: 23 July 1891¹

Nancy Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: LaPlace Cemetery, LaPlace, Piatt Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: 1 May 1819¹

Lora Ethel Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: Park Lawn Cemetery, Barry, Pike Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: May 1895¹

Mary A Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 22 February 1877¹
• Burial*: 19 May 1905; Baylis Cemetery, Baylis, Pike Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*: 19 May 1905

Sarah Ann Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: Ham Cemetery, Chambersburg, Pike Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: 29 April 1833¹

Margaret Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: Hornback Cemetery, El Dara, Pike Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: 6 January 1811¹

Martha Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: Griggsville Cemetery, Griggsville, Pike Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: 15 August 1832¹

Sarah Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: Griggsville Cemetery, Griggsville, Pike Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: 27 October 1807¹

Eva Lee Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: Prairie Mound Cemetery, New Hartford, Pike Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: 3 June 1887¹

Emma F Morley¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: February 1872¹
• (Bride) Marriage*: circa 1890; Groom=Dr. Frank Newton Wells
• Death*: May 1955
• Burial*: May 1955; Pittsfield West Cemetery, Pittsfield, Pike Co., Illinois, USA; Married Dr. Frank Newton Wells on 9 June 1896 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  
  Two daughters:
  Emma Gertrude
  Mary Louise

• Married Name: circa 1890; Mrs. Wells (Morley)

Fannie Angeline Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: Pittsfield West Cemetery, Pittsfield, Pike Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: 23 February 1869¹

Goldie E Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: Pittsfield West Cemetery, Pittsfield, Pike Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: 23 August 1903¹

Ida Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Burial*: Pittsfield West Cemetery, Pittsfield, Pike Co., Illinois, USA
• Death*:
• Birth*: 14 January 1854¹