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252. William Washington
(Billy) WELLS(282)
was born on
6 Aug 1856 in Greene Co., Il..(247)
(282) Libby Lambert Mar 2000
" William David Wells (b. 12-13-1824; d. 5-23-1891) m Martina Elizabeth
Ford (b. 9-4-1827) 9-23-1847. Theyhad the following children
William Washington Wells (b. 8-6-1856; d. 3-2-1936
Beth" William David Wells b. Rowan Co., NC married Martena Elizabeth
Ford Sept. 23, 1847 in Greene Co., IL Died May 1891 in Greene Co., IL Martena
Ford b. 1826 in Rowan Co., NC Father: John Ford Children:William Washington
Wells b. August 6, 1856 in Greene Co., IL
He died on 2 Mar 1936 in Hamburg,Ashley Co., ARK..
(282) Beth "The Wolfes also said that (WWWells) told them
the reason he left Illinois was to get his children away from the Catholic influence
of his wife's people. However, his son,Jefferson Harley Wells, said he had never
heard this story. He said that his father had read of cheap land in a newspaper
advertisement and had gone to Arkansas to check this out. Then he had come back
and gotten his family and moved them to AR. Supposedly, Aunt Ecil always wanted
to go back and see the grandmother Schutz but was never allowed for fear she
would not return as Harley had already gone back and stayed.When they came to
Arkansas, He was married to Mary Ann SCHUTZ in 1880 in Greene Co., Il..2,1 Carolyn
Haristy " William Washington Wells married Mary Ann Schutz in Greene County,
Illinois, and they were the parents of Ecil Christina Wells, (mother of Carolyn
Haisty's husband)
He was married to Mary Ann SCHUTZ (daughter of Matthew
SCHUTZ and Christina HUG) in 1880 in Greene Co., Il..
(282) Beth " Erma Wells died in
childhood in Greene Co., IL buried in Pine Tree Cemetery in Patterson, IL,
next to Mary Ann Schutz Wells, her mother, and just a few more feet from Wm.
David Wells and Martina Elizabeth Ford Wells, her grandparents.
Mary Ann SCHUTZ(282) was
born about 1860 in Shultz Mills, Greene Co.IL..
(247)(282) Beth "Mary
Ann Schutz. was the daughter of Christina Hug Schutz and Matthew SCHUTZ. (I KNOW
THIS FOR A FACT. I have pictures of the tomb.)
Libby Lambert Mar 2000 "William Washington Wells (b. 8-6-1856; d. 3-2-1936)
m Mary Christina Shultz (b. ? in Shultz Mills, Greene County, IL
She died in 1901 in Shultz Mills, Greene Co.IL..
(247) Libby Lambert Mar 2000 "William Washington Wells (b.
8-6-1856; d. 3-2-1936) m Mary Christina Shultz (b. ? in Shultz Mills, Greene
County, IL She died in 1901 in Shultz Mills, Greene Co.IL.. Beth "
Erma Wells died in childhood in Greene Co., IL / buried in Pine Tree Cemetery
in Patterson, IL, next to Mary Ann Schutz Wells, her mother, and just a few more
feet from Wm. David Wells and Martina Elizabeth Ford Wells, her grandparents.
William Washington (Billy) WELLS and Mary Ann SCHUTZ had the following children:
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Elmer Vernon WELLS(282)
was born.
(282) Beth " William Washington Wells
and Mary Ann Schutz were the parents of the following children:.Elmer Vernon
Wells m Dora Leta Ferguson
Beth "William Washington Wells and Mary Ann Schutz were the
parents of the following children:
1. Elmer Vernon Wells m Dora Leta Ferguson
According to family members, he was always busy with some new contraption
or the other and was a workaholic. He had to be fiddling with something
or the other. I remember visiting his home once, and he had a peanut patch
and constantly telling us not to step on his peanut vines. He first lived in
Drew Co., but eventually moved to Promised Land Community in Ashley Co. near
Mist, AR. He was a member of the Promised Land Baptist Church and is buried
in the Promised Land Cemetery, along with William Washington (Billy) Wells and
his brother, Norman Melville Wells.
Children of Elmer Veron Wells and Dora Letta Ferguson
2.Jimmy Elton Wells m Charlene Peterson
2.George William Wells died without marrying/was killed in his 20's
2.Robert Lee Wells m. Wilma Lee Cox
3.Jerry Wayne Wells
3.Diana Lou Wells
3.Bobby Lynn Wells
2.John Abner Wells m. Helen Caine, the daughter of Sidney Wright and Georgia
Clarintha Kennum
3.Judith Lynette Wells
3 .Pamela Lay Wells (I'm not sure about the Lay being a middle
name or a married name or a misprint)I am copying this out of the REFLECTIONS
OF ASHLEY COUNTY, AR. by Imie Noble and Robert Carpenter. It was submitted by
Bernice Haisty Durham, the daughter of Ecil Christina Wells Haisty, a sister-in-law
of Carolyn Haisty.
2.Ruby Alice Wells (deceased)
2.Layton Elmer Wells m Barbara Cook, the daughter of Bascal C. and Alice
Lorene Spoonts Cook of Mist, AR (Ashley Co., AR)
3.Debra Ann Wells
3.Mildred Jay (I do not know if this is a middle name or a last
name/copying Durhams citation in REFLECTIONS OF ASHLEY CO.)
3.Jerry Layton Wells
3.Clinton Allan Wells
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Erma WELLS(282) was born.
(282) Beth " Erma Wells died in
childhood in Greene Co., IL buried in Pine Tree Cemetery in Patterson, IL, next
to Mary Ann Schutz Wells, her mother, and just a few more feet from Wm. David
Wells and Martina Elizabeth Ford Wells, her grandparents. She died in Greene
Co., Il..(282) Beth " Erma
Wells died in childhood in Greene Co., IL buried in Pine Tree Cemetery in Patterson,
IL, next to Mary Ann Schutz Wells, her mother, and just a few more feet from
Wm. David Wells and Martina Elizabeth Ford Wells, her grandparents. Beth "Erma
Wells died in childhood in Greene Co., IL buried in Pine Tree Cemetery in Patterson,
IL, next to Mary Ann Schutz Wells, her mother, and just a few more feet from
Wm. David Wells and Martina Elizabeth Ford Wells, her grandparents.
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Harley Forrest WELLS(282)
was born on
7 Nov 1885.(282) Beth ". Harley
Ford Wells, m Mable Pence:They lived in Hillview, IL, and they are b. in Pine
Tree Cemetery. children
2.Lois Wells ?????
3.June ??? who married a Rush
4.There supposedly had some boys. He was buried in Pine
Tree Cemetery..(282) Beth "Jefferson
Harley Wells (I was always told his name was Harley Ford Wells, but Jefferson
is what Bernice put in the Ashley Co. History) m Mable Pence:They lived in Hillview,
IL, and they are b. in Pine Tree Cemetery. Beth "The Wolfes also said
tha (tWWW) he told them the reason he left Illinois was to get his children
away from the Catholic influence of his wifes people. However, his son,
#4209 Jefferson Harley Wells, said he had never heard this story. He said
that his father had read of cheap land in a newspaper advertisement and had gone
to Arkansas to check this out. Then he had come back and gotten his family and
moved them to AR. Supposedly, Aunt Ecil always wanted to go back and see the
grandmother Schutz but was never allowed for fear she would not return as Harley
had already gone back and stayed.
When they came to Arkansas,
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Herman Eclipse WELLS
was born in
1888.(282) Beth "Herman
Elipse Wells never Married m spent most of his adult life gold mining in Nevada.
He died in 1965.
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Beth "Elma Pearl WELLS(282)
was born on
2 Jan 1891.(282) Beth 'Elma Pearl
Wells b Jan. 2, 1891 d Jan. 6, 1952 m Charlie Allen (Bud) Thurman b Sept. 10,1899
d Dec. 18,1996 on Oct. 24, 1922 in Drew Co., AR They are buried in Lacey Cem.
in Veasey Twp. in the same county. Elma Pearl was about eleven and Ecil was
about six. According to the Wolfes, they would ride double on horseback and come
over to the Wolfes for my great-grandmother, Mollie LEE Wolfe to sew for the
girls. Aunt Ecil said that Pearl always made her ride in back.To get even, Aunt
Ecil would often walk because she had taught the horse to follow her wherever
she walked, and Pearl would have a devilish timetrying to guide the horse in
a different direction.
She died on 6 Jan 1952 in Drew Co., AR..(282)
Beth 'Elma Pearl Wells b Jan. 2, 1891 d Jan. 6, 1952 m Charlie Allen
(Bud) Thurman b Sept. 10,1899 d Dec. 18,1996 on Oct. 24, 1922 in Drew Co., AR
They are buried in Lacey Cem. in Veasey Twp. in the same county. She was buried.
(282) Beth "Elma Pearl Wells and Charlie
Allen (Bud) Thurman are buried in Lacey Cem. in Veasey Twp. in Drew Co., AR.
Beth ".Elma Pearl Wells was a member of Prairie Grove Baptist Church
and often played the organ. As a school child, her brother Norman and she were
known as the best spellers from the Prairie Grove School. Supposedly, their widowed
father, William Washington (Billy) WELLS worked with them often on their school
work and was even listed as an occasional substitute teacher in a l905 ledger
for Drew County Schools. He also was the one who taught Pearl to play the organ.
According to my other grandparents, the Wolfes, he was an excellent song leader,
fiddle player, and Sunday School teacher at the Prairie Grove Church, as well
as being a member of the Masonic Lodge. Before the lodge at Ladelle was formed
after 1913, he walked the six miles to Lacey to Masonic Lodge meetings. His daughter
said he did a lot of walking. Each year, he would walk to Dermott and catch a
train back and forth to Illinois. Often, he would have to walk between the different
connections to get back to Hillview.
The Wolfes also said that he told them the reason he left Illinois was to get
his children away from the Catholic influence of his wife's people. However,
his son, Harley Wells, said he had never heard this story. He said that his father
had read of cheap land in a newspaper advertisement and had gone to Arkansas
to check this out. Then he had come back and gotten his family and moved them
to AR. Supposedly, Aunt Ecil always wanted to go back and see the grandmother
Schutz but was never allowed for fear she would not return as Harley had already
gone back and stayed.
When they came to Arkansas, Elma Pearl was about eleven and Ecil was about
six. According to the Wolfes, they would ride double on horseback and come over
to the Wolfes for my great-grandmother, Mollie LEE Wolfe to sew for the girls.
Aunt Ecil said that Pearl always made her ride in back. To get even, Aunt Ecil
would often walk because she had taught the horse to follow her wherever she
walked, and Pearl would have a devilish time trying to guide the horse in a different
direction.
All the members of the Wolfe family referred to William Washington (Billy)
Wells as Uncle Billy. They thought he was a very knowledgeable and influential
member of the community.
Once, when my great-uncle on my grandmother Wolfe's side, Thomas Adam Lagrone,
was "churched" for drinking, they said that Uncle Billy went to see
him to get him to apologize to the church to get reinstated. Supposedly, Uncle
Add was plowing, and would not quit and was not going to apologize. Uncle Billy
kept following him up and down the rows. Finally, Uncle Add stopped and asked
him if he were going to follow him up and down the rows all day, and Uncle Billy
said, "No," only until you say you are going to come back and get reinstated
in the church by apologizing. Supposedly, Uncle Add said that if this were what
it took for Uncle Billy to go on and let him get some work done, then he would
see him on Sunday.1
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Ecil Christinna WELLS (Private).
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Norman Melville WELLS (Private). |