David Marcus Wells

1863 - 1925  (62 years)

• Name	David Marcus Wells
  Born	4 Apr 1863	Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Apr 1925	Williamstown, Jefferson County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6936	Rossville
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	James Samuel Wells,   b. 22 Feb 1835, Mason County, Kentucky ,   d. 5 Jul 1912, Jefferson County, Kansas  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Margaret Virginia Collins Wells,   b. 24 Aug 1838, Maryland ,   d. 20 Jan 1907, Lansing, Leavenworth County, Kansas  (Age 68 years)
  Married	9 Jan 1859	Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas
  Family ID	F7837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ella Vanetta Jackson Stone Wells,   b. 1860,   d. 1936  (Age 76 years)
  Married	18 Jan 1897	Adrian, Jackson County, Kansas
  Children	1. Clyde Clarence Wells,   b. 25 Oct 1897,   d. 12 Aug 1984  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2018 12:14:23
  Family ID	F7835	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Documents

  Obituary- Wells, David DAVID M. WELLS David M. Wells, aged 62, died at his home two miles north of Williamstown Tuesday night following an illness that began about one year ago. The body was brought to Rossville this afternoon for interment in Rossville cemetery where his parents are buried. The services at the cemetery were in charge of Rev. G. C. Albin of the Rossville Methodist church. The service at Williamstown was held this morning at 10 o’clock in the Baptist church conducted by the Rev. M. M. Thorne, pastor of the Perry Methodist church Mr. Wells, while a Christian at heart had never united with the church. He was raised in a Methodist home and expressed a preference for that faith. The Wells family were early day settlers in Kansas coming first to the Troy neighborhood from Kentucky where the deceased was born April 4th, 1863. In young man¬hood he moved to Jackson county, settling near Delia. January 18; 1897, he was united in marriage to Ella Stone at Adrian. One child, Clyde Clarence Wells was born to this union. In 1903 Mr. Wells gave up farming and for a time conducted a store in Rossville with his father. Giving this up he moved with his family to Lansing, Kansas, where he served as a guard in the state prison. In 1910 resigning this position, he bought a farm north of Williamstown where he and his family have resided since. About two years ago Mr. Wells began to fail in health, dropsy being the immediate cause. The disease never yielded to treatment and caused his death. Mr. Wells is survived by his widow and son, by two brothers, John of Delia and Clarence of Mayetta and a host of friends.