Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Benjamin Wells    
                Born: Nov-28-1818          in Virginia (now West Virginia)  1,2
                Died: Jan-27-1908           1
              Buried:                      in Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1880                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      miller  2
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Mahala J. Turner   4  
       Also known as: Mahaley Maley 4
                Born: Jun-27-1832          in Ohio  1,2
                Died: Aug-22-1906           1
              Buried:                      in Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: George W. Wells      
                Born: Oct-28-1857          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  5
                Wife: Polly Senoma Curry  b. Oct-29-1856  
           F Child 2: Salina Wells      
                Born: 1866                  6
                Died: Apr-13-1938          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  7,6
              Buried:                      in Wilson Cemetery, Beason (Pennsboro), Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: Hooker Wilson  b. Jul-  -1861  d. Oct- 7-1935  
             Married: ca 1881               8
           F Child 3: Hattie Blair Wells      
       Also known as: Virginia 9
                Born: Jun-27-1871          in Ritchie Co, WV  10,11 (see note 1)
                Died: Dec- 2-1902          at Enterprise, Harrison Co, WV  10
              Buried:                      in Catawba Cemetery, Marion Co, WV  10
      Cause of death:                      peritonitis resulting from childbirth  10
              Census: 1900                 in Winfield District, Marion Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: Charles Lewis Vincent  b. Jul-24-1868  d. Sep-19-1949  
             Married: Sep-18-1888          in Ritchie Co, WV  11

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) Death record of daughter. 
(5) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(6) Headstone (year only) 
(7) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(9) Marriage record of son. 
(10) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(11) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as June 1872.







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