Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Ferrell Franklin "Frank" Wells    
         Census name: Frank Wells 
                Born: May- 8-1914          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  1,2,3
                Died: Jun-28-1963          in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV  4
              Buried:                      in Amick Cemetery, Comfort, Boone Co, WV  4,5
             Resided:                      in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV  4
              Census: 1940                 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV   (see note 1)
             Resided: 1934                 in Mullica Hill (Harrison Twp), Gloucester Co, NJ  2
              Census: 1930                 in Jefferson, Gloucester Co, NJ  
              Census: 1920                 in Severs Twp, Okmulgee Co, OK  
          Occupation:                      truck driver for Bell Lines  4
          Occupation: 1940                 truck driver  6
              Father: McClellan Wells   (1887 - 1955) 
              Mother: Zona Ellen Merritt   (1881 - 1961) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Laura Elizabeth Owens     
             Married: Jul-12-1934          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  2
                Born: Oct-23-1912          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  3,2,7,8
                Died: 1959                  7
              Buried:                      in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  9,5
             Resided: 1949                 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV  10
              Census: 1940                 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV   (see note 2)
              Census: 1930                 in Bergholz, Jefferson Co, OH   (see note 3)
              Census: 1920                 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  8
          Occupation: 1940                 salad maker in restaurant  6
              Father: David Crockett Owens, Jr.   (1887 - 1949) 
              Mother: Mary Emily Thompson   (1889 - 1948) 

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 191, Line 4659 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2618737&Type=Birth. 
(2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(3) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(4) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2178925&Type=Death. 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) 1940 Census, Kanawha County, WV. 
(7) Headstone (year only) 
(8) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(9) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(10) Obituary of father. 

Event Notes
Note (1) As the sole household member at 108-1/2 Washington Street, listed as F. F.
Wells, 25, married, truck driver, resided 1935 in Charleston.
Note (2) Listed as lodger Elizabeth Owens, 28, single, 4 yrs high school, occupation
salad maker in restaurant, in household of Morgan & Grace Moulton.  No other
household members.  The Moultons were restaurant managers.
Note (3) Listed as boarder Laura Owens, 17, b. WVa, single, occupation servant for a
private family, in household of Walter & Wansdith Grim and their family.  All
Grim family members were born in Ohio.







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