Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Benjamin Franklin Wells, Jr.    
                Born: Jul-18-1878          in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  1,2,3
                Died: May- 4-1951          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  2,4
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  2
      Cause of death:                      colon cancer  2
             Resided:                      in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Census: 1940                 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1935                 in Pennsylvania  3
              Census: 1880                 in Cornwallis, Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Father: Benjamin Franklin Wells   (1845 - 1930) 
              Mother: Mary Elizabeth Trainer   (1846 - 1924) 
                Wife: Irene Snodgrass   6  
             Married: 1946                 in Ritchie Co, WV  7
                Born: Jan-26-1896           8,9,10
                Died: May- 7-1975           8,9
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  11
             Resided:                      in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  12
              Census: 1940                 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: Leo Tice Snodgrass   (1870 - 1953) 
              Mother: Viola V. Peyton   (1877 - 1954) 
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 2

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) 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=2741383&Type=Death. 
(3) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. 
(4) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) 
(6) Obituary of wife's daughter. 
(7) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) Social Security Death Index. 
(9) Headstone. 
(10) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(11) Findagrave.com. 
(12) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 







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