Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Benjamin Franklin Wells    
                Born: Aug-22-1845          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Jan- 2-1930          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  1,3
              Buried:                      in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1880                 in Cornwallis, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1867, 1880           miller  2,4
            Military:                      Co A, 6th W.Va. Cavalry, Civil War  5
              Father: Benjamin Wells 
              Mother: Louisa ___ 
                Wife: Mary Elizabeth Trainer   6  
             Married: Mar- 7-1867          in Ritchie Co, WV  2
                Born: Sep- 9-1846          in Virginia (now West Virginia)  7,1,8
                Died: May- 1-1924          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  7,1
              Buried:                      in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  7,3
              Census: 1880                 in Cornwallis, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: John Trainer   (1812 - 1898) 
              Mother: Sarah Ann Bumgardner   (1814 - 1897) 
           M Child 1: Benjamin Franklin Wells, Jr.      
                Born: Jul-18-1878          in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  9,10,11
                Died: May- 4-1951          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  10,12
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  10
      Cause of death:                      colon cancer  10
             Resided:                      in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  10
              Census: 1940                 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1935                 in Pennsylvania  11
              Census: 1880                 in Cornwallis, Ritchie Co, WV  4
                Wife: Irene Snodgrass  b. Jan-26-1896  d. May- 7-1975  
             Married: 1946                 in Ritchie Co, WV  13

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 16, Line 16 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538429&Type=Marriage. 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) 
(5) Military Grave Marker. 
(6) Death record of son. 
(7) 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=420933&Type=Death. 
(8) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(9) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(10) 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. 
(11) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. 
(12) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(13) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 







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