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Family: McClellan WELLS / Zona Ellen MERRITT (F51148)  [1] 

m. 30 Oct 1911


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  • McClellan WELLSFather | Male
    McClellan WELLS

    Born  Jun 1887  Columbiana Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Feb 1955  Camden, Camden Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Oak Grove Cemetery, Hammonton, Atlantic Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  30 Oct 1911  [2]  Salem, Harrison Co, WV  [2] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Charles WELLS | F39282 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Thursey JENKINS | F39282 Group Sheet 

    Zona Ellen MERRITTMother | Female
    Zona Ellen MERRITT

    Born  5 Feb 1881  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1961   
    Buried    Oak Grove Cemetery, Hammonton, Atlantic Co, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Tamberlain MERRITT | F51149 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Margaret J. TATE | F51149 Group Sheet 

    Wayne Robinson WELLSChild 1 | Male
    Wayne Robinson WELLS

    Born  5 Mar 1912  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     

    Winifred Lee WELLSChild 2 | Female
    Winifred Lee WELLS

    Born  5 Mar 1912  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     

    (Daughter) WELLSChild 3 | Female
    (Daughter) WELLS

    Born  5 Mar 1913  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Bef 1920   
    Buried     

    Ferrell Franklin "Frank" WELLSChild 4 | Male
    Ferrell Franklin "Frank" WELLS

    Born  8 May 1914  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Jun 1963  Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Amick Cemetery, Comfort, Boone Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Laura Elizabeth OWENS | F40708 
    Married  12 Jul 1934  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Cora Jo MIDKIFF | F51152 
    Married  1951   

    Lucille WELLSChild 5 | Female
    Lucille WELLS

    Born  11 Sep 1916  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     

    Edward Jeffery WELLSChild 6 | Male
    Edward Jeffery WELLS

    Born  Sep 1918  Little Rock, Pulaski Co, AR Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  21 Nov 2001   
    Buried     

    Mary N. WELLSChild 7 | Female
    Mary N. WELLS

    Born  22 Jun 1921  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Aug 1922  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Ernest Raymond WELLSChild 8 | Male
    Ernest Raymond WELLS

    Born  22 Mar 1923  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  May 1981   
    Buried     

  • Documents
    103939_McClellanWells_ZonaMerritt_MarriageRecord_30Oct1911.jpg    		103939_McClellanWells_ZonaMerritt_MarriageRecord_30Oct1911.jpg

  • Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Okmulgee Co, Oklahoma (Severs Township), enumerated on Jan 13 1920:
      M. C. Wells, 39, rig builder in oil field; wife Zona, 37; son Wayne, 7; dau Winnie, 7; son Frank, 5; dau Lucile, 3y 5m; son Edward, 1y 4m. All born in West Virginia except for Edward, born in Oklahoma.
      NOTE: Edward's birthplace is given in the 1930 Census as Arkansas, and his Social Security record shows it as Little Rock, Arkansas.

      1930 Census, Gloucester Co, NJ (City of Jefferson), enumerated on Apr 8 1930:
      McCllen Wells, 49, b. WVa, truck farmer; wife Zona, 49, b. WVa; son Wayne, 18, b. WVa, single, farmer's helper; dau Winifred, 18, b. WVa, single, farmer's helper; son Frank, 15, b. WVa; dau Lucille, 13, b. WVa; son Edward, 11, b. Arkansas; son Earnest, 7, b. WVa; boarder John House-holder, 24, b. Virginia, single, farm laborer; father (sic) Franklin E. Dare, 58, b. NJ, single, farmer.

      1940 Census, Kanawha Co, WV (Loudon District), enumerated on Apr 23 1940 in South East Charleston:
      Mike Wells, 59, b. WVa, stevedore for transit company; wife Zona, 59, b. WVa; son Ed, 21, b. Arkansas, single, construction worker; son Ernest, 17, b. WVa, farm worker. The 1935 residence of all was rural Gloucester County, New Jersey.

    Married:
    • at Mountain State Hotel

  • Sources 
    1. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=24934&Type=Marriage.