Zona Ellen MERRITT
1881 - 1961 (79 years)
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Name Zona Ellen MERRITT Born 5 Feb 1881 Doddridge Co, WV 
[1, 2] - Age 24 in her Oct 1911 marriage record would put birth in about 1887, while her birth date was given in the 1900 Census as Feb 1880. But she was not in the 1880 Census, which was enumerated on Jun 7 1880. Social Security records show her birth date as Feb 5 1881, but the birth date on her headstone is 1882.
Gender Female Census 1900 Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census 1910 West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV - Listed as servant Zona E. Merritt, 25, single, servant for private family, in household of Howard & Eunice (Carroll) Knight.
Residence 1911 Harrison Co, WV [2] Census 1920 Severs Twp, Okmulgee Co, OK Census 1930 Jefferson, Gloucester Co, NJ Census 1940 South Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Residence 1940 Gloucester Co, NJ [3] Died 1961 [4] Buried Oak Grove Cemetery, Hammonton, Atlantic Co, NJ [5] Person ID I119389 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 8 Mar 2018
Father Tamberlain MERRITT, b. Mar 1842, Augusta Co, VA , d. 14 Feb 1912, Marion Co, WV (Age ~ 69 years) Mother Margaret J. TATE, b. CA 1843, Rockingham Co, VA , d. 21 Dec 1891, Big Run, near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV (Age ~ 48 years) Family ID F51149 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family McClellan WELLS, b. Jun 1887, Columbiana Co, OH , d. Feb 1955, Camden, Camden Co, NJ (Age ~ 67 years) [6] Married 30 Oct 1911 Salem, Harrison Co, WV [2] - at Mountain State Hotel
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.
Children 1. Wayne Robinson WELLS, b. 5 Mar 1912, Doddridge Co, WV 2. Winifred Lee WELLS, b. 5 Mar 1912, Doddridge Co, WV 3. (Daughter) WELLS, b. 5 Mar 1913, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV , d. Bef 1920 (Age 6 years)4. Ferrell Franklin "Frank" WELLS, b. 8 May 1914, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 28 Jun 1963, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV (Age 49 years)5. Lucille WELLS, b. 11 Sep 1916, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 6. Edward Jeffery WELLS, b. Sep 1918, Little Rock, Pulaski Co, AR , d. 21 Nov 2001 (Age ~ 83 years)7. Mary N. WELLS, b. 22 Jun 1921, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 1 Aug 1922, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 1 years)8. Ernest Raymond WELLS, b. 22 Mar 1923, Doddridge Co, WV , d. May 1981 (Age 58 years)Documents 
103939_McClellanWells_ZonaMerritt_MarriageRecord_30Oct1911.jpg Family ID F51148 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S38] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).
- [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=24934&Type=Marriage.
- [S2653] 1940 Census, Kanawha County, WV.
- [S638] Headstone (year only).
- [S934] Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: Z. Wells.
- [S1590] Death record of daughter.
- [S38] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).