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1. His obituary was published in the 17 Jun 1910 issue of The Cedar
Rapids Republican.
"Eugene Wells was born August 11, 1854, in New York state and died at
his home four miles northeast of Marion, June 10, 1910. He came to Iowa
in his boyhood and has lived in this state ever since, most of the time
having been spent in Linn county. October 27, 1878, he married Lydia A.
Irish. To this union were born ten children, nine of whom with the wife
survive him, one having died in infancy. The surviving children are--
Mrs. Nellie E. Wright, Central City, Iowa; Mrs. Lena A. Williams,
Paralta, Iowa; Joel W. Wells, Gary, S.D.; Plinnie E. Wells, Marion, Iowa;
also those still at the parental home--Mason E., Valentine F., Ada M.,
Carl H., and Ralph Clifford. He leaves also one sister, Mrs. Emma Moors,
Roseburg, Ore., eighteen grandchildren and an aged father, Plinnie Wells
of Fairfax, Iowa. His mother died in 1888 and was buried at the Simson
Chapel cemetary where other relatives [and] interred and where the
subject of this sketch was laid to rest. The funeral was held last
Sunday afternoon at Simpson Chapel, Rev. O. B. Chassel, the pastor,
preaching the sermon, and a large number of neighbors and friends attend-
ing the services. Mr. Wells became a member of the Modern Woodmen of
America on November 9, 1895, and continued his membership until his
death, belonging to Springville Camp No. 334. He had been in poor health
for a number of years and his death was not unexpected."
2. Simson Chapel is the original name for the Crab Apple Cemetery.
SOURCES INCLUDE:
correspondence of Frank Holmes was the source of much
of the information relating to the children of Eugene E.
Wells. Anyone interested in learning more about this
family should contact Mr. Holmes through the above Email
address.
1895 Linn co., IA, Marion twp. census.
1900 Linn co., IA, Marion twp. census.
1910 Linn co., IA, Marion twp. census.
Ingo
Brockmann
