Died aged 70 years, so born about 1842, but 1900 census reports birth date of Dec. 1849. Wesley J. SEWELL married 14 NOV 1872 in Stewart County, Georgia, to Harriett C. LYLE. See Lot note at Memorial #26646927.
This family is found on the 1900 census of Beat 10 (area north of the Western Rail Road of Alabama), Phenix City, Lee County, Alabama, at 112 1st Avenue - name looks like "LOWELL" (or SOWELL?): Wesley (born Dec 1849 in Georgia, father South Carolina, mother Georgia, a drayman); Callie (born June 1852, born Georgia, both parents Georgia - she had borne 14 children, 6 of whom were still living, and this couple had been married for 28 years; William M. (born Oct 1878 in Georgia, single, working on the bridge "gang," or crew); Mary L. (born Aug 1889 in Alabama); and Caty T. [? or P.?] (born Jan 1893 in Alabama).
"Phenix-Girard // MR. W. SEWELL PASSES AWAY: FORMER PHENIX CITY MAN DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER IN COLUMBUS THIS MORNING. // Mr. Wesley SEWELL, a former resident of Phenix City, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Nan MORGAN, on Twenty-second street, Columbus, this morning at 4:30 o'clock, after an illness of about one year. // Mr. SEWELL was about 70 years of age, and was one of the best known citizens of Phenix City for a great many years. He is survived by two sons, Messrs. R. G., of Phenix City, and W. M. SEWELL, of Cooley, Ga., also two daughters survive him, Mrs. Alma McKINNEY, of Grapevine, Tex., and Mrs. MORGAN of Columbus. // The funeral will take place from the home of Mrs. MORGAN Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, the services to be conducted by Rev. W. M. BULLARD, and the remains will be interred in Pine Grove cemetery." [Columbus (GA) Ledger newspaper, Monday, 03 JUN 1912, p. 7.]
"FUNERAL OF MR. SEWELL // The funeral services over the remains of Mr. Wesley SEWELL, whose demise was chronicled in yesterday's Ledger, took place from the home of his daughter in Columbus this morning at 9 o'clock, the services being attended by a large number of the relatives and friends of the deceased gentleman and were impressively conducted by Elder W. M. BULLARD. The remains were interred in Pine Grove cemetery, the pallbearers being Messrs. J. L. MULLIN, Seab JONES, ___ BROOKS, J. D. HALLMARK, Henry ____ and James McFARLAND." [Columbus (GA) Ledger newspaper, Tuesday, 04 JUN 1912, p. 7.]
Per Sandra Kaye Farrell, FindAGrave Contributor #47556238, he was born in 1849 in Muscogee County, Georgia. Shelba, Contributor #48549292, confirms that his middle initial is "J."
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"He is survived by two sons, Messrs. R. G., of Phenix City, and W. M. SEWELL, of Cooley, Ga."
This family is found on the 1900 census of Beat 10 (area north of the Western Rail Road of Alabama), Phenix City, Lee County, Alabama, at 112 1st Avenue - name looks like "LOWELL" (or SOWELL?): Wesley (born Dec 1849 in Georgia, father South Carolina, mother Georgia, a drayman); Callie (born June 1852, born Georgia, both parents Georgia - she had borne 14 children, 6 of whom were still living, and this couple had been married for 28 years; William M. (born Oct 1878 in Georgia, single, working on the bridge "gang," or crew); Mary L. (born Aug 1889 in Alabama); and Caty T. [? or P.?] (born Jan 1893 in Alabama).
"Phenix-Girard // MR. W. SEWELL PASSES AWAY: FORMER PHENIX CITY MAN DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER IN COLUMBUS THIS MORNING. // Mr. Wesley SEWELL, a former resident of Phenix City, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Nan MORGAN, on Twenty-second street, Columbus, this morning at 4:30 o'clock, after an illness of about one year. // Mr. SEWELL was about 70 years of age, and was one of the best known citizens of Phenix City for a great many years. He is survived by two sons, Messrs. R. G., of Phenix City, and W. M. SEWELL, of Cooley, Ga., also two daughters survive him, Mrs. Alma McKINNEY, of Grapevine, Tex., and Mrs. MORGAN of Columbus. // The funeral will take place from the home of Mrs. MORGAN Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, the services to be conducted by Rev. W. M. BULLARD, and the remains will be interred in Pine Grove cemetery." [Columbus (GA) Ledger newspaper, Monday, 03 JUN 1912, p. 7.]
"FUNERAL OF MR. SEWELL // The funeral services over the remains of Mr. Wesley SEWELL, whose demise was chronicled in yesterday's Ledger, took place from the home of his daughter in Columbus this morning at 9 o'clock, the services being attended by a large number of the relatives and friends of the deceased gentleman and were impressively conducted by Elder W. M. BULLARD. The remains were interred in Pine Grove cemetery, the pallbearers being Messrs. J. L. MULLIN, Seab JONES, ___ BROOKS, J. D. HALLMARK, Henry ____ and James McFARLAND." [Columbus (GA) Ledger newspaper, Tuesday, 04 JUN 1912, p. 7.]
Per Sandra Kaye Farrell, FindAGrave Contributor #47556238, he was born in 1849 in Muscogee County, Georgia. Shelba, Contributor #48549292, confirms that his middle initial is "J."
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"He is survived by two sons, Messrs. R. G., of Phenix City, and W. M. SEWELL, of Cooley, Ga."
Died aged 70 years, so born about 1842, but 1900 census reports birth date of Dec. 1849. Wesley J. SEWELL married 14 NOV 1872 in Stewart County, Georgia, to Harriett C. LYLE. See Lot note at Memorial #26646927.
This family is found on the 1900 census of Beat 10 (area north of the Western Rail Road of Alabama), Phenix City, Lee County, Alabama, at 112 1st Avenue - name looks like "LOWELL" (or SOWELL?): Wesley (born Dec 1849 in Georgia, father South Carolina, mother Georgia, a drayman); Callie (born June 1852, born Georgia, both parents Georgia - she had borne 14 children, 6 of whom were still living, and this couple had been married for 28 years; William M. (born Oct 1878 in Georgia, single, working on the bridge "gang," or crew); Mary L. (born Aug 1889 in Alabama); and Caty T. [? or P.?] (born Jan 1893 in Alabama).
"Phenix-Girard // MR. W. SEWELL PASSES AWAY: FORMER PHENIX CITY MAN DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER IN COLUMBUS THIS MORNING. // Mr. Wesley SEWELL, a former resident of Phenix City, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Nan MORGAN, on Twenty-second street, Columbus, this morning at 4:30 o'clock, after an illness of about one year. // Mr. SEWELL was about 70 years of age, and was one of the best known citizens of Phenix City for a great many years. He is survived by two sons, Messrs. R. G., of Phenix City, and W. M. SEWELL, of Cooley, Ga., also two daughters survive him, Mrs. Alma McKINNEY, of Grapevine, Tex., and Mrs. MORGAN of Columbus. // The funeral will take place from the home of Mrs. MORGAN Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, the services to be conducted by Rev. W. M. BULLARD, and the remains will be interred in Pine Grove cemetery." [Columbus (GA) Ledger newspaper, Monday, 03 JUN 1912, p. 7.]
"FUNERAL OF MR. SEWELL // The funeral services over the remains of Mr. Wesley SEWELL, whose demise was chronicled in yesterday's Ledger, took place from the home of his daughter in Columbus this morning at 9 o'clock, the services being attended by a large number of the relatives and friends of the deceased gentleman and were impressively conducted by Elder W. M. BULLARD. The remains were interred in Pine Grove cemetery, the pallbearers being Messrs. J. L. MULLIN, Seab JONES, ___ BROOKS, J. D. HALLMARK, Henry ____ and James McFARLAND." [Columbus (GA) Ledger newspaper, Tuesday, 04 JUN 1912, p. 7.]
Per Sandra Kaye Farrell, FindAGrave Contributor #47556238, he was born in 1849 in Muscogee County, Georgia. Shelba, Contributor #48549292, confirms that his middle initial is "J."
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"He is survived by two sons, Messrs. R. G., of Phenix City, and W. M. SEWELL, of Cooley, Ga."
This family is found on the 1900 census of Beat 10 (area north of the Western Rail Road of Alabama), Phenix City, Lee County, Alabama, at 112 1st Avenue - name looks like "LOWELL" (or SOWELL?): Wesley (born Dec 1849 in Georgia, father South Carolina, mother Georgia, a drayman); Callie (born June 1852, born Georgia, both parents Georgia - she had borne 14 children, 6 of whom were still living, and this couple had been married for 28 years; William M. (born Oct 1878 in Georgia, single, working on the bridge "gang," or crew); Mary L. (born Aug 1889 in Alabama); and Caty T. [? or P.?] (born Jan 1893 in Alabama).
"Phenix-Girard // MR. W. SEWELL PASSES AWAY: FORMER PHENIX CITY MAN DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER IN COLUMBUS THIS MORNING. // Mr. Wesley SEWELL, a former resident of Phenix City, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Nan MORGAN, on Twenty-second street, Columbus, this morning at 4:30 o'clock, after an illness of about one year. // Mr. SEWELL was about 70 years of age, and was one of the best known citizens of Phenix City for a great many years. He is survived by two sons, Messrs. R. G., of Phenix City, and W. M. SEWELL, of Cooley, Ga., also two daughters survive him, Mrs. Alma McKINNEY, of Grapevine, Tex., and Mrs. MORGAN of Columbus. // The funeral will take place from the home of Mrs. MORGAN Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, the services to be conducted by Rev. W. M. BULLARD, and the remains will be interred in Pine Grove cemetery." [Columbus (GA) Ledger newspaper, Monday, 03 JUN 1912, p. 7.]
"FUNERAL OF MR. SEWELL // The funeral services over the remains of Mr. Wesley SEWELL, whose demise was chronicled in yesterday's Ledger, took place from the home of his daughter in Columbus this morning at 9 o'clock, the services being attended by a large number of the relatives and friends of the deceased gentleman and were impressively conducted by Elder W. M. BULLARD. The remains were interred in Pine Grove cemetery, the pallbearers being Messrs. J. L. MULLIN, Seab JONES, ___ BROOKS, J. D. HALLMARK, Henry ____ and James McFARLAND." [Columbus (GA) Ledger newspaper, Tuesday, 04 JUN 1912, p. 7.]
Per Sandra Kaye Farrell, FindAGrave Contributor #47556238, he was born in 1849 in Muscogee County, Georgia. Shelba, Contributor #48549292, confirms that his middle initial is "J."
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"He is survived by two sons, Messrs. R. G., of Phenix City, and W. M. SEWELL, of Cooley, Ga."
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