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Stella M. <I>Patton</I> Wells

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Stella M. Patton Wells

Birth
Wheaton, Barry County, Missouri, USA
Death
21 Apr 1919 (aged 27)
Corsicana, Barry County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Corsicana, Barry County, Missouri, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.80085, Longitude: -93.9990611
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Friday, April 25, 1919, Wheaton Journal:
Muncie Chapel News: "Mrs. Dock Wells died at her home April 21 of influenza. Reverend Mark Combs conducted funeral services at Corsicana Cemetery where the remains were laid to rest. She leaves a husband and four small children to mourn her departure."

Note: Within a 10-day period in April 1919, Stella, her youngest child and her father-in-law died of influenza

1910 Barry Co MO: WELLS Emery/63, D.E./30, Stella/18, DALTON Ola/12.
Alert, Mary Wells, shown as Dock E's dau in 1920 census, age 14, does not appear in 1910 census when she would have been abt 4 yrs.

Stella, age 8, appears in 1900 census, Shoal Creek, with parents and siblings Lorenzo D, Effie E, Nellie A, Maude W, John W, Ollie M and Pearl Patton.

Update May 2012: "I have photographed the entire cemetery and have spent many hours there restoring headstones, there is no existing headstone for Mrs. Doc Wells.
Jack Fly"

Update 8/1/2023: No headstone, but foot marker of S.W. is next to D.E. Wells (her spouse), and this marker is behind Elizabeth Wells headstone (D.E. Wells mother). No others by the initials S. W. indicated being in this cemetery. By: D. Golubski
Friday, April 25, 1919, Wheaton Journal:
Muncie Chapel News: "Mrs. Dock Wells died at her home April 21 of influenza. Reverend Mark Combs conducted funeral services at Corsicana Cemetery where the remains were laid to rest. She leaves a husband and four small children to mourn her departure."

Note: Within a 10-day period in April 1919, Stella, her youngest child and her father-in-law died of influenza

1910 Barry Co MO: WELLS Emery/63, D.E./30, Stella/18, DALTON Ola/12.
Alert, Mary Wells, shown as Dock E's dau in 1920 census, age 14, does not appear in 1910 census when she would have been abt 4 yrs.

Stella, age 8, appears in 1900 census, Shoal Creek, with parents and siblings Lorenzo D, Effie E, Nellie A, Maude W, John W, Ollie M and Pearl Patton.

Update May 2012: "I have photographed the entire cemetery and have spent many hours there restoring headstones, there is no existing headstone for Mrs. Doc Wells.
Jack Fly"

Update 8/1/2023: No headstone, but foot marker of S.W. is next to D.E. Wells (her spouse), and this marker is behind Elizabeth Wells headstone (D.E. Wells mother). No others by the initials S. W. indicated being in this cemetery. By: D. Golubski

Gravesite Details

Twin sister to Nellie Patton



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