son of Austin S. Wells and
Sarah (Townsend) Wells
m. (1) May 23, 1894, Ada Cordelia Wiley
m. (2) June 8, 1904, Margaret Healy
History of Buckland by Kendrick w/genealogies by Kellogg pg 695:
WELLS, Walter Austin, s. of Austin S. (1841-1928) and Sarah Townsend (1843-1881); b. Oct. 8, 1873; d. Dec. 5, 1930 from effects of accidental discharge of a shot-gun carried by a companion, while deer hunting in Hawley. He m. (1) May 23, 1894, Ada Cordelia, dau. of James and Mary (Wood) Wiley. She was b. Nov. 25, 1873; d. Nov. 4, 1901; m. (2) June 8, 1904, Margaret, dau. of Patrick and Bridge Healy of Greenfield. He had three children:
w/1st wife:
Edith May
James A
w/2nd wife:
Frederick
East Hawley Hunter Wounded by Buckshot
Charlemont, Dec. 4 – Walter A. Wells, 60, of East Hawley was seriously wounded in the left hip by a buckshot from a gun accidentally discharged by a companion while deer hunting at East Hawley this morning.
Wells with three companions had started out in search of deer when the gun held by one of the other men walking approximately five yards behind him was discharged. Dr. F. O. Matthews of Charlemont was called and after binding the wound had Wells taken to Franklin County hospital at Greenfield, where he underwent an operation late this afternoon.
Mystery surrounded the identity of the man holding the gun, for neither Dr. Matthews nor hospital officials named him tonight. Mr Wells, a member of the school committee, was accompanied by Raymond Wilbur of Charlemont and two Springfield men, P. Eugene Clark and Nelson Bliss.
At the hospital late tonight it was said Wells's condition was fair. Dr Matthews declared that the wounded man had suffered from a buckshot wound in the left lower part of the back. One shot went into the abdomen.
Springfield Republican Dec 5, 1930
Wounded Hawley Hunter Now on Danger List
Charlemont, Dec 5 – Walter A Wells of East Hawley who was accidentally shot while hunting yesterday is on the danger list at the Franklin County hospital tonight. An operation performed by Dr H G Stetson of Greenfield late yesterday afternoon, failed to remove the shot which is still embedded in the body of the victim.
Mystery still surrounds the details of the accident, but as near as can be learned Wells was probably hit by a stray shot that rebounded or scattered from a charge that was fired at a deer. He was standing near the hunters when the shooting began, but was not near the range of the bullets.
Springfield Republican Dec 6, 1930
The funeral of Walter H Wells, who died at the Franklin County hospital on Saturday [6 Dec 1930] from injuries received by accidental shooting in Hadley [sic] on Thursday, was held at Johnson's funeral home this afternoon at 1.30, with Rev J. V. Harrison of the Buckland Congregational church officiating and the body was taken to the Buckland cemetery for burial.
Springfield Republican Dec. 9, 1930
This cemetery is cared for by The Buckland Union Cemetery Assoc., a non-profit 501C, all volunteer organization, that gratefully accepts donations for monument care and grounds keeping. Mail your contribution payable to BUCA, P.O.Box 69, Buckland MA 01338-0069.
Sarah (Townsend) Wells
m. (1) May 23, 1894, Ada Cordelia Wiley
m. (2) June 8, 1904, Margaret Healy
History of Buckland by Kendrick w/genealogies by Kellogg pg 695:
WELLS, Walter Austin, s. of Austin S. (1841-1928) and Sarah Townsend (1843-1881); b. Oct. 8, 1873; d. Dec. 5, 1930 from effects of accidental discharge of a shot-gun carried by a companion, while deer hunting in Hawley. He m. (1) May 23, 1894, Ada Cordelia, dau. of James and Mary (Wood) Wiley. She was b. Nov. 25, 1873; d. Nov. 4, 1901; m. (2) June 8, 1904, Margaret, dau. of Patrick and Bridge Healy of Greenfield. He had three children:
w/1st wife:
Edith May
James A
w/2nd wife:
Frederick
East Hawley Hunter Wounded by Buckshot
Charlemont, Dec. 4 – Walter A. Wells, 60, of East Hawley was seriously wounded in the left hip by a buckshot from a gun accidentally discharged by a companion while deer hunting at East Hawley this morning.
Wells with three companions had started out in search of deer when the gun held by one of the other men walking approximately five yards behind him was discharged. Dr. F. O. Matthews of Charlemont was called and after binding the wound had Wells taken to Franklin County hospital at Greenfield, where he underwent an operation late this afternoon.
Mystery surrounded the identity of the man holding the gun, for neither Dr. Matthews nor hospital officials named him tonight. Mr Wells, a member of the school committee, was accompanied by Raymond Wilbur of Charlemont and two Springfield men, P. Eugene Clark and Nelson Bliss.
At the hospital late tonight it was said Wells's condition was fair. Dr Matthews declared that the wounded man had suffered from a buckshot wound in the left lower part of the back. One shot went into the abdomen.
Springfield Republican Dec 5, 1930
Wounded Hawley Hunter Now on Danger List
Charlemont, Dec 5 – Walter A Wells of East Hawley who was accidentally shot while hunting yesterday is on the danger list at the Franklin County hospital tonight. An operation performed by Dr H G Stetson of Greenfield late yesterday afternoon, failed to remove the shot which is still embedded in the body of the victim.
Mystery still surrounds the details of the accident, but as near as can be learned Wells was probably hit by a stray shot that rebounded or scattered from a charge that was fired at a deer. He was standing near the hunters when the shooting began, but was not near the range of the bullets.
Springfield Republican Dec 6, 1930
The funeral of Walter H Wells, who died at the Franklin County hospital on Saturday [6 Dec 1930] from injuries received by accidental shooting in Hadley [sic] on Thursday, was held at Johnson's funeral home this afternoon at 1.30, with Rev J. V. Harrison of the Buckland Congregational church officiating and the body was taken to the Buckland cemetery for burial.
Springfield Republican Dec. 9, 1930
This cemetery is cared for by The Buckland Union Cemetery Assoc., a non-profit 501C, all volunteer organization, that gratefully accepts donations for monument care and grounds keeping. Mail your contribution payable to BUCA, P.O.Box 69, Buckland MA 01338-0069.
son of Austin S. Wells and
Sarah (Townsend) Wells
m. (1) May 23, 1894, Ada Cordelia Wiley
m. (2) June 8, 1904, Margaret Healy
History of Buckland by Kendrick w/genealogies by Kellogg pg 695:
WELLS, Walter Austin, s. of Austin S. (1841-1928) and Sarah Townsend (1843-1881); b. Oct. 8, 1873; d. Dec. 5, 1930 from effects of accidental discharge of a shot-gun carried by a companion, while deer hunting in Hawley. He m. (1) May 23, 1894, Ada Cordelia, dau. of James and Mary (Wood) Wiley. She was b. Nov. 25, 1873; d. Nov. 4, 1901; m. (2) June 8, 1904, Margaret, dau. of Patrick and Bridge Healy of Greenfield. He had three children:
w/1st wife:
Edith May
James A
w/2nd wife:
Frederick
East Hawley Hunter Wounded by Buckshot
Charlemont, Dec. 4 – Walter A. Wells, 60, of East Hawley was seriously wounded in the left hip by a buckshot from a gun accidentally discharged by a companion while deer hunting at East Hawley this morning.
Wells with three companions had started out in search of deer when the gun held by one of the other men walking approximately five yards behind him was discharged. Dr. F. O. Matthews of Charlemont was called and after binding the wound had Wells taken to Franklin County hospital at Greenfield, where he underwent an operation late this afternoon.
Mystery surrounded the identity of the man holding the gun, for neither Dr. Matthews nor hospital officials named him tonight. Mr Wells, a member of the school committee, was accompanied by Raymond Wilbur of Charlemont and two Springfield men, P. Eugene Clark and Nelson Bliss.
At the hospital late tonight it was said Wells's condition was fair. Dr Matthews declared that the wounded man had suffered from a buckshot wound in the left lower part of the back. One shot went into the abdomen.
Springfield Republican Dec 5, 1930
Wounded Hawley Hunter Now on Danger List
Charlemont, Dec 5 – Walter A Wells of East Hawley who was accidentally shot while hunting yesterday is on the danger list at the Franklin County hospital tonight. An operation performed by Dr H G Stetson of Greenfield late yesterday afternoon, failed to remove the shot which is still embedded in the body of the victim.
Mystery still surrounds the details of the accident, but as near as can be learned Wells was probably hit by a stray shot that rebounded or scattered from a charge that was fired at a deer. He was standing near the hunters when the shooting began, but was not near the range of the bullets.
Springfield Republican Dec 6, 1930
The funeral of Walter H Wells, who died at the Franklin County hospital on Saturday [6 Dec 1930] from injuries received by accidental shooting in Hadley [sic] on Thursday, was held at Johnson's funeral home this afternoon at 1.30, with Rev J. V. Harrison of the Buckland Congregational church officiating and the body was taken to the Buckland cemetery for burial.
Springfield Republican Dec. 9, 1930
This cemetery is cared for by The Buckland Union Cemetery Assoc., a non-profit 501C, all volunteer organization, that gratefully accepts donations for monument care and grounds keeping. Mail your contribution payable to BUCA, P.O.Box 69, Buckland MA 01338-0069.
Sarah (Townsend) Wells
m. (1) May 23, 1894, Ada Cordelia Wiley
m. (2) June 8, 1904, Margaret Healy
History of Buckland by Kendrick w/genealogies by Kellogg pg 695:
WELLS, Walter Austin, s. of Austin S. (1841-1928) and Sarah Townsend (1843-1881); b. Oct. 8, 1873; d. Dec. 5, 1930 from effects of accidental discharge of a shot-gun carried by a companion, while deer hunting in Hawley. He m. (1) May 23, 1894, Ada Cordelia, dau. of James and Mary (Wood) Wiley. She was b. Nov. 25, 1873; d. Nov. 4, 1901; m. (2) June 8, 1904, Margaret, dau. of Patrick and Bridge Healy of Greenfield. He had three children:
w/1st wife:
Edith May
James A
w/2nd wife:
Frederick
East Hawley Hunter Wounded by Buckshot
Charlemont, Dec. 4 – Walter A. Wells, 60, of East Hawley was seriously wounded in the left hip by a buckshot from a gun accidentally discharged by a companion while deer hunting at East Hawley this morning.
Wells with three companions had started out in search of deer when the gun held by one of the other men walking approximately five yards behind him was discharged. Dr. F. O. Matthews of Charlemont was called and after binding the wound had Wells taken to Franklin County hospital at Greenfield, where he underwent an operation late this afternoon.
Mystery surrounded the identity of the man holding the gun, for neither Dr. Matthews nor hospital officials named him tonight. Mr Wells, a member of the school committee, was accompanied by Raymond Wilbur of Charlemont and two Springfield men, P. Eugene Clark and Nelson Bliss.
At the hospital late tonight it was said Wells's condition was fair. Dr Matthews declared that the wounded man had suffered from a buckshot wound in the left lower part of the back. One shot went into the abdomen.
Springfield Republican Dec 5, 1930
Wounded Hawley Hunter Now on Danger List
Charlemont, Dec 5 – Walter A Wells of East Hawley who was accidentally shot while hunting yesterday is on the danger list at the Franklin County hospital tonight. An operation performed by Dr H G Stetson of Greenfield late yesterday afternoon, failed to remove the shot which is still embedded in the body of the victim.
Mystery still surrounds the details of the accident, but as near as can be learned Wells was probably hit by a stray shot that rebounded or scattered from a charge that was fired at a deer. He was standing near the hunters when the shooting began, but was not near the range of the bullets.
Springfield Republican Dec 6, 1930
The funeral of Walter H Wells, who died at the Franklin County hospital on Saturday [6 Dec 1930] from injuries received by accidental shooting in Hadley [sic] on Thursday, was held at Johnson's funeral home this afternoon at 1.30, with Rev J. V. Harrison of the Buckland Congregational church officiating and the body was taken to the Buckland cemetery for burial.
Springfield Republican Dec. 9, 1930
This cemetery is cared for by The Buckland Union Cemetery Assoc., a non-profit 501C, all volunteer organization, that gratefully accepts donations for monument care and grounds keeping. Mail your contribution payable to BUCA, P.O.Box 69, Buckland MA 01338-0069.
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