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Isaac Wells 1875 – 1956 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Jul 1875

Birth Location: Melrose, Clark, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 5 Aug 1956

Death Location: Bridgeport, Lawrence, Illinois, USA

Father: Calvin Wells

Mother: Mary Sweet

Spouse(s): Ida Taggart

Children(s): Mabel Wells, Mary Wells, Isaac Wells

Isaac Wells was born in 1875 in Melrose, Clark, Illinois, USA, the child of Calvin Wells and Mary Ann Sweet. Isaac Wells married Ida Alice Taggart, and had children including Mabel Irene Wells, Mary Dell Wells, Isaac Jr Wells. Isaac Wells passed away in 1956 in Bridgeport, Lawrence, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • Isaac Wells was born in 1875 in Melrose, Clark, Illinois, USA, the child of Calvin Wells and Mary Ann Sweet.
  • Isaac Wells married Ida Alice Taggart, and had children including Mabel Irene Wells, Mary Dell Wells, Isaac Jr Wells.
  • Isaac Wells passed away in 1956 in Bridgeport, Lawrence, Illinois, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Calvin Wells
1831 – 1908
Birth Location: Melrose, Clark, Illinois, USA
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Mary Sweet
1842 – 1921
Birth Location: Melrose, Clark, Illinois, USA
MS

Spouses(s)

Ida Taggart
1886 – 1980
Birth Location: Clark, Illinois, USA
IT

Children(s)

Mabel Wells
1906 – 1995
Birth Location: Martinsville, Clark, Illinois, USA
MW
Mary Wells
1912 – 2009
Birth Location: Martinsville, Clark, Illinois, USA
MW
Isaac Wells
1922 – 2003
Birth Location: Bridgeport, Lawrence, Illinois, USA
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Isaac Wells's Ancestors

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Isaac Wells
1875 – 1956
Birth Place: Melrose, Clark, Illinois, USA
Parents
Calvin Wells
1831 – 1908
Melrose, Clark, Illinois, USA
Mary (Ann) Sweet
1842 – 1921
Melrose, Clark, Illinois, USA
Grandparents
William Sweet
1819 – 1854
Flemingsburg, Fleming, Kentucky, USA
Lucinda Davis
1818 – 1870
Indiana, USA
Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Sweet
1800 – 1874
Elizabeth Maddox
1802 – 1878
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Sweet
1769 – 1830
Elizabeth Mershon
1775 – 1840

Isaac Wells's Descendants

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Isaac Wells (16 Jul 1875 – 5 Aug 1956) m. Ida (Alice) Taggart (11 Jan 1886 – 5 Dec 1980)
  1. 1. Mabel (Irene) Wells (25 Jun 1906 – 21 Mar 1995) m. Raymond (Glenn) Ackman (4 Oct 1902 – 2 Jan 1969)
    1. 1. Angelee (B) Ackman (3 Feb 1929 – 5 Apr 2012) m. John Bishop (19 Feb 1926 – 13 May 2009)
  2. 2. Mary (Dell) Wells (20 Jan 1912 – 5 Jul 2009) m. Robert (Arthur) Byrley (23 Dec 1909 – 26 May 1946)
    1. 1. Donald (Eugene) Byrley (15 Oct 1931 – 1 Jan 1986)
    2. 2. Rosalee (A) Byrley (1939 – ) m. Waggoner
  3. 3. Isaac (Jr) Wells (13 Feb 1922 – 2 Dec 2003) m. Dorothy (Marie) Wright (16 Jul 1922 – )

Isaac Wells's Timeline

2 Records

1875
16 Jul 1875
Birth of Isaac Wells in Melrose, Clark, Illinois, USA
Melrose, Clark, Illinois, USA
1956
5 Aug 1956
Age 81
Death of Isaac Wells in Bridgeport, Lawrence, Illinois, USA
Bridgeport, Lawrence, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Jul 1875
    Event Place: Melrose, Clark, Illinois, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Aug 1956
    Event Place: Bridgeport, Lawrence, Illinois, USA
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