Mattie Wells

Mattie married Ralph Johnson Jones, Sr. Ralph (son of Leornard Frank Jones and Jessie Lou Stowe) was born 23 Aug 1926, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 10 Nov 2012, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried 12 Nov 2012, Highland Burial Park, Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Joy Eileen Jones was born 25 Aug 1951, Danville, Virginia; died 3 Nov 1988, Dry Fork, Virginia; was buried , Highland Burial Park, Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
2. Living

Joel married Elsie Evelyn Smith 26 Dec 1925, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Elsie was born 14 Dec 1907, Pittsylvania Counyu, Virginia; died 19 Dec 1984, Dry Fork, Virginia; was buried , Emmanuel Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery, Dry Fork, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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E-mail from Judy Stowe, Descendant -- Directions to Gravesite


From Hwy 41 you will travel about a mile down the Dry Fork Road.
You will see Stowe Lane on your left.
You will turn on to Stowe Lane and follow this road which will turn into a farm road..you will pass some barns and a Stowe Cemetery on your left (keep going), you will then come to a house, it is white, looks like two houses joined together with another house close beside it (in the summer this house is used for the Mexican workers to live in)...you will keep to the right , pass that house and drive across a creek. After you cross the creek you will go on maybe 5 or 6 car lengths and stop. You will then walk across a field on your right and into the woods where the cemetery is located. I call this the Joel T. Stowe Cemetery since he is the oldest person buried there. This is where William Addison Wells is buried: his tombstone reads:
W. A. Wells
Born 1862
March 22 1899 (I have seen his death also listed as in April?)

Now, lets go back to Hwy 41
Again you will go down the Dry Fork, as before just under a mile. You will see Johnson Road on your left. You will not go down Johnson Road, this is just a starting point. Directly across the Dry Fork Road from Johnson Road is a field. You will need to cross this field to the woods, at the woods stay to the right and you will see the cemetery shortly. In the last year the woods have been cut down so now the cemetery is right in the edge of the woods. I call this the Davis/Wells Cemetery since the Davis Family were the first to be buried here. (the Davis family are my husbands family). This is where Lelia E. Stowe Wells is buried; Her tombstone reads:
Lelia E. Stowe
wife of W. A. Wells
Jan. 3, 1868
July 1, 1930
In loving memory
of our dear mother

It has been quite some time since I was in this cemetery...when we were there the Davis family was buried in the woods and the Wells graves were in grass over 6 foot tall. My husband went into the grass to read the stones to me and I couldn't even see him. There were close to 20 graves there and some, I don't know how many had been moved away.
Hope this is helpful to you...I enjoyed the Devintimber site. It helped me to draw some families together that I already had, but hadn't connected them to each other. I am anxious to look at your site. Have a great afternoon....Judy
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Frances Eggleston
To: jhstoe

William married Lelia Ella Stowe 28 Aug 1892, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Lelia (daughter of Joel Thomas LY8T-4Z3 Stowe and Martha Judy K86-H49 Pigg) was born 3 Jun 1868, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 1 Jul 1930, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Davis-Wells Family Cemetery, Dry Fork, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

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Matthew Clay Wells Family (1875) [See Photo]

Standing - back row (L-R): William Addison, Peter Thomas, Olid Delin, Tabitha Gabrilla, & Sallie Fannie.

Sitting - front row (L-R): Charlie Wesley, Joseph Sidney, John James with Robert Lee (in front), Matthew Clay with Minnie Kathryn (in front), & Exie Clay.

Mary Henrietta and wife Mary Jane (Shorter) Wells were absent at the time.

Matthew married Mary Jane Shorter 21 Feb 1853, Henry County, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Booker Randolph Shorter and Tabitha Gabrella Hubbard) was born 23 Oct 1831, Pittsylvania County, Pennsylvania; died 21 Dec 1893, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Wells Plantation Family Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Joel married Martha Judy K86-H49 Pigg. Martha was born Est 1830, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Joel T Stowe Cemetery, Dry Fork, Pittsylvania, Virginia. [Group Sheet]