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Olid Delind Wells

Olid Delind Wells[1, 2]

Male 1857 - 1902  (44 years)

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  • Name Olid Delind Wells 
    Born 27 Nov 1857  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Mar 1902  Danville, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7792  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 13 Jun 2016 

    Father Corp. Matthew Clay Wells,   b. 27 Jan 1827, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1893, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Mary Jane Shorter,   b. 23 Oct 1831, Pittsylvania County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1893, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 21 Feb 1853  Henry County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2667  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucy Booker Garrett,   b. 5 May 1873, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1907, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years) 
    Married 23 Dec 1888 
    Children 
    +1. William Harvey Wells,   b. 26 Dec 1889, Henry County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1957, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     2. Samuel Garrett Wells,   b. 13 Sep 1891, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1967, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     3. James Corbett Wells,   b. 1894,   d. 1900  (Age 6 years)
     4. Joseph Thomas Wells,   b. 1895,   d. 1901  (Age 6 years)
     5. James Roland "Roley" Wells,   b. 23 Apr 1898, Pittsylvania county, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 1980, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     6. Olid Delind Wells, Jr.,   b. 28 Sep 1900, Chatham, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1964, Harrisonburg, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     7. Oliver Booker Wells,   b. 25 Mar 1902, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1974, Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2015 
    Family ID F2711  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Olid Delin Wells
    Olid Delin Wells
    son of Matthew C. Wells
    Wells Cemetery
    Wells Cemetery
    Wells Cemetery Plot.jpg

    Documents
    Slaydon Family Ancestral Chart
    Slaydon Family Ancestral Chart
    Bible-1.pdf
    Wells-Slaydon Bible
    Wells-Slaydon Bible
    Slaydon Bible.pdf
    Wells Info 1
    Wells Info 1
    J. Barber
    Wells Info 2
    Wells Info 2
    J. Barber
    Wells Info 3
    Wells Info 3
    J. Barber

    Histories
    Matthew Clay Wells & Family
    Matthew Clay Wells & Family
    The Danville Register
    Apr 10, 1977

  • Sources 
    1. [S128] Christine Bullock, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/u/l/Christine--P-Bullock/GENE1-0008.html#CHILD83.
      Matthew Clay7 Wells (Joseph6, Matthew5, John4, Barnaby3, John2, Barnaby1) was born January 28, 1827 in Pittsylvania Co, Virginia, and died November 02, 1893 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. He married Mary Jane Shorter February 21, 1853 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, daughter of Booker Shorter and Tabitha Hubbard. She was born October 23, 1831 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.

      Children of Matthew Wells and Mary Shorter are:
      144 i. Minnie Kathryn8 Wells, born in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. She married Walter Gravely February 25, 1892 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; born July 28, 1870.
      + 145 ii. Excy Clay Wells, born December 28, 1853 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.
      + 146 iii. John James Wells, born July 11, 1855 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died May 29, 1941 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.
      + 147 iv. Joseph Sidney Wells, born June 29, 1856 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died January 19, 1928 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.
      + 148 v. Ollid Delin Wells, born November 27, 1857 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 1902.
      + 149 vi. Tabitha Gabrilla Wells, born June 1859 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.
      + 150 vii. Sally Frances Wells, born July 19, 1860 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died September 10, 1911.
      + 151 viii. Robert Lee Wells, born October 05, 1860 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died in Martinsville, Henry Co., Virginia.
      + 152 ix. William Addison Wells, born 1862 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died April 22, 1899 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.
      + 153 x. Mary Henrietta Wells, born May 07, 1863 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died March 14, 1903.
      + 154 xi. Peter Thomas Wells, born May 20, 1866 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died November 17, 1939 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.
      + 155 xii. Charlie Wesley Wells, born November 20, 1867 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died February 24, 1963.

    2. [S128] Christine Bullock, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/u/l/Christine--P-Bullock/GENE1-0009.html#CHILD146.
      Ollid Delin8 Wells (Matthew Clay7, Joseph6, Matthew5, John4, Barnaby3, John2, Barnaby1) was born November 27, 1857 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, and died 1902. He married Lucy Baker Garrett December 23, 1888 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, daughter of Joseph Garrett and Martha Riddle. She was born May 05, 1873, and died July 22, 1907.

      Children of Ollid Wells and Lucy Garrett are:
      + 200 i. William Harvey9 Wells, born December 26, 1889 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died November 11, 1957.
      + 201 ii. Samuel Garrett Wells, born September 13, 1891 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died September 19, 1967 in Martinsville, , Virginia.
      202 iii. James Corbett Wells, born June 28, 1894 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died November 15, 1900.
      + 203 iv. Rowland Wells, born April 23, 1898 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died May 23, 1980 in Danville, , Virginia.
      204 v. Joseph Thomas Wells, born December 26, 1898 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died October 17, 1901.
      205 vi. Jr. Ollid Delin Wells,Jr, born September 28, 1900 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died August 03, 1964. He married (1) Hazel Bagby. He married (2) Martha Rebecca Pifer; born December 17, 1897 in Staunton, , Virginia; died June 1976.
      + 206 vii. Oliver Booker Wells, born March 25, 1902 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died November 04, 1974 in Martinsville, , Virginia.