William Addison Wells^{[1, 2, 3]}

1862 - 1899  (37 years)

• Name	William Addison Wells
  Born	1862	Pittsylvania Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Mar 1899	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Person ID	I7793	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2014

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Lelia Ella Stowe,   b. 3 Jun 1868, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 1 Jul 1930, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 62 years)
  Married	28 Aug 1892	Pittsylvania Co., Virginia
  Children	1. Willis Lee Wells,   b. Abt 1893, dif Twin Boys   2. William Leonard Wells,   b. Abt 1893, Twin Boys dif   3. Mattie James Wells,   b. 5 May 1895, Dry Fork, Virginia ,   d. 4 Jan 1954, Dry Fork, Virginia  (Age 58 years) + 4. Joel Estes Wells, Sr.,   b. 27 Dec 1895, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 11 May 1948, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 52 years)   5. Mary Clay Wells,   b. 26 Jan 1898, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 31 Dec 1984, Danville, Virginia  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2019
  Family ID	F2713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		William Addison Wells son of Matthew C. Wells
  		William A. Wells

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Wells 7793-8015-6-7--12187Wells Obits.pdf
  		Wells Info 1 J. Barber
  		Wells Info 2 J. Barber
  		Wells Info 3 J. Barber

  
  

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  Histories

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

  
  

• Notes

  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

  
  

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  [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, 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. [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/u/l/Christine--P-Bullock/GENE1-0009.html#CHILD146. William Addison8 Wells (Matthew Clay7, Joseph6, Matthew5, John4, Barnaby3, John2, Barnaby1) was born 1862 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia, and died April 22, 1899 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. He married Lelia Ella Stowe August 28, 1892 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. She was born June 03, 1868, and died July 01, 1930. Children of William Wells and Lelia Stowe are: 224 i. William Leonard9 Wells. 225 ii. Willis Lee Wells. 226 iii. Mattie James Wells, born May 05, 1894; died January 04, 1954. + 227 iv. Joel Estes Wells, born February 06, 1896; died May 11, 1948. 228 v. Mary Clay Wells, born January 26, 1898; died December 31, 1984 in Danville, , Virginia. She married Hutch Lee Davis; born January 16, 1896; died April 08, 1959. [S23] Judy Stowe, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/u/l/Christine--P-Bullock/GENE1-0008.html#CHILD83. There is a picture of William Addison Wells tombstone on Find A Grave memorial # 949 816 20 My son went to the cemetery during the summer and took pictures and a video...he did a good job. Good to hear from you Judy