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Jabez Peter 'Pete' Wells, Sr.

Jabez Peter 'Pete' Wells, Sr.[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1896 - 1976  (79 years)

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  • Name Jabez Peter 'Pete' Wells 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 14 Jan 1896  Pittsylvania Copunty, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Jan 1976  Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Highland Burial Park, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7779  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2015 

    Father Charles 'Charlie' Wesley Wells,   b. 20 Nov 1867, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1963, Callands, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Mother Ida Rebecca Hankins,   b. 1 Mar 1876, Mountain Valley, Pittsylvania, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1957, Martinsville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 24 Sep 1893  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2666  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Claudine Woodrum Jarrett,   b. 17 Aug 1892, Rockingham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1966, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 22 Mar 1920  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Jabe Peter "Pete" Wells, Jr.,   b. 21 Jan 1921, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1998, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     2. Richard Alan 'Loose' Wells,   b. 9 Sep 1928, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 2011, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    +3. Reverend Lynwood Daves Wells,   b. 23 Oct 1926, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 2011  (Age 85 years)
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2015 
    Family ID F2728  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Photo
Jabez Wells
s/o Charles Wesley Wells
Grady Baseball Team
    Photo Jabez Wells s/o Charles Wesley Wells Grady Baseball Team
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    Cindy Headen
    Hey, the only info I have on the ball team is what is in the caption. I don't know which John Reynolds this is, but he would be about the same age as Jabe, I suppose. As for the two bottom photos - on the left is Mabel (Wells) Merricks, daughter of Charles Wesley and wife of Walter B. Merricks - on the right is "Daddy's G'Ma Palmer's House - Mama & Daddy lived w/ her". This photo and note came from Miss Mabel's granddaughter, so I am assuming G'ma Palmer would be Miss Mabel's grandmother, Betty Ann Grant Palmer who lived at Worlds.

    Documents
    Death Certificate-Jabez P. Wells
    Death Certificate-Jabez P. Wells
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    Jabe P Wells-Funeral Announcement
    Jabe P Wells-Funeral Announcement
    The Danville Bee
    Jan 12, 1976
    Newspaper article about the Birthday Party for Charlie W. Wells from The Bee dated 11/20/1962
    Newspaper article about the Birthday Party for Charlie W. Wells from The Bee dated 11/20/1962
    WellsCharlieW.jpg

    Headstones
    Headstone Jabez Peter Wells
    Headstone Jabez Peter Wells
    hs7779JabezPeterWells.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, Find A Grave Memorial# 96487446 Jabez Peter Wells.
      Birth: Jan. 14, 1896, Pitts., Co., Virginia
      Death: Jan. 11, 1976, Danville, Pitts., Co., VA
      Mr. Jabez Peter Wells, 79, of 313 Southland Drive, Danville, VA went to be with his Lord at Memorial Hospital in Danville after suffering an apparent heart seizure. He was the son of the late Charlie Wesley Wells and Ida Hankins Wells. He had been a resident of Danville since 1916. In 1925 he started the J P Wells Insurance Agency.
      He was past president of the Bi-State Baseball League, a member of First Baptist Church and a veteran of World War I. He married Claudine Woodrum Jarrett on March 22, 1920, who is deceased. Surviving are three sons Jabez Peter Wells, Jr., and Richard A. Wells, both of Danville and Linwood D. Wells of Martinsville, VA.
      Also surviving are two brothers Lloyd W. Wells of Bassett, VA and Carroll D. Wells of Martinsville, VA and six sisters Mrs. Sallie Wells Reynolds and Mabel Wells Merricks, both of Callands, VA, Mrs. Sue Wells Pierce of Washington, DC, Mrs. Mary Wells Hopper of Woodbridge, VA, Mrs Elise Wells Caldwell of Alexander, VA and Mrs. Ruby W. Dyerle of Highland Springs, VA.

    2. [S47] Newspaper Article.

    3. [S37] Death Certificate.

    4. [S38] Headstone, Jabez Peter Wells, Sr.