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William Woodson Wells

17 Jun 1840 – 27 May 1922

Birth	17 Jun 1840
Death	27 May 1922
Cemetery	SunSet Cemetery Mountain Home , Kerr County , Texas , USA
Added by	Michael Cobb on 26 Sep 2013
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20434472

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Obituary. Kerrville Mountain Sun, Kerrville, TX. June 2, 1922 Pioneer Citizen Dies. Last Saturday, at his home in the Sunset Community, Kerr County, W.W. Wells, age 83, died after a few weeks illness. Burial took place Sunday in Sunset Cemetery, attended by a concourse of relatives and friends. Mr. Wells was one of the last of the Texas Rangers, and he also fought through the Civil War. Grandpa Peterson of Kerrville served with him through that memorable war and can relate many interesting incidents of their association. The wife of deceased died about two years ago, and there are left four sons and three daughters. There are many friends who extend condolence to them Truly, a great and grand pioneer has passed away. When William Woodson Wells was born on 17 June 1840, in Marion, Perry, Alabama, United States, his father, Walker Thomas Brockman Wells, was 24 and his mother, Sarah Watters Wright, was 24. He married Martha Elizabeth Tumlinson on 2 January 1867, in DeWitt, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Kerr, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 4, Kerr, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 May 1922, in Kerrville, Kerr, Texas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Sunset Cemetery, Mountain Home, Kerr, Texas, United States. Source family Search

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WEEP NOT, HE IS AT REST

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Family

Parents

• Walker Thomas Brockman Wells 1815–1878
• Sarah Watters Wright Wells 1816–1880

Spouse

• Martha Elizabeth Tumlinson Wells 1849–1920 FaG

Siblings

• Madison Monroe Wells 1836–1906
• Lucy Virella Wells Patton 1839–1920
• Martha Ann G. Wells Hunt 1844–1886
• James Bailey Wells Sr 1847–1930
• Nancy Adeline Wells Denmark 1849–1917
• Mary Antoinette Wells Dees 1849–1909
• Sarah Jane "Jennie" Wells Cleveland 1854–1917
• Sarah Elizabeth Wells Henry 1855–1930
• Margaret Louise "Maggie" Wells Moses 1858–1941
• Jessie Pricilla Wells Askey 1860–1908

Children

• Sarah Elizabeth Wells Henderson 1868–1957 FaG
• Joseph Brockman Wells 1869–1902 FaG
• James Bailey Wells 1871–1923 FaG
• Rachel Ann Wells Maddox 1875–1971 FaG
• Margaret Lee "Maggie" Wells Schrier 1877–1931 FaG
• Henry Harrison ""Harry"" Wells 1881–1931 FaG
• Rufus Leroy Wells 1883–1964 FaG
• Monroe Madison Wells 1886–1934 FaG

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