Mary Ellen WELLS, 18471931 (aged 83 years)

Mary Ellen Wells
Name
Mary Ellen /WELLS/
Given names
Mary Ellen
Surname
WELLS
Birth
October 24, 1847
Mississippi, USA
Latitude: 34.762248 Longitude: -89.503072
Citation details: forwarded by Robert Wells, 13 Feb 2002, 1:43 AM
Quality of data: primary evidence
Birth of a sister
Citation details: 22 Jul 1999
Quality of data: primary evidence
Birth of a brother
Citation details: 22 Jul 1999
Quality of data: primary evidence
Citation details: forwarded by Robert Wells, 13 Feb 2002, 1:43 AM
Quality of data: primary evidence
Text:

Information from Grandmother's Bible.

Birth of a sister
April 22, 1852
Mississippi, USA
Latitude: 34.762248 Longitude: -89.503072
Citation details: 22 Jul 1999
Quality of data: primary evidence
Citation details: forwarded by Robert Wells, 13 Feb 2002, 1:43 AM
Quality of data: primary evidence
Text:

Information from Grandmother's Bible.

Citation details: census, 1880, 6-PCT, Limestone, TX, Series: T9 Roll: 1317 Page: 426
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: September 24, 2005
Birth of a brother
Citation details: forwarded by Robert Wells, 13 Feb 2002, 1:43 AM
Quality of data: primary evidence
Text:

Information from Grandmother's Bible.

Citation details: Sudan Cemetery, Lamb County, Sudan, Texas
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: Photos and inscriptions by Sheriff Jerry Hicks and Mary Hicks.
INDI:EVEN:SOUR:_NOTE: YES
Birth of a brother
December 20, 1856
Mississippi, USA
Latitude: 34.762248 Longitude: -89.503072
Citation details: 22 Jul 1999
Quality of data: primary evidence
Citation details: forwarded by Robert Wells, 13 Feb 2002, 1:43 AM
Quality of data: primary evidence
Text:

Information from her grandmother's Bible.

Citation details: census, 1880, 6-PCT, Limestone, TX, Series: T9 Roll: 1317 Page: 426
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: September 24, 2005
Birth of a sister
Citation details: forwarded by Robert Wells, 13 Feb 2002, 1:43 AM
Quality of data: primary evidence
Text:

Information from her grandmother's Bible.

Birth of a sister
Citation details: 13 Feb 2002, 1:43 AM, RE More related
Quality of data: primary evidence
Text:

This information came from the Bible of Sarah Ellen Avara. There is a question about the spelling of the name, could be Hginia, Vginia, or Virginia.

Birth of a brother
Citation details: 13 Feb 2002, 1:43 AM, Information from Sarah Avara's Bible
Quality of data: primary evidence
Birth of a sister
August 15, 1864
Mississippi, USA
Latitude: 34.762248 Longitude: -89.503072
Citation details: 22 Jul 1999
Quality of data: primary evidence
Citation details: census, 1880, 6-PCT, Limestone, TX, Series: T9 Roll: 1317 Page: 426
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: September 24, 2005
Birth of a brother
August 8, 1866
Mississippi, USA
Latitude: 34.762248 Longitude: -89.503072
Citation details: 22 Jul 1999
Quality of data: primary evidence
Quality of data: primary evidence
Text:

24 Feb 2002

Citation details: 31 Mar 2003, 11:59 AM
Quality of data: primary evidence
Text:

I know James Polk Sawyer was born Feb 14, 1846, came from Ms. and his first child was born in Corpus Christi.

Citation details: census, 1880, 6-PCT, Limestone, TX, Series: T9 Roll: 1317 Page: 426
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: September 24, 2005
Marriage
March 1872 (aged 24 years)
Limestone County, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.54547 Longitude: -96.580529
Birth of a daughter
April 22, 1874
Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.679722 Longitude: -96.481944
Citation details: 522
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: July 24, 2004
Citation details: census 1900, 1-PCT, LIMESTONE, TEXAS, Series: T623 Roll: 1654 Page: 9
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 13, 2007
Birth of a daughter
June 28, 1875
Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.679722 Longitude: -96.481944
Citation details: 27 Apr 1945, page 3, Mrs. Ruth Bowden Dies Wednesday
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: April 3, 2008
Citation details: death of Ruth Bowden, Film # 2137915, Digital GS # 4029688, Image # 3229, Ref. # 17412
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: June 19, 2009
Birth of a daughter
November 30, 1879
Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.679722 Longitude: -96.481944
Citation details: death certificate of Ellen Daniel Gore, Film # 2117483, Digital GS # 4028411, Image # 128, Ref. # CN18322
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: September 3, 2008
Note: Scan of original document
INDI:EVEN:SOUR:_NOTE: YES
Birth of a daughter
June 20, 1882
Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.679722 Longitude: -96.481944
Citation details: death of Mae Shanks Dease, Film # 2242196, Digital GS # 4169892, Image # 254, Ref. # 92623
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: June 19, 2009
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: census 1910, 1 J-PCT, LIMESTONE, TEXAS, Series: T624 Roll: 1573 Page: 164
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 13, 2007
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 13, 2007
Birth of a granddaughter
April 13, 1895
Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.679722 Longitude: -96.481944
Citation details: death of Fannie Pearl Hardin, Film # 2116164, Digital GS # 4166206, Image # 856, Item2 cn8319
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: June 20, 2009
Birth of a grandson
July 2, 1896
Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.436748 Longitude: -99.306955
Citation details: census 1910, 1 J-PCT, LIMESTONE, TEXAS, Series: T624 Roll: 1573 Page: 164
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 13, 2007
Citation details: census 1900, 1-PCT, LIMESTONE, TEXAS, Series: T623 Roll: 1654 Page: 9
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 13, 2007
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 13, 2007
Birth of a grandson
Citation details: census 1910, 1 J-PCT, LIMESTONE, TEXAS, Series: T624 Roll: 1573 Page: 164
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 13, 2007
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: census 1910, 1 J-PCT, LIMESTONE, TEXAS, Series: T624 Roll: 1573 Page: 164
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 13, 2007
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 13, 2007
Birth of a granddaughter
October 23, 1901
Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.679722 Longitude: -96.481944
Citation details: death of Beulah Belle Ruthven Mudd, Film # 2242247, Digital GS # 4002996, Image # 1788, Ref. # 1560
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: June 20, 2009
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: census 1910, 7-PCT, LIMESTONE, TEXAS, Series: T624 Roll: 1574 Page: 158
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: August 14, 2006
Citation details: census 1920, CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES, TEXAS, Series: T625 Roll: 1838 Page: 179
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: August 24, 2006
Birth of a granddaughter
about 1901
Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.436748 Longitude: -99.306955
Citation details: census 1910, 2 J-Pct, Mart, McLennan, Texas, Series: T624 Roll: 1575 Page: 198
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 8, 2007
Citation details: census 1930, MOODY, MCLENNAN, TEXAS,Series: T626 Roll: 2374 Page: 99
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 7, 2007
Birth of a grandson
Source: 1910 Census
Citation details: Series T624, film roll 1575, Mart, TX, McLennan Co., TX, Enum. dist 96, p23B
Quality of data: primary evidence
Citation details: informaton provided by James Daniel
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 8, 2007
Birth of a granddaughter
Citation details: census 1910, 1 J-PCT, LIMESTONE, TEXAS, Series: T624 Roll: 1573 Page: 164
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 13, 2007
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 13, 2007
Birth of a granddaughter
about 1903
Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.436748 Longitude: -99.306955
Source: Daniel, James
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: October 20, 2003
Note: 1930 census records, information provided by James Daniel, obtained from Ancestry.com
INDI:EVEN:SOUR:_NOTE: YES
Citation details: census 1910, 7-PCT, LIMESTONE, TEXAS, Series: T624 Roll: 1574 Page: 158
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: August 14, 2006
Citation details: census 1920, CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES,TEXAS, Series: T625 Roll: 1838 Page: 184
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: August 25, 2006
Birth of a granddaughter
Birth of a grandson
August 24, 1904
Limestone County, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.54547 Longitude: -96.580529
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: October 26, 2003
Citation details: Wednesday, December 6, 1972, Volume 73, number 287, page 2
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: July 24, 2004
Note: Obituary of Hughie C. Gore
INDI:EVEN:SOUR:_NOTE: YES
Citation details: death of Hughie Christopher Gore, Film # 2242244, Digital GS # 4167654, Image # 3376, Ref. # 99070
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: June 20, 2009
Birth of a grandson
Source: 1910 Census
Citation details: Series T624, film roll 1575, Mart, TX, McLennan Co., TX, Enum. dist 96, p23B
Quality of data: primary evidence
Birth of a granddaughter
about 1905
Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.436748 Longitude: -99.306955
Citation details: census 1910, 1 J-PCT, LIMESTONE, TEXAS, Series: T624 Roll: 1573 Page: 164
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 13, 2007
Citation details: census 1930, 4 J-PCT (SOUTHWEST PART), LIMESTONE,TEXAS, Series: T626 Roll: 2371 Page: 258
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 13, 2007
Birth of a granddaughter
May 18, 1905
Limestone County, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.54547 Longitude: -96.580529
Citation details: census 1910, 1 J-PCT, LIMESTONE, TEXAS, Series: T624 Roll: 1573 Page: 164
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: November 13, 2007
Citation details: death of Dessie Lane Stephens, Film # 2135430, Digital GS # 4163591, Image # 648, Ref. # cn 59627
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: June 20, 2009
Birth of a grandson
February 24, 1906
Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.436748 Longitude: -99.306955
Source: Daniel, James
Citation details: e-mail 8 May 2001, 8:52 PM, Subject: Wells
Quality of data: primary evidence
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: August 17, 2006
Birth of a grandson
September 16, 1914
Mart, McLennan, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.542222 Longitude: -96.833333
Citation details: 507
Quality of data: primary evidence
Citation details: Death Certificate of Daniel Chester Shanks, McLennan County, Texas, #2436
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: October 23, 2007
Death
May 25, 1931 (aged 83 years)
Limestone County, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.679722 Longitude: -96.481944
Burial
Mexia Cemetery, Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA
Latitude: 31.679722 Longitude: -96.481944
Family with parents
father
18251886
Birth: October 5, 1825Tennessee, USA
Death: September 9, 1886
mother
Sarah Kerley
18241906
Birth: October 18, 1824South Carolina or Mississippi, USA
Death: April 16, 1906
Marriage MarriageJanuary 10, 1847Mississippi (?), USA
10 months
herself
Mary Ellen Wells
18471931
Birth: October 24, 1847Mississippi, USA
Death: May 25, 1931Limestone County, Texas, USA
14 months
younger sister
18481928
Birth: December 31, 1848
Death: June 19, 1928Rt. #4, Teague, Freestone, Texas, USA
21 months
younger brother
Will Wells
18501926
Birth: September 30, 1850
Death: 1926
19 months
younger sister
18521936
Birth: April 22, 1852Mississippi, USA
Death: February 21, 1936
23 months
younger brother
18541942
Birth: March 17, 1854
Death: January 1, 1942
3 years
younger brother
18561910
Birth: December 20, 1856Mississippi, USA
Death: November 13, 1910
22 months
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
20 months
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
18641905
Birth: August 15, 1864Mississippi, USA
Death: December 29, 1905
2 years
younger brother
18661939
Birth: August 8, 1866Mississippi, USA
Death: March 13, 1939
Family with Leonard L. DANIEL
husband
Uncle Leonard Daniel
18181902
Birth: February 11, 1818Alabama, USA
Death: March 6, 1902Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA
herself
Mary Ellen Wells
18471931
Birth: October 24, 1847Mississippi, USA
Death: May 25, 1931Limestone County, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageMarch 1872Limestone County, Texas, USA
2 years
daughter
18741965
Birth: April 22, 1874Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA
Death: February 18, 1965Nightingale Nursing Home, Gilmer, Upshur, Texas, USA
14 months
daughter
18751945
Birth: June 28, 1875Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA
Death: April 24, 1945Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA
5 years
daughter
18791964
Birth: November 30, 1879Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA
Death: March 15, 1964Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA
3 years
daughter
18821972
Birth: June 20, 1882Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA
Death: December 19, 1972Baytown, Harris, Texas, USA
Leonard L. DANIEL + Louisea Elizabeth (E. L.) (C.) BARRETT
husband
Uncle Leonard Daniel
18181902
Birth: February 11, 1818Alabama, USA
Death: March 6, 1902Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA
husband’s wife
Mrs. L. Daniel
18201870
Birth: 1820South Carolina or Alabama, USA
Death: 1870Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA
Marriage Marriagebetween 1837 and 1838Butler County, Alabama, USA
2 years
stepdaughter
Diademia Daniel
18381915
Birth: December 28, 1838Butler County, Alabama, USA
Death: December 22, 19151811 Summers St., Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
3 years
stepdaughter
Descendants of Cynthia Jane Daniel and J. J. Kerley
18421925
Birth: January 4, 1842Greenville, Butler, Alabama, USA
Death: March 28, 1925Chillicothe, Hardeman, Texas, USA
Birth
Citation details: forwarded by Robert Wells, 13 Feb 2002, 1:43 AM
Quality of data: primary evidence
Death
Shared note
Citation details: census 1930, MEXIA, LIMESTONE, TEXAS, Series: T626 Roll: 2371 Page: 195
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: August 15, 2006
Citation details: census 1920, SHILOH, LIMESTONE, TEXAS, Series: T625 Roll: 1829 Page: 109
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: August 15, 2006
Citation details: 29 May 1931, p. 2, obituary of Mary Ellen Wells Daniel, Mrs. Daniel, 83, Dies in Mexia
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: April 3, 2008
Shared note

She came to Limestone County, Texas with her family in 1885. (Robert Wells, e-mail dated Feb. 5, 2001.)
John R. Corley, Sr., brother of Daniel J. Corley, handled her estate. On 27 May 1931 an Application to Probate Will was filed. The will was filed the same day. Notices were issued on 28 May 1931. On June 9, 1931 the will was admitted to probate upon testimony of John H. Gafford & J. A. Boyd, two of the subscribing witnesses. On 9 June 1931 Nod Hollingsworth, John H. Sweatt & Tom L. Cox were appointed appraisers, John R. Corley was appointed executor without bond, proof of will was filed, and the oath of executor was filed. On June 11, 1931 the inventory, appraisement and list of claims was filed and approved.
Last Will & Testament of Mrs. Mary Ellen Daniel
No. 1071, State of Texas, Limestone County.
I, Mrs. Mary Ellen Daniel, widow of L. Daniel, deceased, of Mexia, Texas do hereby publish and declare the following to be my last will and testament hereby revoking any will that may have heretofore been made by me, to wit:
1. I desire that my Executors shall provide and furnish a suitable casket, dress and clothing, have my body embalmed, provide a motor hearse, and do such other things that may seem necessary for a suitable funeral and internment in the Mexia Cemetery at a cost of not exceeding four hundred dollars ($400.00).
2. I desire that my Executors shall purchase and place in position at my grave a suitable granite monument at a cost not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) after the items have been paid in full and all other just debts paid in full, then:
3. I give and bequeath to my children share and share alike all my property real, personal and mixed, of which I may die, seized and possessed, or to which I may be entitled at the time of my death, whether in possession or expectance, to them and, their heirs forever.
4. I desire that my Executors shall make equitable division of my estate and if necessary to sell and convey any or all of my personal property or real estate to make an equal division.
5. I hereby name, constitute and appoint, John R. Corley, Sr. and John R. Corley, Jr., my Executors to execute the provisions of this instrument, and in the event of the death of either or refusals of either to act, the other of my said Executors is hereby invested with all the powers and discretion herein conferred on both.
Witness my hand this 17 day of March, 1924 A. D.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Daniel
(Information obtained from James E. Daniel)

Obituary:
Mrs. Daniel, 83, Dies in Mexia
Mrs. M. E. Daniel, 83 year old pioneer, died at 6 a. m. Monday after a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Tuesday at the grave in Mexia cemetery, the Rev. J. E. Gore Baptist minister officiating.

Pallbearers at her funeral will all be grandsons of the deceased.

Mrs. Daniel has been a resident of Mexia and Limestone county for 60 years. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Mattie Brazeal, Mrs. Ruth Bowden, Mrs. Ellen Gore, Mrs. May Shanks, 16 grandchildren, and 30 great grandchildren.

Census:
1920, SHILOH, LIMESTONE, TEXAS, Series: T625 Roll: 1829 Page: 109
155/156, Hardin, Dewey, head, r, m, w, 22, m, read and write, TX, TX, TX, farmer, general farm
----, Fanny, wife, f, w, 24, m, can read and write, TX, TX, TX, none
----, Jackson, son? (hard to read), m, w, 5, s, TX, TX, TX, none
----, Florine, daughter, f, w, 2 1/2(?), s, TX, TX, TX, none
Daniels, Ellen, grandmother, f, w, 72, w, can read and write, MS, MS, MS, none

1930, MEXIA, LIMESTONE, TEXAS, Series: T626 Roll: 2371 Page: 195
729 McKinney
119/126, Bowden, George A., head, Own, 3000, no radio, not a farm, m, w, 70, m, 20, can read and write, AR, GA, AR, retired (may be marked out) one
-----, Ruth, wife H, f, w, 54, m, 17, cannot read and write, TX, AL, MS, none
Daniel, Mary E., mother-in-law, f, w, 82, wd, 17, cannot read or write, MS, TN, MS
NOTE: Another family lived in the same dwelling with a boarder. They were renters named Nolan and Thelma Owens, and their boarder was named John B. Christine.

Citation details: census 1930, MEXIA, LIMESTONE, TEXAS, Series: T626 Roll: 2371 Page: 195
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: August 15, 2006
Citation details: census 1920, SHILOH, LIMESTONE, TEXAS, Series: T625 Roll: 1829 Page: 109
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: August 15, 2006
Citation details: 29 May 1931, p. 2, obituary of Mary Ellen Wells Daniel, Mrs. Daniel, 83, Dies in Mexia
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: April 3, 2008
Marriage
Media object
Mary Ellen Wells
Mary Ellen Wells
Note: This picture is labeled simply Grandma Daniel. It must be Mary Ellen Wells.