That is no doubt him as they found him dead on Oct 6, 1900 and the undertaker (a Mr. Couch?) who was also the Mayor of Wellington in 1900 went to Cleveland to pick up the body and bury him. However, I thought he was born in 1843 (census) .. which would have made him 57 .. but, now that I remember, his wife kept stating that he was 'almost 60' .. but he stated he was 29 in 1872 when they married. The middle initial is supposed to be "L" .. I always thought it was James until I read the pension records... the interviewer specifically asked his mother if his middle initial was "L" and she said yes. I always thought he was a "Jr". I am surprised he had a stone as his wife was quite destitute (according to the pension papers) .. but, maybe his mother paid for it. I believe Fred is his brother, John H. Wells, son. I am surprised that his father, Francis J., mother: Ann Hill Wells, and his sister, Minnie are not all buried there. Bonita -- Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "NM Meyers" <nmmeyers@centurytel.net> To: <OHLORAIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 7:33 AM Subject: [OHLORAIN] WELLS There is a F.S.WELLS aged 60, buried on Oct. 8, 1900 in Greenwood Cem. in Wellington. Perhaps a relative? In the same lot there is buried a Fred WELLS age 67, buried on March 8, 1936. Suggest you contact the Wellington Genealogical Group for more possible information You will find the contact for that group when you visit at the lorgen page. -- Nancy M. Meyers, Lorain OH Genealogy Lookup Volunteer http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen A proud RootsWeb Supporter Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Volunteer http://www.raogk.org Life Member of Ohio Genealogical Society http://www.ogs.org/ ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl