This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wells, Dwelley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SCWBAIB/4520.1 Message Board Post: Hi Erin, I think you already have the cemetery information I am inclosing, but I will send it just in case. In my experience, clusters of deaths in children like occurred with these Wells children are usually due to a serious infectious disease such as Typhoid Fever. My ancestor from this area of New York lost 2 children within 2 weeks to diphtheria in 1876. Louisa Adams,/ Wife of/E. Wells,/Died/July 30, 1889,/Ae. 76yrs/11mos/12 days Edward S./ son of/Ephraim and Louisa/Wells/died July 28,/1846/AE 2yrs, 6mos/ Ellen M./died/February 16, 1852/Ae 4ys and 9mos/ Orville E./died/February 17, 1852/Ae 8 mos/ Children of Ephraim and Louisa Wells Harriet A./dau't of/Ephraim and/Louisa/Wells/died/February 27, 1852/Ae.6years 11 mos./ On another subject, I wondered if you ever had any luck getting a male relative to do a Wells DNA study?