Bertha C. Wells

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Reference Number: 16214
• Residence: 1880, Benton, Berrien, Michigan, USA; 6 Age: 6; AttendedSchool: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 002; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Daughter RelationToHead: Daughter

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Name: Jackson D Wells
• Reference Number: 6523
• Residence: Widowed MaritalStatus: Widowed
• Residence: 1850, Howard, Cass, Michigan, USA; 19 Age: 19; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; Industry: Agriculture
• Residence: 1880, Benton, Berrien, Michigan, USA; 49 Age: 49; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; EnumerationDistrict: 002; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Self RelationToHead: Head

Jackson married Mary E Schell on 1 Jan 1856 in Cass, Michigan, USA. Mary was born in 1835; died on 29 Oct 1921 in Berrien County, Michigan, United States of America; was buried in Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 16213

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Reference Number: 6545
• Residence: 1850, Howard, Cass, Michigan, USA; 59 Age: 59; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; Industry: Agriculture; RealEstateValue: 2000

Jonathon married Sylvia Phelps. Sylvia (daughter of Simeon Phelps, Sr) was born on 18 May 1793 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 24 May 1869 in Niles, Berrien, Michigan, USA; was buried in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Race: White
• Name: Sylvia Phelps
• Name: Sylvia Wells
• Reference Number: 6520
• Residence: 1850, Howard, Cass, Michigan, USA; 57 Age: 57

Notes:

Sylva Wells
abt. 1793-May 24, 1869

Niles Democrat, Saturday, May 29, 1869, page 3, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

DIED

In this city at the residence of her son, J.M. Wells, on Monday, May 24th, Mrs. SYLVA WELLS, aged 76 years.

The deceased was a resident of this vicinity for thirty three years, having moved here in 1836, and has been an eye witness to the conversion of this country from a howling wilderness to its present state of cultivation and improvement.

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 6506
• Residence: 1810, Brutus, Cayuga, New York, USA
• Residence: 1820, Brutus, Cayuga, New York, USA

Notes:

Perhaps married Submit Holcomb per "The Phelps family of America and their English ancestors, with copies of wills, deeds, letters, and other interesting papers, coats of arms and valuable records" by Oliver Seymour Phelps, pub 1899. Or perhaps not. There is another Simeon Phelps in Vermont who married a Submit Holcomb. He was born in Connecticut, moved to Vermont, has a totally different birth date and different children. This other Simeon Phelps is also in the Phelps Family book as #772 on P. 1403. He is the son of Paul Phelps and Zerviah Calkins. Obviously, the author mixed up the two Simeons. The spouse of our Simeon Phelps is unknown.

This error apparently originated in the 1892 book "Families of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut P.588" by Henry Stiles. This book shows the other Simeon Phelps of Vermont as the son of Elisha. Which is an error by confusing the two different people named Simeon Phelps.

Per the Phelps Family of America book he died 30 Oct 1786. However his daughter Sylvia has a birth date of 1793. I have not been able to find birthdates on the other children. He also appears in Cayuga County census records in 1810 and 1820. We presume he died between 1820 and 1830.

1810 census age 45 +
1820 census age 45 +

Unable to find any probate record in Cayuga County for Simeon Phelps, Sr.


Died:
not on 1830 census