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Zella (Craig) Wells (1898 - 1987)

Zella Wells formerly Craig
Born in Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Wife of — married 9 Jun 1925 in Butler County, Ohio, United Statesmap
Died at age 88 in Menifee County, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Biography

Zella was born in 1898. She is the daughter of John Craig and Mary Kendall. She passed away in 1987.

Obituary[1]

Retired Frenchburg businesswoman Zella Craig Wells, 88, died Tuesday at Mary Chiles Hospital in Mount Sterling after a short illness.

Mrs. Wells retired several years ago as a partner in Frenchburg Furniture & Appliances Co. She previously had been a partner in Frenchburg Motor Co., a car-repair business.

She and her husband, the late Henry Wells, ran a restaurant and hotel at one time. She also was a Greyhound bus lines agent for many years.

Mrs. Wells, who attended Morehead State Teachers College, had taught in rural Menifee County schools for a time as a younger woman.

She was member of Frenchburg Church of God.

Surviving are a foster daughter, Mary Hannah Benson of Frenchburg; two foster grandchildren; and two foster great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Menifee Home for Funerals in Frenchburg. Visitation will be after 3 p.m. today.

Sources

  1. Lexington Herald-Leader (KY) - Thursday, March 19, 1987
  • "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9H4-ZTH : accessed 22 September 2015), Zellah Craig in household of John Craig, Magisterial District 1 Frenchburg, Menifee, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 12A, family 205, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,543.
  • "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M26Z-ZXJ : accessed 22 September 2015), Zella Craig in household of John T Craig, Frenchburg, Menifee, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 121, sheet 2A, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,506.
  • "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHLC-Y1K : accessed 22 September 2015), Zella Craig in household of J P Craig, Frankfort Ward 1, Franklin, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 12B, family 294, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,570.
  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMDR-NPX : accessed 22 September 2015), Zella Wells in household of Henry Wells, Ashland, Boyd, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0021, sheet 4B, family 83, line 79, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 734; FHL microfilm 2,340,469.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7YC-RTD : accessed 22 September 2015), Zella Wells in household of Eliza Patrick, Frenchburg, Magisterial District 1, Menifee, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 83-1, sheet 84A, family 75, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1341.
  • "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH1-C837 : accessed 22 September 2015), Zella Wells, 17 Mar 1987; citing Death, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.
  • "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9DV-L4M : accessed 22 September 2015), Zella Wells, Mar 1987; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).




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