James Daniel Wells Sr. (1935 - 1998)

Born 25 Apr 1935 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Died 30 May 1998 at age 63 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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Biography

When James Daniel Wells Sr was born on 25 April 1935, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, William Ritchey Wells, was 40 and his mother, Alice Mary Cullen, was 33.

The 1940 Census found the Wells family living at 1281 Warner Terrace in the Normandy Township of St. Louis, Missouri. Dan was 4 years old.

Dan was 14 years old on April 18, 1950, when Mrs. Helen Allbaugh took the Census. The Wells family were living at 2010 Blendon St. St. Louis, Missouri when she visited them.

He graduated from SLUH in 1954. He enlisted into the Army on 4 Mar 1957 and was discharged 4 August 1962.

He married Helen Mary Evers on 23 April 1960, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

He died on 30 May 1998, at the age of 63, and was buried in Lemay, St. Louis, Missouri, United States at The Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.

Research Notes

• St. Louis University High School (SLUH) is a Jesuit Catholic high school for boys. Founded in 1818, it is the oldest secondary educational institution in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River, and one of the largest private high schools in Missouri. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis. -Wikipedia
• 1950 Census [1]
• 1967 William Ritchey Wells obituary, his father [2]
• 1989 An article on Sister Debbie Wells, his daughter [3]
• 1996 Mary Alice Goedde obituary, his sister [4]
• 1998 Find A Grave: Memorial #81342850
• 1998 His obituary [5]
• 2000 There is no business, like small business [6]
• 2000 William J. Schrick obituary, his brother-in-law [7]
• 2003 Rose Anne Guthier obituary, his sister [8]
• 2015 William Cullen Wells obituary, his brother [9]

Sources

• 1940 "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7W6-S3V : 24 December 2019), Daniel Wells in household of William Wells, Normandy Township, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 95-273, sheet 13A, line 30, family 306, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2153.
• 1963 "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:668K-8JV2 : 25 February 2022), James Daniel Wells, 23 Apr 1960; citing Marriage, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007513928.
• 1998 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLY6-RP6 : 10 January 2021), James D Wells, 30 May 1998; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).