Cornelia P., oldest daughter of Dea. John and Mary Starr Maxson, and wife of the late Dea. J. B. Wells, was born in Stonington, Conn., April 13, 1817, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. B. Ames, in DeRuyter, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1898.
Reared in a pious family, she early made a profession of religion and joined the Scott church and later united at DeRuyter, and continued a worthy member till death. On May 26, 1847, with her two sisters, she was married in her father's house in DeRuyter. It was a triple wedding, the three sisters being married at one ceremony by Eld. James Bailey. Her next sister, Mary Starr, was married to Rev. Geo. B. Utter, and the youngest, Caroline Beal, to Dr. Jacob Stillman, of California. Among the old people this is called "The Mammoth Wedding," as it was the greatest that ever occurred in DeRuyter.
In her happy home with Dea. Wells, God Blessed them with three children, William, who died in Childhood, Frederick, who died in Plainfield in 1890, and M. Lucilla, who lovingly cared for her mother till she peacefully passed into rest. L. R. S.
