Person:Orlan Wells (3)

Type: aka

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625)
   Orlan S. Wells household; Census Place: Pleasant, Lucas, Iowa; Roll T625_497; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 92; Image: 699.

   Pleasant, Lucas, Iowa
   13 January 1920
   Farm Road, Family 183
   
   Orlan S. Wells
   Head
   Renting home
   Male
   White
   26
   Married
   Able to read and write
   Born in Iowa
   Both parents born in Iowa
   Employed as a farmer
   
   Mabel Wells
   Wife
   Female
   White
   27
   Married
   Able to read and write
   Born in Iowa
   Father born in Indiana
   Mother born in Illinois
   
   Addison N. Wells
   Son
   Male
   White
   5
   Able to read and write
   Born in Iowa
   Both parents born in Iowa
   
   Dean Wells
   Son
   Male
   White
   4
   Able to read and write
   Born in Iowa
   Both parents born in Iowa
   
   Vernon Wells
   Son
   Male
   White
   2
   Born in Iowa
   Both parents born in Iowa

2. ↑ Personal recollection of Beth (Palmer) Mounts.

   Betty (Wells) Mounts died in the home of son Dan Mounts and daughter-in-law Beth (Palmer) Mounts

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626)
   Orland S. Wells household; Census Place: Cedar, Lucas, Iowa; Roll 666; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 2; Image: 274.0.

   Cedar, Lucas, Iowa
   19 April 1930
   Orland S. Wells household, Dwelling 5, Family 5
   
   Orland S. Wells
   Head
   Rented home
   Male
   White
   36
   Married
   19 at first marriage
   Had not attended school
   Able to read and write
   Born in Iowa
   Both parents born in Iowa
   Farmer on a general farm
   Employed
   Not a veteran
   
   Mabel J. Wells
   Wife
   Female
   White
   38
   Married
   21 at first marriage
   Had not attended school
   Able to read and write
   Born in Iowa
   Father born in Indiana
   Mother born in Illinois
   No occupation
   
   Addison M. Wells
   Son
   Male
   White
   16
   Single
   Had not attended school
   Able to read and write
   Born in Iowa
   Both parents born in Iowa
   No occupation
   
   Dean E. Wells
   Son
   Male
   14
   Single
   Had attended school
   Able to read and write
   Born in Iowa
   Both parents born in Iowa
   
   Vernon S. Wells
   Son
   Male
   White
   12
   Sngle
   Had attended school
   Able to read and write
   Born in Iowa
   Both parents born in Iowa
   
   Thayne M. Wells
   Son
   Male
   Whte
   10
   Single
   Had attended school
   Able to read and write
   Had attended school
   Born in Iowa
   Both parents born in Iowa
   
   Betty A. Wells
   Daughter
   Female
   White
   4 9/12
   Single
   Had not attended school
   Not able to read and write
   Born in Iowa
   Both parents born in Iowa
   
   Donald J. Wells
   Son
   Male
   White
   9/12
   Single
   Had not attended school
   Born in Iowa
   Both parents born in Iowa

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} United States Congress, Iowa
   Orlan Wells, clerk of district, is taken by death.

   Obituary Wells Orlan
   
   Chariton Patriot
   29 September 1949
   Page 1
   
   Orlan Wells, Clerk of District Is Taken By Death
   
   Rites to Be Held Friday, 2:30 p.m., Court House Closes.
   
   Orlan Wells, 56, clerk of the district court for Lucas county since 1939, died at his home here Tuesday at 3:30 a.m. He had been ill for several months.
   
   Services are to be at the Methodist church Friday at 2:30 o'clock, with the Rev. Leonard Fardon, assisted by the Rev. W. A. Samp, officiating. The Miley Funeral Home will be in charge. Burial will be in the Chariton cemetery.
   
   Born in Lucas county, he attended rural school and was a graduate of Chariton high school. He is a member of the Gospel Center church and the Knights of Pythias lodge.
   
   His first wife, Miss Mabel Byers of Belinda, died in 1936. In 1941 he married Miss Clara Dillman of Corydon, who survives. He also leaves his mother, Mrs. Emerson F. wells of Chariton; the children of his first marriage, Addison Wells of Minneapolis, Dean Wells of Los Angeles, Thayne Wells of Chariton, Misses Betty and Patty Wells at home and Donald Wells, University of Iowa student; four brothers, Paul of Cushing, Varian of Russel, Norman of Silvertown, Colo., and Hugh of Clarinda; a sister, Miss Gail Wells, Chariton teacher; and three grandchildren.
   
   A son, Vernon, was killed overseas in World War II. His father, the late Judge Emerson F. Wells, died several years ago.
   
   [Sidebar]
   
   Closes
   
   The Lucas county court house will close at noon Friday, Sept. 30, and will remain closed for the rest of the day out of respect to the late clerk of the district court and to allow employees to attend the services.

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Lucas County, Iowa. 1925 Iowa State Census
   O.S. Wells household; Pleasant, Lucas, Iowa.

   Iowa State Census
   Pleasant, Lucas, Iowa
   1 January 1925
   
   O.S. Wells
   Head
   Male
   White
   31
   Married
   Attended High School
   Reached grade 12
   Able to read and write
   Birthplace: Iowa
   Father: E.S. Wells
   Father's birthplace: Iowa
   Father's age: 57
   Mother: Ibera Buzzard
   Mother's birthplace: Iowa
   Mother's age: 55
   Parents' marriage place: Legrany, Iowa
   Employed in agricultural pursuits
   Affiliated with Christian church
   
   Mayble Wells
   Wife
   Female
   White
   32
   Married
   Attended High School
   Reached grade 12
   Able to read and write
   Birthplace: Iowa
   Father: N.N. Byers
   Father's birthplace: Indiana
   Father's age: 70
   Mother: Martha Spiker
   Mother's birthplace: Illinois
   Mother's age: 65
   Parents' marriage place: Iowa
   Employed in domestic or agricultural pursuits
   Affiliated with Christian church
   
   Addison Wells
   Son
   Male
   White
   11
   Single
   Attended Rural School
   Reached grade 6
   Attended 8 months of school in 1924
   Able to read and write
   Birthplace: Iowa
   Father: S.O. Wells
   Father's birthplace: Iowa
   Father's age: 31
   Mother: Mayble Wells
   Mother's birthplace: Iowa
   Mother's age: 32
   Parents' marriage place: Albia, Iowa
   
   Dean Wells
   Son
   Male
   White
   9
   Single
   Attended Rural School
   Reached grade 4
   Attended 8 months of school in 1924
   Able to read and write
   Birthplace: Iowa
   Father: S.O. Wells
   Father's birthplace: Iowa
   Father's age: 31
   Mother: Mayble Wells
   Mother's birthplace: Iowa
   Mother's age: 32
   Parents' marriage place: Albia, Iowa
   
   Vernon Wells
   Son
   Male
   White
   7
   Single
   Attended Rural School
   Reached grade 2
   Attended 8 months of school in 1924
   Able to read and write
   Birthplace: Iowa
   Father: S.O. Wells
   Father's birthplace: Iowa
   Father's age: 31
   Mother: Mayble Wells
   Mother's birthplace: Iowa
   Mother's age: 32
   Parents' marriage place: Albia, Iowa
   
   Thyne Wells
   Son
   Male
   White
   5
   Single
   Birthplace: Iowa
   Father: S.O. Wells
   Father's birthplace: Iowa
   Father's age: 31
   Mother: Mayble Wells
   Mother's birthplace: Iowa
   Mother's age: 32
   Parents' marriage place: Albia, Iowa

6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 United States Congress, Iowa (2)
   Mrs. Orlan Wells, 6 May 1937, page 6.

   Obituary Wells Mabel
   
   Mrs. Orlan Wells
   
   Mrs. Orlan Wells died at her home near Russell, Iowa, on Thursday morning, April 29, 1937, at the age of 45 years, 3 months and 14 days, after an illness of ab ten days with pleurisy and pneumonia. In spite of all that medical skill and loving hands could do she sliped into the Great Beyond.
   
   Funeral services, conducted by Rev. A. E. Beals, of Russell, were held at the Belinda Christian church Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, and burial was in the Chariton cemetery.
   
   Mabel Jewell Byers, only daughter of Nathan and Martha Jane Byers, was born in Belinda, Iowa, on January 15, 1892. There, in her quiet country home, she passed the years of innocent childhood, and from this home she attended the little country school, where she was loved and respected by her teachers and schoolmates.
   
   In her home and school she drank deeply from the fountain of nature until her life seemed permeated with the fragrance of the rose and the purity of the lly and the joy of the the song birds, and these were the characteristics which won her friends, numbered by her acquaintances.
   
   She attended the Chariton high school, graduating with the class of 1913.
   
   On April 5, 1913, she was married to Orlan S. Wells. For several years they lived on a farm near her old home but later moved to the community near Russell.
   
   Seven children came to bless and brighten this home. They are Addison, Dean, Vernon, Thayne, Betty, Donald, and Patricia.
   
   To her home and her chidlren she gave all the love, skill and ingenuity which was hers. The effects of this mother love and devotion will ever be a guiding and sustaining light in the lives of her children.
   
   On September 16, 1907, she united with the Belinda Christian church, at an early age, andwas never tiring in her devotion to its interests.
   
   Besides her grief stricken husband and children she is survived by her father and mother and two brothers, Clyde L. Byers, of Purdy, and Lester Byers, of Los Angeles, California. Several other relatives are also left to mourn the loss of this wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend. To them her noble life must ever be a loving memory and to all who have known her an incentive to a higher and nobler plane of living.
   
   Her old schoolmates paid her the following tribute:
   
   "Dear Mabel, you have gone and left us. We shall miss you so, but we shall keep in loving remembrance all those happy, golden hours we have spent together on the old Belinda school grounds. Our lives have been made richer and better because you have lived among us. The Great Master Teacher rang the bell and you have gone to take your seat. We may be a little late but we will come just as soon as we hear the bell."
   
   Among the number from a distance in attendance at the last rites were Mr. and Mrs. John Borger and daughter, Dorothy Byers, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wells, Miss Chloe Buzzard, Des Moines, Verne Spiker, Hedrick; Dr. and Mrs. I. S. Buzzard, Jefferson, Iowa.
   
   Chariton Herald-Patriot
   May 6, 1937
   Page 6

7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 United States Congress, Iowa (1)
   Candidates, 10 February 1944, page 4.

   News Wells Orlan Candidates
   
   Candidates
   
   Orlan Wells - Prior to his election as clerk of courts, Wells was a Lucas county farmer. The office he holds was once held by his fathert he late Judge E. S. Wells. He has sent three sons into service in the present war--one to the Navy, one to the Army and one to the Marines. The marine, Sgt. Vernon Wells, was killed in action last December. It is believed he lost his life in the invasion of Tarawa.
   
   February 10, 1944, Page 4
   Chariton Patriot

8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} United States Congress, Iowa (3)
   Blaze destroys Wells residence North of Russell, 16 February 1937, front page.

   Newspaper Wells Orlan Mabel Fire
   
   Blaze Destroys Wells Residence North of Russell
   
   House Occupied by Family of Orlan Wells, Owned by Noel Cloud
   
   Fire of undetermined origin Monday night destroyed a house on a farm northeast of Russell owned by Noel W. Cloud of Chariton.
   
   The house had been occupied by Mr. an Mrs. Orlan Wells and four of their children.
   
   Only a part of their belongings was saved by the Wells family. None of the furnishings on the second floor could be removed.
   
   Members of the Chariton Volunteer Fire department answered an an alarm. They could not reach the scene soon enough, however, to make any headway in combatting[sic] the blaze.
   
   Mr. Cloud does not intend to build another house on the property. The land, he explained, is leased to a neighboring farmer and a house, for the present at least, is not essential.
   
   Wells was a Republican candidate for state representative in June, 1936, primaries. He also sought election to the legislature in 1934 as a gross income tax plan advocate.
   
   Where the Wells family will live had not been learned today.
   
   February 16, 1937, front page
   Chariton Leader

9. ↑ ^9.0 9.1 United States Congress, Iowa (5)
   Gillman-Wells Wedding Today, pg. 3.

   Marriage Wells Orlan and Gillman Clara
   
   Gillman-Wells Wedding Today
   
   County Clerk Orlan Wells, of Chariton, and Mrs. Clara Gillman, of Promise City, were united in marriage in Corydon this afternoon at two o'clock. Following the ceremony they left on a few days' trip to the Ozarks in Missouri, after which they will make their home in Chariton.
   
   Chariton Patriot, 8-19-1941, pg. 3

10. ↑ Chariton Cemetery
11. ↑ Description: Member of Knights of Pythias lodge
12. ↑ ^12.0 12.1 Description: Farmer
13. ↑ Lived in rented home on farm road
14. ↑ Lived in a rented home
15. ↑ Description: sought election to legislature as gross income tax plan advocate
16. ↑ Description: Republican primary candidate for state representative
17. ↑ Description: home destroyed in fire
18. ↑ "Fire of undetermined origin Monday night destroyed a house on a farm northeast of Russell owned by Noel W. Cloud of Chariton.
    
    The house had been occupied by Mr. an Mrs. Orlan Wells and four of their children.
    
    Only a part of their belongings was saved by the Wells family. None of the furnishings on the second floor could be removed.
    
    Members of the Chariton Volunteer Fire department answered an an alarm. They could not reach the scene soon enough, however, to make any headway in combatting[sic] the blaze.
    
    Where the Wells family will live had not been learned today."
19. ↑ Methodist church, Rev. Leonard Fardon, assisted by the Rev. W. A. Samp, officiating. The Miley Funeral Home will be in charge.