Ruth Wells, daughter of Peter and Thena Brown Wells, and widow of Paul Maxson, died in Preston, N. Y., at the home of her daughter, Dec. 13, 1901, in the 87th year of her age.
She was born in Rhode Island and was the fifth in a family of nine children, only two of whom remain. When 18 years of age she professed faith in Christ and became a member of the Preston Seventh-day Baptist church, and was till death a devoted and lovely Christian. In January, 1843, she married Paul Maxson; God blessed them with two children. One son dying in 1872, her daughter, Mrs. George E. Curtis, lovingly caring for her in her old age. In the spring of 1875, they moved to DeRuyter, where the father died the following December; then the family returned to Chenango county. She was bright and happy to the last and beloved by all. In the absence of the pastor, Rev. Mr. Argwith, of McDonough, officiated, and the body was laid to rest in the J. D. Rogers cemetery beside her husband and son. L. R. S.
