Schuyler Roscoe Wells

Generation: 1

Schuyler Roscoe Wells was born in 1872 (son of Charles Phelps Wells and Josephine Virginia Curtis); died on 2 Feb 1896 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States of America; was buried in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, United States of America.

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Race: White
Name: Roscoe Wells
Name: Schuyler Roscoe Wells
Reference Number: 10407
Residence: 1880, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 9 Age: 9; At Home Occupation: At Home; AttendedSchool: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 073; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Son RelationToHead: Son

Generation: 2

Charles Phelps Wells was born in 1834 in New York, USA (son of Jonathon Wells and Sylvia Phelps); died on 10 Oct 1884.

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Race: White
Name: Charles Phelps Wells
Reference Number: 7312
Residence: 1880, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 46 Age: 46; Physician Occupation: Physician; EnumerationDistrict: 073; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Self RelationToHead: Head

Charles married Josephine Virginia Curtis on 21 May 1870 in Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA. Josephine was born in 1844 in Berrien; died in 1934 in Wells; was buried in Niles. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Josephine Virginia Curtis was born in 1844 in Berrien; died in 1934 in Wells; was buried in Niles.

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Ethnicity: American
Race: White
Name: Josephine Virginia Curtis
Name: Josephine Virginia Wells
Reference Number: 10402
Residence: Cass County
Residence: Pokagon
Residence: 1880, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 36 Age: 36; Keeping House Occupation: Keeping House; EnumerationDistrict: 073; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife
Residence: 1900, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 52 Age: 52; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0099; HomeMortgaged: F; HomeOwnership: Own; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 4; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 3; OwnsFarm: F; Widowed MaritalStatus: Widowed; Head RelationToHead: Head
Residence: 1910, Pokagon, Cass, Michigan, USA; 62 Age: 62; Own Income Occupation: Own Income; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0114; NativeLanguageCode: English; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 4; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 3; Widowed MaritalStatus: Widowed; Mother RelationToHead: Mother

Notes:

Died:
90 Age: 90

Children:

Joseph E. Wells was born after 1870.
1. Schuyler Roscoe Wells was born in 1872; died on 2 Feb 1896 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States of America; was buried in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, United States of America.
Reynolds C Wells was born in 1874 in Michigan, USA.
Raleigh Hamilton Wells was born in Aug 1879 in Michigan, USA; died on 17 Nov 1940 in Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, USA.
Rolfe Leonard Wells, Sr was born on 31 Oct 1882 in Pokagon Mich Cass County; died on 17 Jul 1946 in Rockford, Cass, Michigan, USA; was buried in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan, United States of America.

Generation: 3

Jonathon Wells was born on 7 May 1791; died on 5 Jul 1866; was buried in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA.

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Race: White
Reference Number: 6545
Residence: 1850, Howard, Cass, Michigan, USA; 59 Age: 59; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; Industry: Agriculture; RealEstateValue: 2000

Jonathon married Sylvia Phelps. Sylvia (daughter of Simeon Phelps, Sr) was born on 18 May 1793 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 24 May 1869 in Niles, Berrien, Michigan, USA; was buried in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sylvia Phelps was born on 18 May 1793 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA (daughter of Simeon Phelps, Sr); died on 24 May 1869 in Niles, Berrien, Michigan, USA; was buried in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA.

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Race: White
Name: Sylvia Phelps
Name: Sylvia Wells
Reference Number: 6520
Residence: 1850, Howard, Cass, Michigan, USA; 57 Age: 57

Notes:

Sylva Wells
abt. 1793-May 24, 1869

Niles Democrat, Saturday, May 29, 1869, page 3, col. 4, microfilm Niles District Library

DIED

In this city at the residence of her son, J.M. Wells, on Monday, May 24th, Mrs. SYLVA WELLS, aged 76 years.

The deceased was a resident of this vicinity for thirty three years, having moved here in 1836, and has been an eye witness to the conversion of this country from a howling wilderness to its present state of cultivation and improvement.

Children:

John MIlton Wells was born in 1820 in New York, USA.
Sylvia Wells was born on 18 Nov 1822; died on 13 Sep 1846 in Cass County, Michigan, USA; was buried in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA.
Jonathan Wells was born in 1825 in New York, USA.
Jackson D. Wells was born on 10 Apr 1831 in Conquest, Cayuga County, New York, USA; died on 26 Dec 1923 in Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan, USA; was buried in Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan, USA.
2. Charles Phelps Wells was born in 1834 in New York, USA; died on 10 Oct 1884.

Generation: 4

10.

Simeon Phelps, Sr was born about 1754 in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (son of Elisha Phelps and Elizabeth Holcomb); died between 1820 and 1830 in Brutus, Cayuga, New York, USA.

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Reference Number: 6506
Residence: 1810, Brutus, Cayuga, New York, USA
Residence: 1820, Brutus, Cayuga, New York, USA

Notes:

Perhaps married Submit Holcomb per "The Phelps family of America and their English ancestors, with copies of wills, deeds, letters, and other interesting papers, coats of arms and valuable records" by Oliver Seymour Phelps, pub 1899. Or perhaps not. There is another Simeon Phelps in Vermont who married a Submit Holcomb. He was born in Connecticut, moved to Vermont, has a totally different birth date and different children. This other Simeon Phelps is also in the Phelps Family book as #772 on P. 1403. He is the son of Paul Phelps and Zerviah Calkins. Obviously, the author mixed up the two Simeons. The spouse of our Simeon Phelps is unknown.

This error apparently originated in the 1892 book "Families of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut P.588" by Henry Stiles. This book shows the other Simeon Phelps of Vermont as the son of Elisha. Which is an error by confusing the two different people named Simeon Phelps.

Per the Phelps Family of America book he died 30 Oct 1786. However his daughter Sylvia has a birth date of 1793. I have not been able to find birthdates on the other children. He also appears in Cayuga County census records in 1810 and 1820. We presume he died between 1820 and 1830.

1810 census age 45 +
1820 census age 45 +

Unable to find any probate record in Cayuga County for Simeon Phelps, Sr.

Died:
not on 1830 census

Children:

Simeon Phelps, Jr was born on 15 May 1781 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 27 Jan 1849 in Victory, Cayuga, New York, USA; was buried in Jan 1849 in Hannibal, Oswego, New York, USA.
Bethel Phelps was born on 10 May 1784; died before 1850.
Levi Phelps was born in 1786; died in 1820.
Betsy Phelps was born on 18 Feb 1787 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 9 Mar 1787 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA.
Cynthia Phelps was born in 1791.
5. Sylvia Phelps was born on 18 May 1793 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 24 May 1869 in Niles, Berrien, Michigan, USA; was buried in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, USA.
Lucy Phelps was born in 1798.