Family: Elmer Lewis Wells / Mary Odessa Walker (F541)

• Father | Male Elmer Lewis Wells

  
  

  Born	9 Nov 1913	St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri
  Died	12 May 2001	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA
  Buried
  Married	19 May 1938  [1]	Oakland, Alameda County, California  [1]
  Father	Charles Moses Wells | F1607 Group Sheet
  Mother	Maggie Elizabeth Thomas | F1607 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Mary Odessa Walker

  
  

  Born	13 May 1920	Missouri, USA
  Died	1 Jan 2006	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA
  Buried		Walker Chapel Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, USA
  Father	Earl Theodore Walker | F1104 Group Sheet
  Mother	Grace Milicene Campbell | F1104 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female + Lexie Nadine Wells

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	John Thorne | F827
  Married

  
  

  Child 2 | Female + Patricia Jean Wells

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Kelly Park | F828
  Married
  Spouse	Lynn Potter | F829
  Married

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Mary got to know Elmer in Mountain View, and became engaged to him. He subsequently moved to California, and although she considered herself to be engaged, she actually continued dating. She had given her word to Elmer, so when he asked her to come to California to him to be married, she did. Her parents would not allow her to be married before she was 18, but a few days after her 18th birthday she took a train to California, where Elmer met her at the station. They had to apply for a marriage license and wait three days. During this period, she stayed with some friends of Elmer's sister Vera Gulley (whose husband was Owen - they were the parents of Lola Gulley who married Jack WALKER). They were married at the home of those friends. Vera and Owen were moving back to Missouri around that time, and Elmer and Mary took over the rented house which they had vacated. Mary said that when she went back to that house with Elmer, her new husband, she had not seen him for 18 months. Mary and Elmer were married for around 60 years and raised two wonderful daughters.

  
  

• Sources

  [S171] Wells, Mary (Walker) - informal conversations, (Informal converstions with Mary (Walker) Wells, the author's aunt, summer 2005, at the Wells home in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri).