Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameEsther Elizabeth Wells
Birth2 Mar 1901, Yadkin Co, NC
Census17 Apr 1950, Jerusalem, Davie Co, NC
Memoroll#1986, pg 29
Death6 Apr 1965, Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co, NC
MemoMaple Grove Resthome
Burial8 Apr 1965, Turners Creek Baptist Church Cem, Yadkinville, Yadkin Co, NC
FatherWilliam Green Wells (1873-1952)
MotherLula Lash (1876-1931)
Misc. Notes
Married Dillon Omar Johnson (23 Jan 1901-19 Apr 1976) in 1919.
Esther is listed as widowed in the 1950 census living with the family of her daughter Hazel Haulthouser; as Dillon was in Washington DC, doing construction work and listed as separated.
Thety were divorced 13 Oct 1959 in Guilford Co, NC.
She apparently was not remarried as her burial is listed as Esther Elizabeth (Wells) Dillon, and notes that she was divorced.

Children:
Grace M. (1921)
Roy (1922-1924)
Margie. (1924)
Cecil R. (1926)
Hazel R. (1928)
Gladys. (1931)
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