Two generations of my great grandfather Mose Wylie Wells’ family came to Texas before the Civil War. His grandfather and grandmother John Wylie Wells (1796-1860) and Sarah Dickens (1807-1880) were born in South Carolina, immigrated to Alabama sometime in the 1830s and ultimately relocated to Texas in the early 1850s. The parents of Mose Wylie Wells, John Elijah Wells (1827-1906) and Katherine Barbara Dowdy (1829-1907) married in Alabama and then relocated to Texas with John Eli’s family.
Mose Wells was born in Texas in 1853. He was one of about 10 children born to John Eli and his wife. Mose’s parents and grandparents were instrumental in establishing the Primitive Baptist Church in the Antioch community near Ratcliff, Texas, in Houston County.
Mose married Mary Mason, the daughter of Isaac S. Mason and Emily E. Hopper. In the 1880 U. S. Census Mose was living at home with his parents. Sometime after that he married Mary. Their first child Ludie was born in 1888. Zachariah was born in 1895 and Robert Lee Wells was born in 1898.
In the 1900 Census Mose and his family were living in an area designed as Coltharp in Houston County. They had three children living. However, the data indicates that six children had been born. So three children died before 1900. Mose was farming his own land. His near neighbors were his parents John Eli and Barbara Wells, as well as his sister Darling Catherine and her husband Robert Abner McKinney.
Mose and Mary had two more children before Mary died in 1907. Emily Ola Wells was born in 1902 and Weaver Wells was born in 1905. The only remaining photograph of the family was taken after Emily was born, but before Weaver was born. Ludie is not in the photo, probably because she had already married and was not living in the home.
When the 1910 U.S. Census was recorded, Mose’s oldest daughter Ludie had married Tom Patton and they were living nearby. Mose was a 49 year old widower, Zack was 14, Robert was 11, Emily was 8 and Weaver was 5.
By 1920 son Zack had married, then he and his wife had both died in an influenza epidemic in 1918. Robert had married and he and his wife Lela were near neighbors. Emily and Weaver were still at home with their father in January of that year. Emily married in February and she and her husband Pete built a home nearby on land which Mose gave to her. The area where Mose lived, which was the same place he had always lived, was now referred to in the census data as “Bates Ferry Road”.
In 1930 Mose was still living on his home place, the farm where he had raised his family in rural Houston County. Son Robert and family lived nearby. Daughter Emily and her family also lived nearby. Mose was 77 years old.
In the next several years it was necessary for Mose to find another place to live. I believe that his house burned. Also, son Robert was killed in 1936. Mose may have lived with Pete and Emily; he may have lived with Tom and Ludie. By 1940 he was living with his grandson John Mose Walker and his wife in the Plain Community out of Ratcliff. In exchange for that care, Mose deeded to grandson John Mose Walker the remaining 50 acres of his land. He remained with them until they divorced in 1945. Then he went to live with Pete and Emily where he remained until his death in 1951 at the age of 97. Mose and his wife Mary were buried at the Antioch Cemetery near Ratcliff, Texas. Sons Zack and Robert are also buried there.
Mose Wells was born in Texas in 1853. He was one of about 10 children born to John Eli and his wife. Mose’s parents and grandparents were instrumental in establishing the Primitive Baptist Church in the Antioch community near Ratcliff, Texas, in Houston County.
Mose married Mary Mason, the daughter of Isaac S. Mason and Emily E. Hopper. In the 1880 U. S. Census Mose was living at home with his parents. Sometime after that he married Mary. Their first child Ludie was born in 1888. Zachariah was born in 1895 and Robert Lee Wells was born in 1898.
In the 1900 Census Mose and his family were living in an area designed as Coltharp in Houston County. They had three children living. However, the data indicates that six children had been born. So three children died before 1900. Mose was farming his own land. His near neighbors were his parents John Eli and Barbara Wells, as well as his sister Darling Catherine and her husband Robert Abner McKinney.
Mose and Mary had two more children before Mary died in 1907. Emily Ola Wells was born in 1902 and Weaver Wells was born in 1905. The only remaining photograph of the family was taken after Emily was born, but before Weaver was born. Ludie is not in the photo, probably because she had already married and was not living in the home.
When the 1910 U.S. Census was recorded, Mose’s oldest daughter Ludie had married Tom Patton and they were living nearby. Mose was a 49 year old widower, Zack was 14, Robert was 11, Emily was 8 and Weaver was 5.
By 1920 son Zack had married, then he and his wife had both died in an influenza epidemic in 1918. Robert had married and he and his wife Lela were near neighbors. Emily and Weaver were still at home with their father in January of that year. Emily married in February and she and her husband Pete built a home nearby on land which Mose gave to her. The area where Mose lived, which was the same place he had always lived, was now referred to in the census data as “Bates Ferry Road”.
In 1930 Mose was still living on his home place, the farm where he had raised his family in rural Houston County. Son Robert and family lived nearby. Daughter Emily and her family also lived nearby. Mose was 77 years old.
In the next several years it was necessary for Mose to find another place to live. I believe that his house burned. Also, son Robert was killed in 1936. Mose may have lived with Pete and Emily; he may have lived with Tom and Ludie. By 1940 he was living with his grandson John Mose Walker and his wife in the Plain Community out of Ratcliff. In exchange for that care, Mose deeded to grandson John Mose Walker the remaining 50 acres of his land. He remained with them until they divorced in 1945. Then he went to live with Pete and Emily where he remained until his death in 1951 at the age of 97. Mose and his wife Mary were buried at the Antioch Cemetery near Ratcliff, Texas. Sons Zack and Robert are also buried there.
Two generations of my great grandfather Mose Wylie Wells’ family came to Texas before the Civil War. His grandfather and grandmother John Wylie Wells (1796-1860) and Sarah Dickens (1807-1880) were born in South Carolina, immigrated to Alabama sometime in the 1830s and ultimately relocated to Texas in the early 1850s. The parents of Mose Wylie Wells, John Elijah Wells (1827-1906) and Katherine Barbara Dowdy (1829-1907) married in Alabama and then relocated to Texas with John Eli’s family.
Mose Wells was born in Texas in 1853. He was one of about 10 children born to John Eli and his wife. Mose’s parents and grandparents were instrumental in establishing the Primitive Baptist Church in the Antioch community near Ratcliff, Texas, in Houston County.
Mose married Mary Mason, the daughter of Isaac S. Mason and Emily E. Hopper. In the 1880 U. S. Census Mose was living at home with his parents. Sometime after that he married Mary. Their first child Ludie was born in 1888. Zachariah was born in 1895 and Robert Lee Wells was born in 1898.
In the 1900 Census Mose and his family were living in an area designed as Coltharp in Houston County. They had three children living. However, the data indicates that six children had been born. So three children died before 1900. Mose was farming his own land. His near neighbors were his parents John Eli and Barbara Wells, as well as his sister Darling Catherine and her husband Robert Abner McKinney.
Mose and Mary had two more children before Mary died in 1907. Emily Ola Wells was born in 1902 and Weaver Wells was born in 1905. The only remaining photograph of the family was taken after Emily was born, but before Weaver was born. Ludie is not in the photo, probably because she had already married and was not living in the home.
When the 1910 U.S. Census was recorded, Mose’s oldest daughter Ludie had married Tom Patton and they were living nearby. Mose was a 49 year old widower, Zack was 14, Robert was 11, Emily was 8 and Weaver was 5.
By 1920 son Zack had married, then he and his wife had both died in an influenza epidemic in 1918. Robert had married and he and his wife Lela were near neighbors. Emily and Weaver were still at home with their father in January of that year. Emily married in February and she and her husband Pete built a home nearby on land which Mose gave to her. The area where Mose lived, which was the same place he had always lived, was now referred to in the census data as “Bates Ferry Road”.
In 1930 Mose was still living on his home place, the farm where he had raised his family in rural Houston County. Son Robert and family lived nearby. Daughter Emily and her family also lived nearby. Mose was 77 years old.
In the next several years it was necessary for Mose to find another place to live. I believe that his house burned. Also, son Robert was killed in 1936. Mose may have lived with Pete and Emily; he may have lived with Tom and Ludie. By 1940 he was living with his grandson John Mose Walker and his wife in the Plain Community out of Ratcliff. In exchange for that care, Mose deeded to grandson John Mose Walker the remaining 50 acres of his land. He remained with them until they divorced in 1945. Then he went to live with Pete and Emily where he remained until his death in 1951 at the age of 97. Mose and his wife Mary were buried at the Antioch Cemetery near Ratcliff, Texas. Sons Zack and Robert are also buried there.
Mose Wells was born in Texas in 1853. He was one of about 10 children born to John Eli and his wife. Mose’s parents and grandparents were instrumental in establishing the Primitive Baptist Church in the Antioch community near Ratcliff, Texas, in Houston County.
Mose married Mary Mason, the daughter of Isaac S. Mason and Emily E. Hopper. In the 1880 U. S. Census Mose was living at home with his parents. Sometime after that he married Mary. Their first child Ludie was born in 1888. Zachariah was born in 1895 and Robert Lee Wells was born in 1898.
In the 1900 Census Mose and his family were living in an area designed as Coltharp in Houston County. They had three children living. However, the data indicates that six children had been born. So three children died before 1900. Mose was farming his own land. His near neighbors were his parents John Eli and Barbara Wells, as well as his sister Darling Catherine and her husband Robert Abner McKinney.
Mose and Mary had two more children before Mary died in 1907. Emily Ola Wells was born in 1902 and Weaver Wells was born in 1905. The only remaining photograph of the family was taken after Emily was born, but before Weaver was born. Ludie is not in the photo, probably because she had already married and was not living in the home.
When the 1910 U.S. Census was recorded, Mose’s oldest daughter Ludie had married Tom Patton and they were living nearby. Mose was a 49 year old widower, Zack was 14, Robert was 11, Emily was 8 and Weaver was 5.
By 1920 son Zack had married, then he and his wife had both died in an influenza epidemic in 1918. Robert had married and he and his wife Lela were near neighbors. Emily and Weaver were still at home with their father in January of that year. Emily married in February and she and her husband Pete built a home nearby on land which Mose gave to her. The area where Mose lived, which was the same place he had always lived, was now referred to in the census data as “Bates Ferry Road”.
In 1930 Mose was still living on his home place, the farm where he had raised his family in rural Houston County. Son Robert and family lived nearby. Daughter Emily and her family also lived nearby. Mose was 77 years old.
In the next several years it was necessary for Mose to find another place to live. I believe that his house burned. Also, son Robert was killed in 1936. Mose may have lived with Pete and Emily; he may have lived with Tom and Ludie. By 1940 he was living with his grandson John Mose Walker and his wife in the Plain Community out of Ratcliff. In exchange for that care, Mose deeded to grandson John Mose Walker the remaining 50 acres of his land. He remained with them until they divorced in 1945. Then he went to live with Pete and Emily where he remained until his death in 1951 at the age of 97. Mose and his wife Mary were buried at the Antioch Cemetery near Ratcliff, Texas. Sons Zack and Robert are also buried there.
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