Brief Life History of Melvin David
When Melvin David Wells was born on 5 August 1903, in Sequatchie, Marion, Tennessee, United States, his father, David Burris Wells, was 35 and his mother, Martha Alice "Mattie" Wyman, was 27. He married Janie Ann Jones on 6 September 1925, in Marion, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Civil District 7, Madison, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Civil District 3, Marion, Tennessee, United States in 1930. He died on 2 June 1973, in Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Ogden Cemetery, Liddieville, Franklin, Louisiana, United States.
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- Mel Wells, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mell Wells, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Melvin Wells, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Wells next the Sea (Norfolk) or Wells (Somerset), both named with the plural of Old English wella ‘spring, stream’, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a group of springs or streams.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Dupuis ‘from the well’.
History: One of numerous early immigrants from England bearing this name was Thomas Welles, governor of colonial CT, who was in Hartford, CT, by 1636.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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