Abbie Hannah Wells
Born 31 Oct. 1881 in Salt Lake City.[1] Daughter of Junius Free Wells, EBW’s nephew, and Helena Middleton Fobes; granddaughter of Daniel Hanmer Wells and Hannah Corilla Free.[2] Baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 29 Mar. 1893.[3] Accompanied EBW to the office of the Daughters of the American Revolution and other points of interest in New York City, 1899.[4] Accompanied EBW to services at the Old First Reformed Church in New York City and to the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, Orange Co., New York, with the Daughters of the Revolution, 25–26 Apr. 1900.[5] Trained as a stenographer, in Salt Lake City.[6] Lived in California and Massachusetts with her mother and nephew Edward, 1919–1921.[7] Attended her mother during her final illness.[8] Assisted her father in compiling the Wells family genealogy as head of the Daniel H. Wells Family Association.[9] Employed by Deseret Book Company; oversaw book orders for schools and libraries throughout Utah.[10] Contributed to the Children’s Friend.[11] Died 5 Sept. 1979 in Salt Lake City.[12]
[1] “Endowments of the Living, 1893–1956,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sat Lake Temple, vol. G, 1929–1941, p. 449, line 10855, Abbie Hannah Wells, 5 Nov. 1934, microfilm 184081, DGS 5271191 (restricted access), FHL. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 1 May 2019), Abbie Hannah Wells (KWZT-H8C).
[2] “Endowments of the Living, 1893–1956,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sat Lake Temple, vol. G, 1929–1941, p. 449, line 10855, Abbie Hannah Wells, 5 Nov. 1934, microfilm 184081, DGS 5271191 (restricted access), FHL. Junius F. Wells, “The Wells Family Genealogy,” Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine 6, no. 1 (Jan. 1915): 10–11, 15–16.
[3] “Endowments of the Living, 1893–1956,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sat Lake Temple, vol. G, 1929–1941, p. 449, line 10855, Abbie Hannah Wells, 5 Nov. 1934, microfilm 184081, DGS 5271191 (restricted access), FHL.
[4] Abbie Wells Collection, 1874–1975, MS 1350, box 1, folder 5, CHL. EBW, Diary, 25–27 Feb. 1899; 14 June 1899; 15–16 Aug. 1899.
[5] EBW, Diary, 25–26 Apr. 1900.
[6] Salt Lake City Directory (Salt Lake City: R. L. Polk, 1899), 867. Salt Lake City Directory (Salt Lake City: R. L. Polk, 1901), 428. Salt Lake City Directory (Salt Lake City: R. L. Polk, 1902), 460.
[7] Abbie Wells Collection, 1874–1975, MS 1350, box 1, folder 5, CHL. Junius F. Wells, Papers, 1867–1930, MS 1351, box 1, folder 17 (restricted access), CHL. 1920 U.S. Census, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, ED 79, p. 15A, Abbie H. Wells. Cambridge City Directory (Boston: W. A. Greenough, 1921–1922), 1082.
[8] Abbie Wells Collection, 1874–1975, MS 1350, box 1, folders 5–6; box 8, folder 4, CHL.
[9] Abbie Wells Collection, 1874–1975, MS 1350, box 8, folders 3, 6, CHL. Abbie H. Wells, Descendants and Ancestors of President Daniel Hanmer Wells (N.p.: By the author, 1970) (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/88096-descendants-and-ancestors-of-president-daniel-hanmer-wells?offset=2, accessed 19 Jan. 2022), images 1, 271/606.
[10] Abbie Wells Collection, 1874–1975, MS 1350, box 1, folders 8–9; box 2, folder 5, CHL. 1940 U.S. Census, Salt Lake City Precinct, Salt Lake City Ward 5, Salt Lake Co., UT, ED 30-137, p. 6A. Abbie Wells. Salt Lake City Directory (Salt Lake City: R. L. Polk, 1972), 1029. Salt Lake City Directory (Salt Lake City: R. L. Polk, 1975), 826.
[11] Abbie Wells Collection, 1874–1975, MS 1350, box 2, folder 5, CHL.
[12] “United States Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com, accessed 11 Oct. 2021), Abbie Wells, Sept. 1979. “Abbie Hannah Wells,” Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, Find a Grave, posted 25 Mar. 2009, memorial no. 35169347 (https://findagrave.com. accessed 1 May 2019).