FRED W. WESSELL
May 1, 1914
Yuma Sentinel

Fred W. Wessell died at his home in Colton, Cal. at one o'clock 
Monday monring of heart disease.  This was the mssage received 
by County Representative J.R. Kerr from Mrs. Wessell at nine o'
clock Monday morning.  The interment will be in Colton tomorrow.

Fred W. Wessel was for many years a resident of Yuma and at one 
time was a large land owner in the North Gila Valley. He was 
appointed by the Board of Supervisors, County School 
Superintendent and served until statehood was granted.

Mr. Wessell was a native of Mississippi, but was reared in 
the southwest. His education was obtained largely in California. 
He was a graduate of the Placerville Academy. He married Miss 
Mary Pettijohn at Colton, California in the early nineties.  
They have no children.

Mr. Wessell engaged in various pursuits in Yuma County after 
his location here in 1891. He homesteaded a desirable tract of 
land, was a prospector, a miner and a business man.  He was 
highly estemmed by a large circle of friends.

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