Clay County GaArchives Obituaries.....WELLS, MRS. J.C. (CAROLINE) December 24, 1896
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FT. GAINES SENTINEL, JAN 8 1897
THE SAD DEATH OF MRS. J.C. WELLS WHICH OCCURRED AT HER HOME IN ABBEYVILLE, GA 
ON THE 24TH INST WAS A PAINFUL SHOCK TO HER MANY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES 
HERE.  SHE WAS SITTING ALONE BEFORE THE FIRE IN HER ROOM ENGAGED IN PRAYER AND 
READING THE BIBLE WHEN HER CLOTHING CAUGHT FIRE AND BEFORE ASSISTANCE REACHED 
HER SHE WAS SO SEVERELY BURNED THAT SHE DIED IN A SHORT TIME AFTERWARD.  HER 
REMAINS WERE BROUGHT HERE FOR INTERNMENT BEING ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND COL. 
J.C. WELLS AND HER SON AND DAUGHTER.  MRS. WELLS WAS A LADY OF NOBLE CHRISTIAN 
CHARACTER AND MANY WOMANLY VIRTUES AND WAS GENERALLY LOVED BY OUR PEOPLE AMONG 
WHOM SHE HAD LIVED THE GREATER PORTION OF HER LIFE.

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