Berrien County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wells, Darius J. October 17, 1906 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary Ellen Drolet MaryDrolet@comcast.net February 25, 2009, 2:43 am Buchanan Record, Friday, Oct. 19, 1906, page 4 Darius J. Wells Buchanan Record, Friday, Oct. 19, 1906, page 4 Darius J. Wells, an old and respected resident of St. Joseph, died suddenly Wednesday morning, at his home on Main street, aged 86. He was born in Oneida County, N.Y. July 9, 1820. He moved to St. Joseph about forty years ago. He creditably served during the last two years of the Civil war, in Co., E. 19th Wisconsin Infantry, as a Lieutenant and received an honorable discharge at the close of the war. He was a member of the new St. Joseph Lodge No., 437, F. and A.M. He was one of the first to join A.W. Chapman Post, No. 21, G.A. R. He was a member of the First Congregational church for 30 years, having been a Deacon in the church a number of years. His wife died Oct. 29, 1901. He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Eva Chambers, who will accompany the remains to Fox Lake, Wis., for burial. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/berrien/obits/w/wells796nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb