Wells County related obituaries extracted from database at Allen County Public Library: http://olympus.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/obit1841.html This site is a data file of obituary abstracts from Fort Wayne area newspapers between the years 1841 and 1900. NAME DATE NOTES Austin, C. B., Mrs. 07-29-1877 d||at Bluffton Bender, Elizabeth 01-27-1892 d||a 47y||w of Peter...native of Pa., O...m 3 times...1st h, Higgins..ch of; Mrs. Netterfield, Wells Co. (Emma); James Higgins, Greenfield, Ind & Melissa Higgins, City...2nd h Mr. Bowers Bender, W. C. (ch of) 03-04-1893 d||a 3d||143 Griffith St...int; Zanesville, Ind Betts, Elmer (inf s of) 09-17-1890 d||a 1y||159 Holman...int; Poneto, Ind. Bieberstein, Calvin 01-15-1892 d||a 22y||27 Force St...native of Vera Cruz, Wells Co...mother, Bluffton, Ind...br., George & cousin, Laura, City Blake, Richard 05-07-1879 d||a 40y||Bluffton, formerly of City Boltz, F. F. 03-20-1895 d||s of G. F...gp; L. Blystone, 16 Holman... uncle, F. F. Boltz, Bluffton Boltz, George C 05-10-1895 d||a 86y||67 Wells St...ch; Capt. F. F., Bluffton, F. C., City; C. C., Irvin, Ky.; Mrs. Caroline Bergman, Indianapolis; Mrs. Wm. Hippe, Logansport Bulger, D E Mrs 03-20-1881 d||Bluffton Burnham, Lavina 02-19-1879 f||wid of Judge H R...b 12-8-1799 in Caanan, Conn...dau; Mrs. Winston, Huntington; others, Dr. & Mrs. Patch, Sturgis Mich and Mrs Mason Thomas, Bluffton Caril, George S 07-31-1899 d||a 79y||b in N J...m in 1854, Wells Co...w desc 2y...ch; Mrs. A Hesler, 433 Lafayette St, City; Susan & George W Coverdale, John 04-08-1881 d||a abt 70y||near Five Points Craig, Wm 11-24-1863 d||a abt 70y||dau., Mrs Johnson, Murray, Ind Dafforn, Mary 07-29-1891 d||a 77y||s-in-law, John Slater...ch., Wm., Pleasant T; Charles, John & Mrs James Milligan, Ossian; Mrs Sarah Kimball, Delphi; Mrs John Slater, 195 Fairfield Ave., City...Eel River Ch Davenport, L C (dau of) 01-07-1898 d||a 12y||Bluffton, Ind Davenport, Samuel 12-18-1879 d||a 60y||Bluffton, Ind Dennis, Albert 05-24-1897 d||a 35y||16 Hayden St...w & 4 ch sur...int., Zanesville Duff, A H 04-04-1896 d||a 61y||int., Markle, Ind Felts, Elijah 06-05-1898 d||Bluffton Felts, John 07-26-1887 d||a 84y||Benton Harbor, Mich...f from rs of Elijah J Felts...int., Markle, Ind Fisher, George (dau of) 08-14-1887 d||Bluffton, Ind Flaig, Hanna 06-03-1894 d||a 24y 8m||w of George...26 Monir St...int., Five Points Ch & Cemetery Foulkes, Alice M Mrs 05-22-1898 d||int., Ossian Fuchshuber, John Thomas 09-16-1899 d||a 71y||near Ossian, Ind...former res of Allen Co...b in Germany...ch., John, Fred, Adam, Philip, Caroline, Christopher, Barbara & Gottlieb Fusselman, Henry Rev 03-01-1863 d||a 50y||Newville, Ind Gallraith, Mary 10-17-1870 d||a 28y 2m||w of Rev H C...Reiffsburg, Wells Co, Ind Getty, Jacob 01-05-1893 d||Ossian, Ind...w & 2 dau., Lulu and Mrs W E Davis, sur Glass, James W Mrs 01-11-1880 d||Ossian, Ind...br, Dr Weisell Glass, John H 08-08-1877 PD||former res of Wells Co Gorrell, Milo J Mrs 03-18-1894 d||south of Ossian Greek, Laura Mrs 03-09-1897 d||w of W W...Bluffton, Ind Hackett, Mollie Melshelmer 04-09-1899 d||a 39y||w of Edward A K...dau of Dr C T Melsheimer, desc, Bluffton...m in 1876...br., S D & Charles Melsheimer, Bluffton...dau., Martha, a 15 and Helen a 11...cousins, Mrs John A Thieme & Charles Crall, City Harter, Catharine Ann Mrs 08-29-1860 d||int., Bluffton Hays, Fairy P 12-31-1892 f||a 4m||dau of John...350 W Washington St... f at Ossian Heiser, Emerald 11-24-1897 d||a 2y||dau of Elliott...Prebel T, Wells Co... int, Ossian, In Heller, George M 02-17-1892 f||a 29y||s of T S, Bluffton Horton, Dr (dau of) 10-13-1878 d||Bluffton Housel, Roboda Mrs 05-13-1890 d||Ossian...Prospect Cem Hubbell, Francis E 12-03-1846 d||a 24y||Bluffton, Ind...m 6m, w from New Haven, Conn...br-in-law, H W Taylor Jennings, Orson 03-03-1897 d||a 60y||1 mile north of Ossian Johnson, Mr 09-09-1889 d||int., Bluffton Johnston, Janette 12-20-1893 d||a 68y||wid of Dr Wm...Bluffton, Ind...Pres Church Johnston, Wm Dr 01-23-1879 f||Wells Co...int, Ossian Karns, Charles H (dau of) 07-19-1883 d||a 6m 19d||f from Universalist Church, Bluffton, Ind Keller, Daisy 07-23-1890 d PD||a 14y||342 W Jefferson...res of aunt... int., Bluffton Keller, Mollie May 09-23-1896 d||a 4m 13d||ch of Pharia, 93 Fletcher...int., Zanesville King, Sarah Neuman 08-05-1879 d||w of Mark...b 10-14-1811...b at Augusta, Pa...m at a of 17 to Isaac Patterson who d 5-7-1855...m Mark King 10-7-1856, Allen Co.. ch., Mrs A J Read, City & Mrs Whitmore, Wayne T by 1st h...Ossian Pres Church Lehman, Magdalena 12-28-1896 d||wid of Jacob, 114 Howell...res of s, George...b in Wurtemburg, Germany 7-20-1810... ch., John, Huntington; Mrs Agatha Hertel, Van Wert, Ohio; Martin, Wells Co; Jacob, Conrad & George, City Markey, Archie F 08-22-1898 d PD||s of Daniel, Bluffton Marks, I Prof 06-12-1879 d||a 38y||Bluffton, Ind McCague, Robert J 04-29-1895 d||near Tocsin, Ind...int, Hoagland, Ind McCleary, James 08-02-1870 d||Bluffton, Ind McDowell, George 02-24-1877 d||Bluffton, Ind McFadden, John 10-25-1891 f||Bluffton, Ind...Pres Ch...niece, Mrs George R Hench, City McGoogan, Ostacia Calife 03-16-1869 d||a 12y 2d||dau of W W & H McGoogan...near Zanesville Melsheimer 05-03-1878 d||w of Dr, Bluffton Mertz, Alfred R 08-22-1899 d||a 18y||s of Henry, 9 Franklin...b in Bluffton Metts, Wm E 01-25-1879 d||s of Dr Metz, Ossian Miller, 09-04-1864 d||man killed in Bluffton Miller, Daniel 09-04-1864 d||Wells Co Miller, Goldie 11-23-1890 d||a 8d||dau of Wm, Deck St...int, Bluffton Miller, Henry Mrs 08-08-1877 d last week||Wells Co Miller, J M (ch of) 08-06-1893 d||a 8m||int, Wells Co Miller, Samuel 01-14-1888 d||a 38thy||251 E Washington...b in Wells Co., 8-12-1850...m 12-24-1871 Louise M Null...ch, Edward 15y, Oscar 13y, Glory 9y, & w sur Milligan, Samuel 10-11-1877 d||Ossian Moser, Alf 08-24-1888 d||a 45y||at Bluffton, Ind...w & 5 ch Mossey, Robert 07-26-1880 d||a abt 23y||int, Bluffton Murphy, Mr 09-04-1880 d||a abt 50y||Bluffton, former City res Murray, J E Dr 01-26-1885 d||a 33y||Zanesville Nickelson, Samuel 06-21-1886 d||near Zanesville Osburn, Reesy 05-22-1878 d||a abt 17y||Bluffton, Ind...dau of Squire Osborn Paulison, Rebecca 09-05-1897 d||a 36y||w of Samuel M, Marshall St...h & 2 ch sur...int, Bluffton, Ind Phillips, H H 01-27-1877 d||Bluffton...sis, Mrs A DeHaven, City Phillipy, Israel 08-11-1878 d||Wells Co Platter, Catherine 02-28-1878 d||Newville, Ind...niece, Mrs A H Bittinger Pocock, Elihu 05-03-1890 d||a 68y||near Zanesville Rhinesmith, Elizabeth 01-08-1892 d||a near 85y||Mrs Earl...231 W Wayne...b in Trumbull Co, O...sis to John Earl, Des Moines, Iowa; Chas Earl, near Zanesville, Ind; Wm Earl, Markle, Ind; Mrs Olive Hunt, Ohio...ch, Susan, John & George (one paper states b in Germany) Rich, Anna Mrs 08-04-1898 d PD||a 72y||Zanesville, Ind...sis, Mrs Schoonover, Argos Rossington, Wm 06-24-1879 d||117 Madison...b 6-10-1809...b in Manchester, England...sur, w & ch, Richard, Bluffton; Wm & Rodelphus, City; Mrs M Reed, Mrs John Wilson & Miss Anna Roush, George 03-08-1877 d||Wells Co., Ind Ruckman, James W 08-23-1878 d PD||Bluffton Rue, Sarah Mrs 02-07-1899 d||a 78y||Ossian, Ind...b in Germany...m Jacob Bowers...11 ch...3 ch, 3 sis, 1 br Russell, George (inf ch of) 06-05-1883 f||58 W Main...int, Uniontown, Wells County Seabold, Mrs 07-13-1897 d||nee Melinda Yeager...11 E Main...b in Germany...ch, Christian, Bluffton; John & Edward, City; Mrs John Hall (?) Montpelier; Sophia, Maud and Ethel, City...St John's Ref Ch Seaton, Robert 04-00-1878 d||Ossian Shisler, Milton 11-10-1894 d||Bluffton, Ind...int, Delphi...s of Mrs Mulqueen, 83 E Berry...Baptist Church Siebold, George 08-13-1893 d||a 85y||107 Cass...ch, Charles, Reed City, Mich.; John, Ossian, Ind.; Geo, Smiley, O; H J, Indianapolis; Mrs John Beirlien & Mrs S W Hasty, City...b in Germany 8-12-1810 Siebold, Jacob 08-17-1898 d||a 81y||18 Miner...nat of Ger...w desc 22y, d at Five Points...ch, Mrs Wm Eagle, City; David of Markel; Mrs R W Crick, City; Samuel of Zanesville; George, Defiance, O; Daniel, Huntington; Lydia Siebold, City...Bethel Chapel Sixby, Sarah Mrs 09-19-1892 d||a 83y||dau, Mrs Jerome Bleekman & s, C C Sixby, Bluffton...int, Stratford, Fulton Co., N Y Smith, Mary Mrs 09-18-1897 d||a 70y||Ossian Smutz, Franklin 03-16-1896 f||int, Zanesville Sours, Andrew 10-26-1898 d||a 64y||Markle, Ind...ch, Lorenzo, Ernest, Eugene & Mildred, City; Mrs Jas Barton, VanBuren; Mrs Alvin Houser, Markle Stonebrook, Arizona 08-19-1894 d||a 5y||dau of Thos...209 Lafayette St... int, Ossian Strong, Daniel 09-17-1850 d||a 53y 10d||Newville, Ind Tenary, Richard 09-10-1880 d||Jefferson T, Wells Co...w & family sur Thayer, Martin 09-27-1882 d||Ossian Thurston, C C 11-28-1888 f||Hood St...int, Bluffton Vardman, Stephen 07-30-1895 d||a 35y||Sheldon, s of Geo W...w & 2 ch... br-in-law, Thomas Stonehouse, 65 High...int, Ossian, Ind White, Pliny 01-23-1884 d||Bluffton, Ind...fmaily, Dayton, O Wickliffe, Edmund (inf s of) 10-08-1884 d||Zanesville Wilmington, Harriet 06-02-1863 d||a 52y||Ossian, Ind Wilson, Edwin R Judge 03-17-1897 d||Bluffton, Ind Wilson, Julia Mrs 05-24-1894 d||Ossian, Ind Wilson, Wm P 06-23-1878 d||Ossian, Ind Woods, Susanna 07-31-1894 d||a 22y 11m 9d||Sheldon...dau of John B & Celina, Pleasant T...f, Zanesville Worley, George N Dr 11-02-1893 d||a abt 46y||Williamsport...w & 3 ch... br-in-law of Dr Metz & Thos Doan of Ossian Yenney, Mary Mrs 04-10-1895 d||a 48y||ch, Robert, Mrs Chas Segar, 312 E Wayne, Mrs F F Elliott, City; Mrs Henry Mehr, Bluffton...h su Yheager, Amelia Mrs 05-05-1895 d||a 76y||Webster & Washington...b in Germany... ch, Mrs Geo H Seabold, City; Hibbard of Danville, Ill; Mangus, Danville, Ill; Albert & August, Adams Co...St John's Ref Ch...int, Bluffton, Ind Youse, Christian 01-31-1898 d||a 68y||near Hoagland...w & ch, John W., Wm A., Nelson H., Christian S, Chas W., Mrs A Henk all of Madison T; Edward E, Markle; Oliver M, Bazter Springs, Kan; & Mrs S C Stout, City Zigler, Ira 04-05-1884 d||a 9y||Markle, Ind...adpt s of Aaron Zigler