History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . me. In addition to the homeplace. Mr. Wells is also managing forty-four acres of citrus groves. Since coming to Yorba Linda Mr. Wells has taken an active interest in all theaflairs of the community and has served two terms as director of both the Yorba LindaCitrus Association and the Yorba Linda Water Company, and is also a promoter of thegood work being accomplished by the Farm Center
History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . me. In addition to the homeplace. Mr. Wells is also managing forty-four acres of citrus groves. Since coming to Yorba Linda Mr. Wells has taken an active interest in all theaflairs of the community and has served two terms as director of both the Yorba LindaCitrus Association and the Yorba Linda Water Company, and is also a promoter of thegood work being accomplished by the Farm Center. During the war he was prominentm all the drives and war loans, giving both of his time and means to further all theGovernment programs. In fraternal circles Mr. Wells is affiliated with the ModernWoodmen of America, and politically he espouses the platform of the Republican party. Mr. Wells marriage, which occurred in 1885 at Caldwell, Kans., united him withMiss Clara L. Stearns, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William \\. Stearns. Her father,who was a successful farmer in that part of Kansas for a number of years, was bornin Steuben County, X. in 1834. and in 1861 he was married at Hornellville. N. HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY 869 to Miss Mary Sharp, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1841. Four children were bornto them, Mrs. Wells being the only daughter. She was born in 1865 at Canisteo, N. Y.,her childhood being spent near Traverse City, Mich., where Mr. Stearns was in thelumber business. When she was fifteen years of age the family moved to Wellington,Kans., and it was here that she met Mr. Wells. For some time previous to theirmarriage she was engaged in teaching school in Kansas. Four children were bornto Mr. and Mrs. Wells: Glenn W. married Miss Jessie Ross of Santa Ana, and theyare the parents of three children; they now reside in Richfield, where they areinterested in the oil business; Leta is the wife of Dr. Edward Abbott of Los Angeles,and is the mother of two
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