Abbreviations used
Date February 9 1891
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Sun
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
A.C.A. WELLS, father of W.W. WELLS of Moncton, died at his residence Baie Verte, after a brief illness of pneumonia. Mr. Wells was known in this city as proprietor of the Revere House previous to the fire of 1877. While in the city he was an active member of the Germain St. Methodist Church and for several years was superintendent of the Sabbath school. Deceased leaves a family of five as follows: Mrs. James S. FLAGLOR of this city; Mrs. WATSON, New Haven; Thornton WELLS, I.C.R., Moncton; W.W. WELLS, barrister, Moncton; and Gilbert WELLS, school teacher at Baie Verte. A sister of the deceased is now visiting Carleton. The death of A.C.A. Wells makes the third in the family in a short time, the others being W. Allen WELLS and Mrs. RAYWORTH, sister of the deceased.