Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1917 — DR. LEWIS N. WELLS IS DEAD [ARTICLE]

DR. LEWIS N. WELLS IS DEAD

Well-Known Demotte Physician Passed Away Thursday. Isaac N. Wells, a former wellknown physician of Demotte, died at that place at about 3 o’clock Thursday morning at the home of his brother-in-law, Ransom Halleck. Dr. Wells retired from active practice about four years ago and since then has spent a great deal of his time in Chicago. About four weeks ago he was stricken with paralysis, and being 77 years old he realized that the end was near. 1 He requested that he be moved to Demotte and this was done on Friday of last week. Dr. Wehs was quite well known throughout northern Jasper county, having located at Demotte more than twenty-five years ago. He was also known to many in Rensselaer, having visited here at the homes of A Halleck and John O’Connor, with whose families he was related. At the beginning of the civil war he enlisted in the Union army and served throughout the war. He commenced the practice of medicine at Kankakee, Illinois,' soon after the war, and later located at Red Cloud, Nebraska, coming from there to Demotte. Besides the widow, who is a sister of A. Halleck of this city, he is survived by one adopted son and two grandchildren; together with a large circle of friends. Funeral services will be held at the M. E. church in Demotte at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, conducted by the Masonic lodge of Wheatfield and the G. A. R. postj-and burial will be made in the Demotte cemetery.