Obituary of Ellen M. Wells, Vermontville, Eaton County, Michigan Copyright © 1998 by M. Sue (Outman) Wells. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ ELLEN M. PATTERSON Ellen M. Wells was born in Sunfield, Michigan, May 24, 1844, and passed away at her home in Vermontville, March 25, 1921: She was united in marriage to Hollis Y. Patterson, July 4th, 1868, who passed to the beyond only a few weeks previous. To this union was born eight children, five are left to mourn their loss. Henry, Homer and Jesse Patterson, Cora Cook and Bernice Smith, all living in Eaton County, eight Grandchildren and two Great Grandchildren, two brothers, John Wells of Battle Creek and William Wells of Woodbury, besides a host of relatives and friends to mourn her demise. Funeral was held at the home, March 25th and burial North of town in the Patterson Family Cemetery. Source: The Vermontville Echo Newspaper, Vermontville, Michigan, Thursday, March 31, 1921 Edition, Page 1. dz