In Memoriam Calvin Wells: Born, Byron, Genesee Co., New York, December 26, 1827, Died, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, August 2, 1909 |
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... passed away . His children , summoned by telegraph , were soon on the scene . Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin G. Wells arrived from Philadelphia early Tuesday morning , Mrs. Annie G. Cook and Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Griggs followed a little later on ...
... passed away . His children , summoned by telegraph , were soon on the scene . Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin G. Wells arrived from Philadelphia early Tuesday morning , Mrs. Annie G. Cook and Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Griggs followed a little later on ...
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... passed away , full of years and honors and good works . " Mr. Wells was a genuine power in the business world for more than two generations . He was equally successful in mer- cantile affairs , developing mineral undertakings ...
... passed away , full of years and honors and good works . " Mr. Wells was a genuine power in the business world for more than two generations . He was equally successful in mer- cantile affairs , developing mineral undertakings ...
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... passed , he was given powerful inducements to remain in the old line of work . But he felt that he was not in his sphere . The faculty of mechanism was strong within him , and his natural desire led him to a life where there was the ...
... passed , he was given powerful inducements to remain in the old line of work . But he felt that he was not in his sphere . The faculty of mechanism was strong within him , and his natural desire led him to a life where there was the ...
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... passed , and his home was ever to him one of the pleasantest places on earth . On July 5 , 1854 , he was married to Annie Glyde , a daughter of Benjamin Glyde , who had been his employer some years before . She died in 1859 , and in ...
... passed , and his home was ever to him one of the pleasantest places on earth . On July 5 , 1854 , he was married to Annie Glyde , a daughter of Benjamin Glyde , who had been his employer some years before . She died in 1859 , and in ...
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... passed into the manufacture of steel car springs and he engaged in other enterprises which he carried to success . His tastes and talents were versatile , and up to a year and a half ago he had been for over thirty years the chief ...
... passed into the manufacture of steel car springs and he engaged in other enterprises which he carried to success . His tastes and talents were versatile , and up to a year and a half ago he had been for over thirty years the chief ...
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Page 17 - The pains of death are past, Labour and sorrow cease ; And life's long warfare closed at last, His soul is found in peace. Soldier of Christ, well done I Praise be thy new employ ; And while eternal ages run, Rest in thy Saviour's joy.
Page 8 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 17 - The pains of death are past; Labor and sorrow cease ; And, life's long warfare closed at last, His soul is found in peace. Soldier of Christ, well done ! Praise be thy new employ ; And, while eternal ages run, Rest in thy Saviour's joy.
Page 10 - Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Page 47 - Bank and for a number of years a member of its board of trustees.
Page 50 - It is with profound sorrow that we are called upon to record the death of Mr.
Page 48 - We cherish the confident hope that he has entered into the rest that remains for the people of God...
Page 30 - He had the faculty of absorbing whatever of suggestion or information came to him, and turning it to the best account without permitting it to divert him from his purpose or to sway him from his fixed convictions.
Page 30 - His special gifts had, perhaps, the finest field for their exercise in building up and successfully establishing a business which had languished and withered under less vigorous and liberal management.