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The Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL
June 2, 1898

                   Funeral of HENRY WELLS
                   
                   The funeral of HENRY WELLS, the aged
                colored man who died at the poor farm
                Monday, will be held at the A. M. E.
                church on North Center street at 10 a.m.
                tomorrow. Friends have purchased a new
                suit and a fine coffin for the old man
                and he will be respectfully buried.
                
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The Pantagraph
July 25, 1908
(extract from article "Attendants At First Old People's Picnic"

                   The Oldest Man in the County
                   
                   The name of HENRY WELLS is mentioned.
                WELLS, who was a colored man, was the oldest
                resident of the county at the time of his
                death, being more than a century old. For
                years he was a character about the city and
                finally died at the poor farm. He attended
                this first picnic and gave October 11, 1794,
                as the date of his birth and saw the light
                of day in Lexington, Ky., living there thru
                the slavery days.
                
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