Arlo Russell Wells

Arlo Russell Wells (1884-1935) was the son of John Burleigh Wells and Elizabeth Jane Olde, as well as the brother of Alice, Ella, John, George, Mary, Maggie, Burleigh, Ida, James, and Elsie, the husband of Mabel Hilts, and the father of D'Arcy, Burleigh, Lola, and Laura.

Biography
Arlo was born in 1884 to John Wells and Elizabeth Olde; he had ten older brothers and sisters, including Alice, Ella, John, George, Mary, Maggie, Burleigh, Ida, James, and Elsie. His oldest sibling, Alice, was 26 years his senior. His father died when he was 8 years old in 1892, and his older sister Mary died in 1897 when he was 13.

He married Mabel Hilts on August 17, 1904 in Ontario, Canada when he was twenty. At the time, she was pregnant with their first child, D'Arcy, who was born in December of that year. They had three other children named Burleigh (b. 1907), and twins Laura and Lola (b. 1908). Unfortunately, Burleigh died as an infant.

His family moved to Los Angeles, California in 1919, where he lived until his death on February 17, 1935 at the age of 50. After his death, Mabel would go on to marry Daniel Alvarado.