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Bobbie Lee Wells:1980, Swanton, Ohio

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       Bobbie Lee Dorough Wells was born in Alabama on the 16th of November 1949 to Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Dorough of Pell City, Alabama . Bobbie was born into a large family. She had four sisters and five brothers.  Bobbie married Larry Wells. They lived in Taylor, Michigan . They had a daughter named Renée. Renee was grown and married by 1980. She and her husband also lived in Taylor, Michigan.    Bobbie Lee Wells was working in the medical field, it seems, in her last year of life. I found a photo of her in her nurses uniform on her Find-a-Grave profile .    Taylor, Michigan is a nice town.  It’s a suburb of Detroit. It’s just a couple minutes north of Flat Rock, Michigan .    On February 19th, 1980, Bobbie Lee Wells disappeared. I didn’t see anything about the time of day that she disappeared but I am going to guess that she was leaving work after an evening shift.        One of...
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Ella Wolka:1955, Starve Hollow, Driftwood Township, Indiana

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      Ella Wilhelmine Wolka was born to Mary (Schafer) and Christian Wolka on February 22nd 1880 in a little cabin in Driftwood Township, Jackson County, Indiana. Her father, Christian Wolka, had been born in Hannover, Germany. Her mother Mary was born in Ohio. Her maiden name was Schafer.    The little cabin sat on Starve Hollow Road in Driftwood Township near the little town of Vallonia. Today the site of the cabin is part of Starve Hollow State Recreation Area in Jackson County, Indiana. The lake that the home stood near is still there and people enjoy camping, hiking and all sorts of recreation there today.    But, in the 1800’s it was a very different place.   Mary (19) and Christian Wolka (28) appear in the 1860 Census and they are living in Indiana. In 1863, Christian Wolka signed on with the Union Army and served in the Civil War. He survived and in the following years Mary and he would have many children.  ...
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