Descendants of James Halpin - West Virginia Genealogy

patents and siblings. At that time she was working as a teacher. No later records for
her have yet been found.
22. Mary A. Halpin (Robert 2 , James 1 ) was born in Vinton County, Ohio in June,
1873. She moved to Moundsville, WV with her family shortly after 1880. Mary
graduated from Moundsville High School in 1892. She was married to Thomas J.
Lacey in Moundsville on September 7, 1905. Thomas, born in New York October 8,
1866, was a son of Mathew and Johanna Burke Lacey. Like her sister Catherine,
Mary also worked as a teacher in the Marshall County schools. Thomas and Mary
lived in Moundsville until her death. She died tragically from suicide by hanging on
June 16, 1928. She was buried at Martins Ferry, Ohio.
Mary and Thomas had one daughter:
60. i. Agnes T. Lacey (1906 – 1993)
23. Agnes T. Halpin (Robert 2 , James 1 ) was born in Zaleski, Vinton County, Ohio
February 24, 1875. She married James Nesbitt Wells on April 20, 1907. They were
married in St. Francis Xavier Church in Moundsville, WV. James was a son of
Charles Prather Wells and Martha Nesbitt Wells. He was born at Wells Bottom,
Marshall County, WV on January 30, 1876. In the early years of their marriage they
lived on their farm in Wells Bottom in southern Marshall County. In about 1922 they
moved to a home at 312 Tenth Street in Moundsville where they lived until James’
death. James Nesbitt Wells died August 6, 1949. Following his death Agnes lived
with her daughter Martha at 915 Sixth Street in Moundsville. Agnes died on
September 9, 1955. She is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, New Martinsville, WV.
Agnes and James had three children:
61. i. Charles Prather Wells (1908 – 1998)
62. ii. Robert Halpin Wells (1910 – 1953)
63. iii. Martha Wells (1912 – 1990)
24. Jennie M. Halpin (Robert 2 , James 1 ) was born in Zaleski, Ohio in October, 1876.
She moved to Moundsville with her family shortly after 1880. Jennie graduated from
Moundsville High School in 1895. She married Thomas M. Reese in Moundsville on
September 26, 1906. Thomas Reese, son of John and Mary Reese, was born in Wales
in May, 1872. Following their marriage, Jennie and Thomas lived in Canonsburg,
Pennsylvania where Thomas was a Justice of The Peace. No records beyond 1920
have yet been found.
Jennie and Thomas had five children:
64. i. Thomas Reese (1907 - 1982)
65. ii. John Paul Reese (1910 - )
66. iii. Mary J. Reese (1912 - )
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