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Orval Wells 1895 - 1972

Orval Wells of Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa was born on May 26, 1895, and died at age 76 years old in March 1972.

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Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa 52591
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In 1895, in the year that Orval Wells was born, on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.
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In 1903, Orval was just 8 years old when the silent film, The Great Train Robbery opened. Although it was filmed in Milltown, New Jersey, it was a Western. Twelve minutes long, the film used a lot of innovative techniques - some scenes were hand colored and composite editing, on-location shooting, and frequent camera movement were used. Its budget was $150 (about $4000 currently) and was the most popular film until 1915 when Birth of a Nation was released.
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Wells, Orval (Jun 19, 1945 - Feb 15, 1995) Wells, Orval (Dec 5, 1912 - Sep 23, 2001) Wells, Orval (Jan 27, 1912 - Apr 1984) Wells, Orval (May 5, 1895 - Mar 1970) Wells, Orval (Jul 16, 1894 - Jun 1966)
Wells, Orval (Sep 2, 1914 - Nov 1980) Wells, Orval (Jun 30, 1894 - May 1969) Wells, Orval (Nov 17, 1919 - Jan 1987) Wells, Orval (Dec 31, 1906 - Jul 1983) Wells, Orval (Sep 8, 1928 - Feb 11, 1989)

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Wells, Bertha (Born Jan 19, 1881) Walker, Nora Wells, Emma Wells, Frederick (Jun 29, 1868 - Mar 12, 1935) Wells, George (Born Dec 27, 1900) Wells, Andrew (Born Sep 3, 1878) Wells, Mary Ann (Born Apr 10, 1844) Wells, Willard (Born Apr 26, 1915) Wells, Tom (Born Mar 17, 1895) Wells, Jesse (Born Dec 9, 1912)
Wells, James (Born Oct 15, 1910) Wells, Lucinda (Born Nov 1, 1849) Wells, Ada (Born Feb 20, 1879) Wells, Mary Louise (Born Sep 14, 1881) Wells, William Roland (Born Dec 7, 1876) Wells, Oscar Jesse (Born Jul 22, 1882) Wells, Mary (Born Sep 14, 1881) Wells, Evalena (Born Jan 29, 1881) Wells, John (Born Jan 21, 1886) Wells, Lydia Ann (Born Jan 25, 1861)
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