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a. Note:   Border Crossings: From U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935
 Name: Charles Wilmott Wessell
 Age: 69
 Estimated Birth Year: Abt 1852
 Arrival Port: Sarnia, Ontario
 Date of Arrival: August 27, 1921
 Birth Location: Ontario
 Gender: Male
 Citizenship: American
  Friday, June 20, 1930
 C. W. Wessell Dies Thursday
 Has Been a Prominent Citizen of Grinnell For Nearly Sixty Years
 FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE AT M. E. CHURCH SUNDAY
 Mr. Wessell Died At Age 78, After An Illness of About One Year
 Charles W. Wessell, resident of Grennell for nearly sixty years, passed away at his home here early Thursday afternoon after an illness of a year. He was 78 years and seven months old at the time of his death. Mr. Wessell has been prominent in Grinnell as a builder and contractor, and an ardent church and Masonic worker. His friends were many, and by them he was well liked and respected.
 Mr. Wessell was born in Wooler, Ontario, Canada, on November 16, 1851, and came to Iowa in October 1871. He was married to Anna B. Green in May 1877. Mr. Wessell joined the Methodist church in Grinnell in 1878, and has always been a tireless and loyal worker in the church. He has been a faithful member of the Masonic lodge for many years, and was Worshipful Master of the Grinnell lodge in 1899 and 1900. He is the last of the brothers and sisters of his family.
 Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Methodist church, with Rev. George Blagg in charge, Burial will be held in Hazelwood, and the Masons will be in charge of the ceremonies at the grave.
  Hazelwood Cemetery aka Grinnell, Grant Twp., Section 17, West of Highway 146 at south edge of Grinnell. turn west on 1st Avenue. J. B. Grinnell donated thirteen acres of land "covered with clumps of hazel, off from the highway, abruptly rolling and overlooking the projected city on the southwest edge, for a burial spot for Grinnell and named it Hazelwood. The first burial was Mrs. Jane or Christiana Patterson in 1856. It was twenty five years before the first enlargement when the I. O. O. F. purchased land adjoining for $100 an acre. In 1890 the Ladies Cemetery Association was formed to supervise the sexton's work and oversee the upkeep of the area. In 1955 the association dissolved with the management and transferred it to the city of Grinnell. In 1895 a small plot of ground was purchased from the I. O. O. F. Lodge at the southwest corner of Hazelwood Cemetery to use for Catholic burials and named it Calgary.
  May 20, 1895 State Census of Iowa, Poweshiek County, Grinnell Township, city of Grinnell, 2nd Ward
 http://iagenweb.org/census/poweshiek/1895-IA-poweshiek-grinnell-grinnell2. txt
 Wessells, Chas W., age 43, born in Canada, Carpenter, religion M. E.
 Wessells, Anna, age 41, born Pennsylvania, Keeping House, religion M. E.
  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=WES&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=14&GScntry=4&GSsr=401&GRid=92222724&
 Charles W. Wessel
 Birth: November 16, 1851
 Wooler, Ontario, Canada
 Death: June 19, 1930
 Grinnell, Poweshiek Co., Iowa
 Burial: Hazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell, Poweshiek Co., Iowa
 Married May 1877 to Anna Green
  Noted: Possible relatives:
 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=4401&GScid=95027&GRid=58633102&
 Born: Unknown
 Died: February 26, 1922
 Burial: Hazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell, Poweshiek Co., Iowa
 Record Notes: WWI Sgt., 163 Depot Brigade.
  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=4401&GScid=95027&GRid=92218652&
 Dr. Alvin E. Wessel
 Birth: January 2, 1855
 Death: November 25, 1894
 Burial: Hazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell, Poweshiek Co., Iowa


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