His World War I draft registration card, dated 5 June 1918, states George Henry Wells, age 21, brown eyes, black hair, born 16 Aug 1897 in Scranton, Ky, residence 217 W. 9th St, Newport, Ky, father’s birthplace Scranton, Ky, employer Newport Rothing Mills Co., 9th & Lowell, Newport, Ky, nearest relative Alvin Wells, Scranton, Ky.

Scranton is a tiny community in Menifee Co., at the southwest end of Cave Run Lake, on Rt 1274 between Frenchburg and Bangor. Newport is in Campbell Co.