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William WELLS

William WELLS

Male 1816 -


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  • Name William WELLS
    Birth CA 1816  Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1880  Emporia, Lyon Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1] 
    Person ID I58626  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2016

    Family Priscilla IRELAND,   b. CA 1817, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3]
    Residence IN THE WEST  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Lyon Co, Kansas (Emporia Twp), enumerated on Jun 14 1880:
      William Wells, 64, b. WVa (both parents b. Md), farmer; wife Prissilla, 63, b. WVa (both parents b. Md), cannot write; son Harvey C, 24, b. WVa, farmer; boarder Rachel Hallam, 65, b. WVa, housekeeper.
      The next enumerated household:
      Arthur A. Wells, 27, b. WVa, school teacher; Rachel, 24, b. Kansas.
      (NOTE: In the 1860 Census of Tyler Co, (West) Virginia, Rachel Hallam, 45, was a housekeep in the household of Robert & Rebecca (Ash) Davis.)
    Children 
    +1. Daniel I. WELLS,   b. CA 1841, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Harvey C. WELLS,   b. CA 1856, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F24239  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1710] 1880 Census.

    2. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990).

    3. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    4. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 251.