Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJames Knox Polk McCune 
Birth10 Aug 1844, Fayette Co, PA
Census9 Aug 1870, Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA
Memoroll#1342, pg 228
Census1880, Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA
Memoroll#1130, pg 265
Death2 Aug 1886, Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA
BurialRedstone Cem, Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA
MemoSect J, lot 6
FatherJames McCune (1805-1853)
MotherMary Gorbrey (-1848)
Misc. Notes
Served in Co H Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry in the Union Army. He then married and is listed in 1870 as having a farm lab, with his wife Margaret, and 7 month old daughter Emma. Living with them was John Jefferies (18, PA) and Adeline Nutt (9, PA). They lived adjacent to her parents.
Listed near Anna Wells and the Wells Homestead in 1880, with his wife and 4 oldest children.
Ruth Weaver said he was called "Pokey"
Listed near Anna Wells and the Wells Homestead in 1880, with his wife and 4 oldest children.
Ruth Weaver said he was called "Pokey"
Spouses
Birth14 Mar 1849, Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA
Death30 Jan 1922, Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA
BurialRedstone Cem, Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA
FatherJoseph W. Wells (1822-1898)
MotherElizabeth Laughlin (1826-1902)
Misc. Notes
left everything to her son James in her will.
Marriage19 Dec 1867, Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA
ChildrenEmma (1869-1939)
Joseph Wells (1871-1934)
Lewis (1874-1944)
Jessie B. (1878-1940)
Mary L. (Died as Child) (1881-)
James Knox (1884-1969)