Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameBenjamin Franklin Wells
BirthMar 1834, Kentucky
Census4 Sep 1860, Zif Twp, Wayne Co, IL
Memoroll#236, pg 190
Census8 Jun 1870, La Clede Twp, Fayette Co, IL
Memoroll#220, pg 662
Census11 Jun 1880, Freeland Mines, Clear Creek Co, CO
Memoroll#89, pg 144
CensusJun 1885, Clear Creek Co, CO
Memoroll#2
Census20 Jun 1900, Goldfield, Teller Co, CO
Memoroll#130, pg 31
DeathColorado
OccupationFarmer
FatherIsaac Newton Wells (1799-1876)
MotherMary A. Sage (1799-1872)
Misc. Notes
He is not listed with his father in 1850. He may have been on his own by age 17, or working for another family - unless they missed him in the census. He is then listed with his parents in 1860.
He was apparently married shortly thereafter, as his infant son who was born and died in 1862 is found in the local cemetery. His son's headstone lists Benjamin's wife as E. M. Wells.
Listed in 1870 as Ben, a farmer (34, KY) with his wife Elizabeth (24, OH) and children Lemuel (5), and Bell (2), both born in Illinois.
He appears to be living alone in Colorado in 1880, listed as B. Frank Wells (40, KY) widowed and working as a wood chopper.
He is next listed in the 1885 Colorado census as B.F. Wells, a day laborer (51, KY) and single, boarding with a family.
Then listed with his son Lemuel in Colorado in 1900, widowed (66, KY) working as a day laborer, having been out of work 6 months that year.
Spouses
Birth1845, Ohio
Misc. Notes
Listed as E. M. Wells on son’s headstone.
Marriageabt 1861, Illinois
ChildrenWilliam Henry (Died as Infant) (1862-1862)
 Lemuel B. (1865-1918)
 Bell (1868-)
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