Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJohn T. Wells
Birth3 Sep 1837, Kentucky
Census31 Jul 1860, Franklin Twp, Johnson Co, IN
Memoroll#271, pg 765
Census29 Jul 1870, Clay City, Clay Co, IL
Memoroll#196, pg 30
Death26 Mar 1876, Clay City, Clay Co, IL
BurialWells Cem, Zif Twp, Wayne Co, IL
FatherDavid Wells (1810-1852)
MotherCatherine Gray (1818-)
Misc. Notes
Listed as John T. Wills in Franklin, IN in 1860 (22, KY) a farmer, with his wife Susan R. (22, IN) and son Robert (2).
Listed John T. Wells in Clay City, IL in 1870 (32, KY) as a farmer, with his wife Susan (32, IN) and 4 children: Robert E. (10, IN), Amanda E. (9, IN), Emma J. (5, IL) and Rosa B. (1, IL)
All of their children are listed together in Zif Twp, Wayne Co, IL in 1880 with Robert as head of household.
Spouses
Birth1838, Indiana
Misc. Notes
Dau of Prestly Nay (1809, KY) and Mary A. Whitesides (1806, VA)
After John’s death in 1876, there is a record of her second marriage to William Rogers (47) on 13 Sept 1877, Clay Co, IL as Susan R. Wells (39).
However, by 1880 all 4 of her children were living together on their own in Wayne County; so either she was also deceased by then, or her new husband chose not to care for them.
No further record has been found for her.
Marriage3 Sep 1856, Johnson Co, IN
ChildrenRobert Elmore (1856-1925)
 Amanda E. (1860-1891)
 Emma Jane (1864-1946)
 Rosa Bell (1869-1944)
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