Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameRichard C. Wells 
Birth30 May 1835, Valparaiso, Porter Co, IN
Census25 Aug 1850, Clay Twp, Decatur Co, IN
Memoroll#142, pg 33
Census20 Jun 1860, Olney, Richland Co, IL
Memoroll#222, pg 0
Census29 Jun 1870, Bloomington, McLean Co, IL
Memoroll#258, pg 193
Census19 Jun 1880, Bloomington, McLean Co, IL
Memoroll#230, pg 184
Death18 May 1893, Chicago, Cook Co, IL
BurialCook Co Cem at Dunning, Dunning, Cook Co, IL
OccupationCarpenter
FatherRichard Wells (~1770-1840)
MotherElizabeth Mary Handy (1805-1854)
Misc. Notes
Listed as Richard Land (14, IN) with his mother and step-father, Moses Land in the 1850 census.
Married Martha Daily and moved to eastern Illinois.
In 1860 they are listed in Olney, IL as Rich’d (25, IN), a laborer and E. C. (24, IN). They are listed directly after the family of John H. and J. A. Daily - her parents.
In 1870 he had moved to Bloomington and is listed as Richard (35, IN) a laborer, with second wife, Casandra (29, OH) and a 3 yr old son John. Martha’s parents are also listed in Bloomington for this census.
He is still in Bloomington for the 1880 census, where he is listed as a carpenter (44, IN) with his new wife Lottie (31, IL) whose parents were born in Scotland and Kentucky and her son Henry Bowman (4, IL) - showing that she was remarried as well.
They had a son, Samuel in 1890, although the birth record lists him only as a male Wells.
His death record lists him as calceminer & parper hanger, and buried in “Dunning”.
Married Martha Daily and moved to eastern Illinois.
In 1860 they are listed in Olney, IL as Rich’d (25, IN), a laborer and E. C. (24, IN). They are listed directly after the family of John H. and J. A. Daily - her parents.
In 1870 he had moved to Bloomington and is listed as Richard (35, IN) a laborer, with second wife, Casandra (29, OH) and a 3 yr old son John. Martha’s parents are also listed in Bloomington for this census.
He is still in Bloomington for the 1880 census, where he is listed as a carpenter (44, IN) with his new wife Lottie (31, IL) whose parents were born in Scotland and Kentucky and her son Henry Bowman (4, IL) - showing that she was remarried as well.
They had a son, Samuel in 1890, although the birth record lists him only as a male Wells.
His death record lists him as calceminer & parper hanger, and buried in “Dunning”.
Spouses
Misc. Notes
She is listed as Martha, age 11 in the 1850 census for Marshall Co, IN with her parents John Hale Dailey and Juliana Hardy. Then with her husband in the 1860 census as E. C., age 24. She either died or was divorced prior to 1864 when Richard married Cassandra.
Birth16 Oct 1841, McLean Co, IL
Death10 May 1879, McLean Co, IL
BurialFunks Grove Cem, McLean, McLean Co, IL
Misc. Notes
dau of John Hougham (1810-1888) and Elizabeth Ann Brock (1821-1886).
Also listed as Cassander in some records, such as her headstone.
Also listed as Cassander in some records, such as her headstone.
Marriage17 Oct 1864, McLean Co, IL
Marr MemoVol D, pg 461
ChildrenJohn Franklin (1866-1934)
Birth5 Oct 1849, Illinois
Death31 Mar 1922, Chicago, Cook Co, IL
Burial3 Apr 1922, Mt Carmel Cem, Cook Co, IL
Misc. Notes
The Illinois death record lists her father as Nelson Cue, and Cook County lists him as Nelson Lane.
She is with her brother Jacob (21, IN) who was working as a farm laborer in 1860, living with the family of Samuel Black.
Was married to Andrew J. Bowman (1845, TN) in Mason Co, IL on 22 Apr 1869.
Listed with Andrew as Mary C. Bowman (20, IL) in the 1870 census, with whom she had a dau Ida M. in Apr 1870 and a son Henry in 1876, prior to marrying Richard Wells.
She is in Bloomington for the 1880 census, as Lottie (31, IL) whose parents were born in Scotland and Kentucky with her new husband, Richard Wells (44, IN) and her son Henry Bowman (4, IL)
Listed in 1920 Chicago census as a widow (74, IL) with her son Samuel R. Wells (29, IL) a coal driver. It lists her parents as both from Scotland.
She is with her brother Jacob (21, IN) who was working as a farm laborer in 1860, living with the family of Samuel Black.
Was married to Andrew J. Bowman (1845, TN) in Mason Co, IL on 22 Apr 1869.
Listed with Andrew as Mary C. Bowman (20, IL) in the 1870 census, with whom she had a dau Ida M. in Apr 1870 and a son Henry in 1876, prior to marrying Richard Wells.
She is in Bloomington for the 1880 census, as Lottie (31, IL) whose parents were born in Scotland and Kentucky with her new husband, Richard Wells (44, IN) and her son Henry Bowman (4, IL)
Listed in 1920 Chicago census as a widow (74, IL) with her son Samuel R. Wells (29, IL) a coal driver. It lists her parents as both from Scotland.
Marriage25 May 1880, McLean Co, IL
Marr MemoVol 001, pg 93
ChildrenSamuel R. (1890-1939)