Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJasper John Dickey
Birth5 Nov 1836, Anderson, Madison Co, IN
Census27 Jul 1860, Duck Creek, Madison Co, IN
Memoroll#277, pg 369
Census6 Aug 1870, Boone Twp, Madison Co, IN
Memoroll#336, pg 89
Census14 Jun 1880, L Pct, Seward Co, NE
Memoroll#756, pg 480
Census6 Jun 1885, L Pct, Seward Co, NE
Census16 Jun 1900, Missouri Twp, Clark Co, AR
Memoroll#53, pg 18
Census19 May 1910, Stratton, Kit Carson Co, CO
Memoroll#120, pg 11
Death23 Jan 1911, Stratton, Kit Carson Co, CO
Misc. Notes
son of Hugh Dickey (1805-1852) and Elmira Martin (1808-1875).
Listed in the 1860 census for Duck Creek married to Mary Tomlinson (1840-1872) - no children
Listed in the 1870 census for Boone with Lucy Wells (1839 IN - ) + children: William (7), Laura (2), and Mary (7mos).
Listed in the 1880 Nebraska census married to Eunice Sarepta Wiseman (1852 IN - 1898 AR) with children: William (16), Ellen (10), Minnie (8), Oscar (7), Edward (5), Emily (3), Maranda (9 mos); plus step-sons James Forest (7) & George Forest (5).
In 1885 he is listed in Seward Co, NE as a farmer (48, IN) with wife Sarepta (31, IN) and children William (21, IN), Mary (16, IN), Minnie and Oscar (10, IN), Edgar (8, IN), Emma (7, IN), Maranda (6, IN), Andy (3, NE), and Elmer (1, NE) as well as step sons James Forest (10, IN) and George Forest (8, IN).
Listed in the 1900 Arkansas census with Emma (1873 TN) + children: Alta (14), Gertie (11), Dallas (9), and Bertha A. (3 mos)
Listed in the 1910 Colorado census with Emily (1873) his wife of 11 yrs and their 5 children: Bertha A. (10), Oren W. (8), Violet and Vergil (5), and Vevian L. (1 yr 8 mos).
Spouses
Birth1839, Franklin Twp, Marion Co, IN
Death1876, Indiana
FatherThomas Wells (1802-1899)
MotherEmily Emma Keith (1819-1900)
Misc. Notes
She is listed on the 1840 census, indicating that she was born before then.
Listed with her parents as age 10 in the 1850 census. and 20 in the 1860 census.
She is married and living in Boone, IN in 1870 where Jasper (33, IN) is a farmer with Lucy (30) and children William (7), Laura (2), and Mary (7mos).
Since Jasper is listed in Nebraska in 1880 with a new wife, it is possible her death spurred the move.
Marriage26 Mar 1863, Marion Co, IN
ChildrenWilliam (1864-)
 Laura (1868-)
 Mary Ellen (1868-1929)
Birth1851, Indiana
Death1898, Gurdon, Clark Co, AR
Misc. Notes
Daughter of John P. and Hyly Wiseman, listed as 8 yrs old in 1860 and 19 in 1870.
She was married to James Wright Forest and had sons James and George with him before marrying Jasper Dickey.
Birth9 Aug 1873, Roddy, Rhea Co, TN
Death24 Jul 1960, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson Co, CO
BurialCrown Hill Cem, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson Co, CO
Misc. Notes
Daughter of Elijah Smith (1842-1928) and Elizabeth Bird Clifton (-1931)
Marriage18 Jan 1899, Clark Co, AR
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