Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameFreelove Aurilla Marie Dutcher
Birth20 Dec 1802, Erie Co, PA
Death22 May 1888, Ozark Co, MO
BurialLutie Cem, Theodosia, Ozark Co, MO
Misc. Notes
Freelove was born in Pennsylvania to Abraham and Sarah Mathewson Dutcher. Her ancestry through the Dutcher/Duyser line goes back to Philipsburgh, Westchester Co, NY. She first married Lovell Snow in Athens County, Ohio in 1821. They had six sons. She left him in 1828 and then married James Forrest around 1930. They relocated to Ozark County, Missouri, where they had eight children. James and Freelove owned a large section of land in Ozark County where James raised cattle and farmed. James died around 1863 and is buried in the Baker Cemetery in Ozark County. The family fled to Maries County during the Civil War, but returned to Ozark County after the war where Freelove lived out her life. Sons Samuel, Elias, Robert, David and William Forrest all fought for the Union during the war.
Spouses
Birth4 Sep 1773, Ashford, Windham Co, CT
Deathabt 1851, Whitley Co, IN
FatherRobert Snow (1732-1810)
MotherSarah Chubb (1729-)
Misc. Notes
Married Sarah (Salla) Maynard, Freelove Marie Dutcher, and Harriet Brown.
Lovell Snow was born on September 4, 1773 in Ashford, Connecticut. He was the son of Robert and Sarah (Chubb) Snow. On November 7, 1773. He was baptized at the Ashford, congregational church. On April 7, 1791, Lovell married Ms. Sally Maynard (Mainer). They had at least three children, but their names remain unknown. On September 2, 1802 the couple were divorced. Sally claimed desertion and adultery as the reasons.
Lovell probably came to Ohio as part of this effort to settle the Northwest Territory. The indian problem impeded settlement of this area until 1794, when General Anthony Wayne drove them from the state. With the indians gone, the western reserve in the northeast corner along Lake Erie was opened to settlers. It contained four million acres. Connecticut emigrants were the main settlers in this area. Connecticut refugees who had been burned out by the British during the Revolutionary War began to settle. The area became known as the 'fire lands' for this reason"
The Northwest Territory was established by the Continental Congress on july 13, 1787, by the Northwest Ordinance. the region was later called the old northwest. the area comprised of the landwest of pennsylvania between the Ohio and Mississippi River. The Northwest Territory was originally ceded to the U.S. by the individual states. The states the were formed by this area were ohio, indiana, illinois, michigan, and part of minnesota. Ohio was the first state admitted to the union from the northwest territory in 1803.
It was also in is the same year that Sally Maynard Snow divorced Lovell that his next wife was born. Freelove Dutcher was born on December 20, 1802. She was supposedly born in Pennsylvania. She married Lovell on January 31, 1821 in York township, Athens County, Ohio. They at least four children: robert, salmenders, newman, and philander. Apparently Freelove was unhappy with Lovell and possibly living in a cave, so one day she left Lovell and the boys. A source states that Lovell didn't know what to do so he told the children to go play with their friends along the river and go home with them. Whether this is true or not is unknown, but it is known that Newman Snow lived with the family of John Harris.
It is not known whether Lovell ever filed for divorce from Freelove.
The 1850 census for Newton Township, Whitley County, Indiana indicates Lovell remarried to Harriet Brown. At this time Lovell was 76 years old and Harriet was 47. They had 3 girls Emily age 10, Lucy age 4, and Hannah age 3. Lovell died sometime between 1850 and 1860 Columbia City, Indiana. The 1860 census shows Harriet married to James Jones.
Marriage31 Jan 1821, Athens, Athens Co, OH
ChildrenAbraham (1822-1900)
 John Dutcher (Died as Child) (1823-)
 Commodore Perry (1825-1915)
 Newman Sumner (1826-1909)
 Philander Larkin (1828-1907)
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