Welthy (Harding) Wells (1797 - 1886)

Born 15 Mar 1797 in Clifford, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, USA

Ancestors

Died 19 Aug 1886 at age 89 in Monigan, St Clair, Missouri, USA

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Biography

Based on the names of her early children and a brief note in "History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania" by Blackman, Emily C., she first married Joseph Baker. Wealthy Baker married Hiram Wells on 23 Jan 1835 in Richland County, Ohio.^[1] He was a widower whose wife, Elizabeth Newton, died in 1834. Their son Thomas Wells was born in 1833 and appears with the family in the 1850 census.

1830 census, household of Joseph Baker, Bloomfield, Richland, OH: 4 sons and 2 daughters under 15 years. Welthy's brother Mordecai is next door.

Children (from 1850 census):

Joseph Baker b 1831

William V. Baker b 1831

Sidney Wells (1835 - 1840 Morrow, OH, from Find a Grave)

Coridon (Corydon) Wells b 1837

Ely Wells b 1838

Charles Wells b 1840

Lewis M. Wells b 1843

She is mentioned in the 1839 will of her father Amos Harding "8th I give to Welthy Wells my oldest daughter fifty dollars. 9th I give to Amos H. Baker son of my daughter Welthy fifty dollars" (see profile for Amos Harding). This suggests there were earlier children than those known from the 1850 census. The 1820 census has two males and one female under 10 years old. In 1830 there are two more sons and a daughter.

Welthy Baker is found in the tax assessment rolls of North Bloomfield Township, Richland, Ohio, from 1834-1837 ^[2].

Sources

1. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDPY-NCQ : 26 August 2019), Hiram Wells and Wealthy Baker, 23 Jan 1835; citing Marriage, Richland, Ohio, United States, it 1 pg 33, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
2. ↑ "Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7FT1-Q56Z : 2 April 2020), Welthy Baker, 1834; citing multiple county courthouse offices, North Bloomfield Township, Richland, Ohio, United States, p. , Tax records indexed by Ohio Genealogy Society; FHL microfilm 004849152.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGQ-D2G : accessed 30 July 2020), Joseph Baker, Troy, Richland, Ohio, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 92; FHL microfilm 181,398.

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH56-JPL : 9 September 2017), Joseph Baker, Bloomfield, Richland, Ohio, United States; citing 80, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 139; FHL microfilm 337,950. Note: neighbor is Mordecai Harding.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8C-B6Z : 4 April 2020), Wettha Wells in household of Hiram Wells, Berrien county, Berrien, Michigan, United States; citing family 1266, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDV-MM8 : 19 March 2020), Welthe Wells in entry for H Wells, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6FZ-ZRZ : 26 August 2017), Weltha Wells in household of Hiram Wells, Monegan, St Clair, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 229, sheet 315C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,714.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10415855), memorial page for Welthy Harding Baker Wells (15 Mar 1797–19 Aug 1888), Find a Grave Memorial no. 10415855, citing Santa Ana Cemetery, Santa Ana, Orange County, California, USA ; Maintained by Eldora Sasser (contributor 46537743).

• Wilber J. Harding, The Hardings in America : A genealogical register of the descendants of John Harding, of England born A.D. 1567 (Keystone, Iowa, The Harding Printing Co., 1925)