Lewis
M
Wells
Born in Cane Creek, Laurel, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William E. Wells
and Nancy (Faulkner) Wells
Brother of
S J Wells, Catherine Wells, Elizabeth Wells, Mary Wells, China Wells, William Wells and Sarah E Wells
Husband of
Sarah (Calavan) Wells
— married
1866 in Mercer, Mercer County, MO
Descendants 
Father of
William Henry Wells, Martha Ellen (Wells) VanCleve, Mary E (Wells) Payne, Nancy C Wells, Margarat A Wells, Lewis M. Wells and Herby Albert Wells
Died about
at about age 75
in Mercer, Mercer, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 May 2016
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Biography
Lewis was born in 1851. He passed away in 1926.[1] He traveled from Kentucky in a covered wagon to Mercer, MO He is buried in the Early Cemetery, in Mercer, MO
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 02 July 2020), memorial page for Lewis Wells (1851–1936), Find A Grave: Memorial #16354799, citing Early Cemetery, Mercer, Mercer County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by classic (contributor 46573875) .
- "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSC-9P9F?cc=1473181&wc=7Q3P-852%3A1589429312%2C1589424062%2C1589422336 : 24 March 2017), Missouri > Mercer > Marion Township > image 2 of 22; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (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:MHZB-KT7 : 19 March 2020), L M Wells in entry for William Wells, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M465-4WJ : 18 March 2020), Lewis Wells, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6XP-1WV : 14 August 2017), Lewis Wells, Marion, Mercer, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 221, sheet 13B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,703.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3ZG-D9Y : accessed 2 July 2020), Lewis Wells, Marion Township Mercer town, Mercer, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 116, sheet 17A, family 341, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,874.
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8CW-663 : accessed 2 July 2020), Lewis Wells, Marion, Mercer, Missouri, United States; citing ED 123, sheet 3A, line 12, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 935; FHL microfilm 1,820,935.
- State of Missouri Digital Archives http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts
- More sources at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/2Z36-YLX
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lewis by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lewis:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lewis by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lewis:
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~6.25%
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