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George Washington Wells (1828 - 1866)

Major George Washington (George Washington) Wells
Born in Randolph, Arkansas, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
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Brother of , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and
Husband of — married 9 Sep 1845 in Lawrence, Arkansas, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , and
Died at about age 37 in Randolph, Arkansas, USAmap
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Contents

Biography

Name

George Washington Wells [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

This man is not to be confused with George Washington Wells, son of John Wells Sr..

Birth

Date: 22 FEB 1828
Place: What was then Lawrence County, Arkansas, but is now Spring River, Randolph County, Arkansas, United States [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]

DNA

Haplogroup E1b1b, and more specifically, Haplogroup E1b1b1a, which was later revised to E-CTS2374.
This Wells family line is part of the W023 Wells family, as defined by the Wells Family Research Association

Marriage

Husband: George Washington Wells
Wife: Elizabeth Ferguson
Date: 09 Sep 1845
Location: Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States [23]

Children

Child: Evaline B. Wells
Child: Hugh Henry Wells
Child: Isaac M. Wells
Child: George Wells
Child: William A. Wells

Slave Owner

In November of 1850, Thomas H. Wells owned five slaves:
B: 1815 - 35 Male Black
B: 1832 - 18 Female Black
B: 1838 - 12 Male Mulatto
B: 1842 - 8 Male Black
B: 1849 - 1 Female Black
In 1860 George W. Wells owned one slave: a 22 year old black female.

Military Service

Event: American Civil War
Unit: Confederate Company A, 1 Arkansas Infantry, 1st Regiment,
Rank: Entered as a Private, but promoted to Major

Residence

Residence:
Date: 1850
Place: Union, Lawrence, Arkansas, USA [24] [25]
Residence:
Date: 1860
Place: Union, Lawrence, Arkansas, USA [26]

Death

Date: Abt. 1866
Location: Randolph, Arkansas, United States

Burial

Location: The Wells-B Cemetery in Randolph County, Arkansas, three miles north of Imboden, Lawrence County, Arkansas.

Sources

  • Source: S00001 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009; Repository: #R00001 NOTEAncestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009).
  • Repository: R00001 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
  • Source: S00002 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: #R00001 NOTEAncestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900.
  • Source: S00003 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R00001 NOTEAncestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006).
  • Source: S00006 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1860 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009; Repository: #R00001 NOTEAncestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009).
  • Source: S00008 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R00001 NOTEAncestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010).
  • Source: S00019 Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R00001 NOTEAncestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  • Source: S00064 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Repository: #R00001 NOTEAncestry.com, Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
  • Source: S1166902475 Repository: #R1151000561 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=18269855&pid=880
  • Repository: R1151000561 Ancestry.com
  • Find-A-Grave Profile: George Washington Wells

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Source: #S00001 Page: Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Union, Lawrence, Arkansas; Roll: M432_27; Page: 238A; Image: . Data: Text: Record for George Wells
  2. ↑ Source: #S00006 Page: Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Union, Lawrence, Arkansas; Roll: ; Page: 292; Image: 292. Data: Text: Record for George Wills
  3. ↑ Source: #S00019 Page: Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Janes Creek, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: 55; Family History Film: 1254055; Page: 100A; Enumeration District: 257; Image: 0699. Data: Text: Record for William Welles
  4. ↑ Source: #S00019 Page: Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Janes Creek, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: 55; Family History Film: 1254055; Page: 100A; Enumeration District: 257; Image: 0699. Data: Text: Record for George Welles
  5. ↑ Source: #S00019 Page: Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Janes Creek, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: 55; Family History Film: 1254055; Page: 100A; Enumeration District: 257; Image: 0699. Data: Text: Record for Isaac Welles
  6. ↑ Source: #S00002 Page: Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Janes Creek, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: T623_74; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 109. Data: Text: Record for George Wells
  7. ↑ Source: #S00003 Page: Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Jones Creek, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Record for I M Wells
  8. ↑ Source: #S00003 Page: Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Jones Creek, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Record for George Wells
  9. ↑ Source: #S00008 Page: Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Janes Creek, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: T625_78; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 122; Image: . Data: Text: Record for George Wells
  10. ↑ Source: #S00008 Page: Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Janes Creek, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: T625_78; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 122; Image: . Data: Text: Record for Emily C Lomax
  11. ↑ Source: #S00064 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for George Wells
  12. ↑ Source: #S00001 Page: Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Union, Lawrence, Arkansas; Roll: M432_27; Page: 238A; Image: . Data: Text: Record for George Wells
  13. ↑ Source: #S00006 Page: Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Union, Lawrence, Arkansas; Roll: ; Page: 292; Image: 292. Data: Text: Record for George Wills
  14. ↑ Source: #S00019 Page: Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Janes Creek, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: 55; Family History Film: 1254055; Page: 100A; Enumeration District: 257; Image: 0699. Data: Text: Record for William Welles
  15. ↑ Source: #S00019 Page: Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Janes Creek, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: 55; Family History Film: 1254055; Page: 100A; Enumeration District: 257; Image: 0699. Data: Text: Record for George Welles
  16. ↑ Source: #S00019 Page: Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Janes Creek, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: 55; Family History Film: 1254055; Page: 100A; Enumeration District: 257; Image: 0699. Data: Text: Record for Isaac Welles
  17. ↑ Source: #S00002 Page: Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Janes Creek, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: T623_74; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 109. Data: Text: Record for George Wells
  18. ↑ Source: #S00003 Page: Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Jones Creek, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Record for I M Wells
  19. ↑ Source: #S00003 Page: Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Jones Creek, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . Data: Text: Record for George Wells
  20. ↑ Source: #S00008 Page: Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Janes Creek, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: T625_78; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 122; Image: . Data: Text: Record for George Wells
  21. ↑ Source: #S00008 Page: Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Janes Creek, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: T625_78; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 122; Image: . Data: Text: Record for Emily C Lomax
  22. ↑ Source: #S00064 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for George Wells
  23. ↑ Source: #S00064 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for George Wells
  24. ↑ Source: #S00001 Page: Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Union, Lawrence, Arkansas; Roll: M432_27; Page: 238A; Image: . Data: Text: Record for George Wells
  25. ↑ Source: #S00064 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for George Wells
  26. ↑ Source: #S00006 Page: Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Union, Lawrence, Arkansas; Roll: ; Page: 292; Image: 292. Data: Text: Record for George Wills

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Gregory Crouch for creating WikiTree profile Wells-4679 through the import of Crouch-Wells History_2013-06-23.ged on Jun 23, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Gregory and others.






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