James
B
"Blind Jim"
Wells
Born in Lee, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Zachariah Wells
and Abigail Elizabeth (Osborne) Wells
Brother of
Joshua Wells, Thomas Wells, William Wells [half], Rebecca Wells, Margaret (Wells) Creech, Zachariah T Wells II, Robert Wells, Elizabeth (Wells) Johnson, Jemima (Wells) Sturgill, Nancy Abigail (Wells) Boggs, Abigail Wells, Jacob Wells, Polly Wells, John P. Wells, Marshall Wells, Orra Taylor Wells, Jeremiah Wells, Joseph Wells and Sarah Wells
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Oct 2011
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Biography
- 1850 US Census Lee county, Lee, Virginia, United States[1]
- James Wells M 50 Virginia blind
- Ann Wells F 49 Virginia
- Francis Wells M 17 Virginia
- Rebecca Wells F 15 Virginia
- Samuel Wells M 10 Virginia blind
- Celia Wells F 20 Virginia
- 1860: US Census Wise, Virginia, United States[2]
- Thomas Wells M 60 Virginia
- Mahala Wells F 53 Virginia
- Elizabeth Wells F 21 Virginia
- Mahala Wells F 18 Virginia
- Margaret Wells F 15 Virginia
- Jemima Wells F 12 Virginia
- James B Wells M 58 Virginia - Blind
- Rebecca Wells F 22 Virginia
- Samuel Wells M 20 Virginia - blind
- 1870 US Census: Richmond, Wise, Virginia. PO. Big Stone Gap[3]
- James B Wells 68 born blind
- Samuel Wells 31 born blind
- US Census 1880 Wyoming, Bath, Kentucky, United States. Sheet Letter A, Sheet Number 258, Person Number 7[4]
- Mahal Wells Self M 57 Virginia, United States
- Lavina Wells Wife F 56 Virginia, United States
- Franklin A Wells Son M 23 Virginia, United States
- Zakariah Wells Son M 19 Virginia, United States
- Sarah Wells Daughter F 17 Virginia, United States
- Malissa Wells Daughter F 14 Virginia, United States
- Rachel Wells Daughter F 12 Kentucky, United States
- James B Wells Brother M 84 Virginia, United States, father b. Virgina, mother b. North Carolina
Wife
Anna Wells, wife of James B. Wells, died 20 Dec 1857, in Wise, Virginia, Age 54, b. 1803 in Grayson Co., Va. She was daughter of Darrel Jones and Celia Jones [5]
Sources
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch [2] : accessed 13 October 2015, James B Wells, Virginia, United States; citing p. 8, family 50, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.; FHL microfilm 553,181.
- WikiTree profile Wells-2223 created through the import of DerrekPrestonWayneSteeleFamily.ged on Oct 14, 2011 by Preston Steele. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Preston and others.
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- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DC-6L5 : 9 November 2014), James Wells, Lee county, Lee, Virginia, United States; citing family 361, 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:MHM7-ZD9 : 30 December 2015), James B Wells in entry for Thomas Wells, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch [1] : accessed 13 October 2015, James B Wells, Virginia, United States; citing p. 8, family 50, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.; FHL microfilm 553,181.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCM-8TG : 11 August 2016), James B Wells in household of Mahal Wells, Wyoming, Bath, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 2, sheet 258A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0402; FHL microfilm 1,254,402.
- ↑ "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR3N-CLC : 12 December 2014), James B. Wells in entry for Anna Wells, 20 Dec 1857; citing Wise, Virginia, reference p 2 cn 8; FHL microfilm 34,394.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Roger Wells
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, FTDNA kit #B12589 - Steven Wells :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-M223, FTDNA kit #B685690, MitoYDNA ID T18993 [compare]
-
~3.12%
~9.38%
Leslie Morrison :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T505892 [compare], FTDNA kit #318235
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Betty (Greenfield) Watts :
23andMe, GEDmatch M084306 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Everett Montgomery :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
~4.69%
Loretta Morrison :
AncestryDNA
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch T806986 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Diane (Stone) Gullett :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A168044 [compare], Ancestry member KyHillbilly61
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B337972
-
~1.56%
Mark Bates :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
-
~1.56%
Gerald Flannery :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RZ2358390 [compare], Ancestry member UnkGeraldFlannery
-
~1.56%
Paula (Blakeman) Rayner :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Lonleerose
-
~0.78%
Manuel Montgomery :
23andMe, GEDmatch M488298 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A692704 [compare], Ancestry member MLM1947
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B604680
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
Rick Watts :
23andMe, GEDmatch M092132 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M092132 [compare], FTDNA kit #470299
-
~0.78%
Creed Huff :
23andMe, GEDmatch M113426 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A062455 [compare]
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Tracy Evans :
23andMe, GEDmatch M521594 [compare]
-
~0.78%
April (Scaggs) Voit :
23andMe, GEDmatch M897966 [compare]
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Bonnie (Smith) Williamson :
23andMe, GEDmatch M130854 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Jim Graham :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
Raymond Stokely :
23andMe, GEDmatch A845658 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A845658 [compare], Ancestry member mhhogger
-
~0.78%
Libbie (Holcomb) Kerr :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Robert Montgomery :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Joe Davis :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member joe9725
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.78%
Mel (Smith) Ragle :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a026521 [compare], Ancestry member melragle
-
~0.78%
Victor Lee :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A182747 [compare], Ancestry member VicLeeGeno
-
~0.78%
Charles Lee :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YW8594048 [compare], yourDNAportal CHA3b300a50, Ancestry member Charles_B_Lee_Jr
-
~0.78%
Carolyn (Flaugher) Mills :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
Jason Williamson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Jwilliamson3232
-
~0.78%
Janet (Henson) Adams :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal JAN2ee10d3f, Ancestry member S_paw_1
-
~0.78%
Carla Perkins :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch Z199877 [compare], FTDNA kit #630312
-
~0.39%
Bernita Fields :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Lizzie46239
-
~0.39%
Joshua Parsons :
AncestryDNA
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Anne B
Anne B
I've added other Census etc., following that he was the blind James B who lived in Wise, but I think he might be a younger generation. After all Zachariah would have been 60 when he had him. I was hoping I would find a death record.
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by Anne B
Rejected matches › James Wells (1751-1814) › James Wells (abt.1808-) › James Wells (abt.1801-aft.1870) › James Wells (abt.1803-1864) › James Wells (1800-) › James Wells (1804-) › James Wells (1795-1859) › James Edward Wells (1808-1868) › James Hillary Wells (abt.1808-abt.1857) › James Wells (1808-) › James Wells (1807-) › James Wells (1792-1870) › James Osborne Wells (abt.1811-abt.1871) › James Wells (1793-1865) › James Wells (1794-1869) › James Ross Wells (1810-1846) › James B. Wells (1807-) › James Wells (abt.1808-abt.1860) › James Wells (abt.1806-abt.1871) › James Madison Wells (1808-1899)
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