Born about in Tate, Clermont, Ohio
Ancestors 
Daughter of Israel Jennings
and Mable Jennings
Sister of
Uriel (Jennings) Wells
Wife of
Anderson H Wells
— married
10 Feb 1831 in Marion, Indiana
Wife of
Nelson Oliver Wells I
— married
16 May 1841 in Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois
Descendants 
Mother of
Daniel Anderson Wells and Charles Nelson Wells
Died about
at about age 78
in Sherman, Grayson, Texas
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jun 2017
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Biography
Deborah was born about 1812 to Israel Jennings and Mabel Jennings. This part of the family tree gets a bit complicated. Deborah married Anderson H Wells. Her sister, Uriel, married Anderson's brother, Nelson Oliver Wells. When Uriel died, Nelson remarried to Jane Carrick in 1839. When Deborah's husband Anderson died in 1840, Nelson married her in 1841. (Whether Jane Carrick died or Nelson divorced her is unclear.)
Deborah and Anderson had a son Daniel. Deborah and Nelson had a son Charles. Those two half-brothers fought in the same Company in the Civil War.
Deborah lived in several states, including Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Texas. She outlived both husbands and passed away about 1890 at 78 years old.Timeline with Sources
- c 1812 - Birth - Tate, Clermont, Ohio
- 1830 United States Federal Census[1] - Franklin, Marion, Indiana - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
- 1831 Feb 10 - Marriage to Anderson (Andrew) H Wells - Marion, Indiana - Indiana, Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993[2] FHL Film Number 499367, Reference ID no 1 p 129 (Lists her father as Israel Jennings.)
- 1836 Aug 26 - Birth of Son Daniel Anderson Wells - Marion, Grant, Indiana
- c 1840 - Death of Husband Anderson H Wells - Schuyler County, Illinois
- 1841 May 16 - Marriage to Nelson Oliver Wells - Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois - Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920[3]
- 1844 Aug 22 - Birth of Son Charles Nelson Wells - Schuyler, Illinois
- 1850 United States Federal Census[4] - Finley, Greene, Missouri - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife (Children in Household: Arthur Wells 16, Daniel Wells 14, Charles Wells 6, Jane Anderson 9-don't know her relationship to family)
- c 1861 - Sons Daniel and Charles enlist in 1st Battalion Texas Sharpshooters, Co. D
- 1870 United States Federal Census[5] - Precinct 1, Grayson, Texas - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife (Son Charles and his wife and child are living with them.)
- 1881 - Death of Husband Nelson Oliver Wells - Sherman, Grayson, Texas
- c 1890 - Death - Sherman, Grayson, Texas - There is a City Directory (see photo at right) listing Deborah as widow of Nelson Wells, with Charles Wells, her son. In Charles' 1900 US Census, she is not living with him, so it can be assumed she died after 1881 and before 1900, though no death date is forthcoming.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Deborah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Deborah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Deborah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Deborah:
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~3.12%
Raymond Anderson
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #86095
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~1.56%
Sylvia (Sanders) Lacy :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sylvialacy
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~0.78%
David Graham :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Ron Fletcher :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Sheryl (Sanders) Bolton :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Private Van Dyke :
AncestryDNA
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