John
Monroe
Wells
Born in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Miles Elliot Wells, William Wesley Wells, Nancy Parthenia (Wells) Bartlett, Lydia Amanda (Wells) Bartlett, Henry Harrison Wells, Joseph Watson Wells and Wilson McAlister Wells
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 19
in Camp Morton, Indiana, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Jun 2016
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Biography
John Wells served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: June 9 1861
Mustered out: Aug 22 1862
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 23rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment
Enlisted: June 9 1861
Mustered out: Aug 22 1862
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 23rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment
John Wells was a POW during the United States Civil War.
Enlisted with brother, Pvt. Miles Elliot Wells and father Colonel J.M. Wells in June 1861 at Blackland, MS then mustered Company F Corinth MS.
- Feb 1862 - Captured Ft Donelson TN held at Camp Morton
- Aug 1862 - Died at Camp Morton, cause of death, fever.
Burial
- Crown Hill Cemetery
- Indianapolis
- Marion County
- Indiana, USA
- Plot: Confederate Burial Sec. 32, Plot 285[1]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #14736818
- FamilySearch~Census Records
Fold3~Confederate Service Records
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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 John 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:
- Rob Wells
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 12 markers, haplogroup E-Z17264, FTDNA kit #B293836 +
Y-Chromosome Test, haplogroup E-BY4281 - Steve Wells :
Y-Chromosome Test 44 markers, haplogroup I1a, MitoYDNA ID S10082 [compare]
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~1.56%
Christopher Salyer :
23andMe, GEDmatch M819991 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M819991 [compare], Ancestry member csalyer37
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