John
Alfred
Wells
Born in Mississippi, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary J. (Fulks) Wells
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Harriet Catherine (O'Neil) Wells
— married
2 Feb 1881 in Benton, Atascosa, Texas, United States [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
William Sidney Wells, Andrew J. Wells, George A. Wells, Infant Wells, Edward Minton Wells, Walter Gray Wells, Rushia (Wells) Bush and Ruby Eula (Wells) Gray
Died
at age 83
in Lytle, Atascosa, Texas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Aug 2018
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Biography
John was born in 1836. He passed away in 1920.
Sources
United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFV-MX8 : 15 July 2017), John A Wells, Precinct 2, Atascosa, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 4, sheet 312A, NARA microfilm publication T9
United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3LV-T2Q : accessed 4 August 2018), John F Wells, Justice Precincts 2, 5, Atascosa, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 6B, family 128, NARA microfilm publication T623
United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2MR-2YN : accessed 4 August 2018), J A Wells, Justice Precinct 2, Atascosa, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 3B, family 54, NARA microfilm publication T624
United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCMP-G98 : accessed 4 August 2018), John A Wells, Lytle, Atascosa, Texas, United States; citing ED 3, sheet 3B, line 89, family 64, NARA microfilm publication T625
A veterans of the Civil War, he fought for the South at the Battle of Vicksburg and was captured as a prisoner of war.
John & Mary (Fulks) Wells migrated from West Monroe, Louisiana to Texas, along with many other families that were migrating after the Civil War. They settled in Benton City (Atascosa County), Texas in 1876.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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 John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John 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 John:
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Rejected matches › John Redmon Wells (1838-1918) › John Walls (bef.1838-1920) › John Albert Wills (abt.1835-1919) › John Wells (abt.1835-) › John Walsh (abt.1838-) › John H Walsh (1838-1919)
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