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Name: John Wells
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Place of Birth: Nelson KY
Year of Birth: 1826
Occupation: Farmer
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Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 9
Enlistment Date: February 9, 1865
Enlistment Place: Terre Haute
Enlistment State: IN
Document: View
Congressional District: 4th
Company: G
Regiment(s): 28th Regt USCI
Mustered Where: Terre Haute, Indiana
Mustered Out Date: November 8, 1865
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Died in war? No
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Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: May 2, 1881
Application No.: 422131 Certificate No.: 306667
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Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: Application No.: 368891
Certificate No.: 255595
No other family pension card found
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No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
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Wife #1 First Name: Eliza Maiden Name:
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Children: James Wells 1850
Nancy Wells 1851
Violet Wells 1852
Laura Wells 1855
Samuel Wells 1856
Anna 1858 Wells
Kate Wells 1860
Charles Wells 1863
Rush Wells 1865
Family Notes:
John Wells and his wife were the parents of at least 9 children born in Indiana.
Family Tree: View
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Farmer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 1250 1870 Personal Estate Value: 242
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
John Wells, his wife Eliza, and family were located in Sullivan County, Indiana census records from 1850 through 1880.
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Farmer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
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