James Edwin WELLS 1866–1939 – Beyond Our Elusive William Daniel

James Edwin WELLS, 1866–1939 (aged 72 years)

Name

James Edwin WELLS

Name: James Edwin /WELLS/
Given names: James Edwin
Surname: WELLS
Name suffix: Sr.

Gender Male

Events of close relatives
Birth	August 8, 1866 Mississippi, USA Latitude: 34.762248 Longitude: -89.503072 Source: Strother, Peggy, e-mail Citation details: 22 Jul 1999 Quality of data: primary evidence Source: Shiloh Cem., Limestone Co. Quality of data: primary evidence Text: 24 Feb 2002 Source: Wells, Robert E-mail. Citation details: 31 Mar 2003, 11:59 AM Quality of data: primary evidence Text: I know James Polk Sawyer was born Feb 14, 1846, came from Ms. and his first child was born in Corpus Christi. Source: HeritageQuest Online Citation details: census, 1880, 6-PCT, Limestone, TX, Series: T9 Roll: 1317 Page: 426 Quality of data: secondary evidence Date: September 24, 2005
Marriage	Henrietta Eugenia SAWYER — View this family August 7, 1888 (aged 21 years) Source: Strother, Peggy, e-mail
Birth of a son	William Ernest WELLS about 1892
Birth of a son	John Melton WELLS about 1894 Source: Wells, Robert E-mail. Citation details: 30 Jan 2002, 8:18 AM Quality of data: primary evidence Text: 1910 Census information
Birth of a son	James Edwin WELLS July 12, 1897 Source: Shiloh Cemetery Records
Birth of a daughter	Annie Lee WELLS about 1903 Source: Wells, Robert E-mail. Citation details: 30 Jan 2002, 8:18 AM Quality of data: primary evidence Text: 1910 census information
Alt. Birth	Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA Latitude: 27.800278 Longitude: -97.396111
Death	March 13, 1939 (aged 72 years) Source: Strother, Peggy, e-mail Citation details: 22 Jul 1999 Quality of data: primary evidence Source: Shiloh Cem., Limestone Co. Quality of data: primary evidence Text: 24 Feb 2002
Burial	Shiloh Cemetery, Limestone County, Texas, USA Latitude: 31.61955 Longitude: -96.453836

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Alt. Birth: 1822 — Tennessee, USA Alt. Birth: October 5, 1824 Birth: October 5, 1825 — Tennessee, USA Marriage: January 10, 1847 — Mississippi (?), USA Military: November 28, 1863 Occupation: 1880 — Limestone County, Texas, USA Death: September 9, 1886 Burial: Prairie Grove Cemetery, Limestone County, Texas, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah E. KERLEY Mary Ellen WELLS Mattie Willard WELLS William Harrison WELLS Susan Elizabeth WELLS John Clayton WELLS Thomas J. WELLS Catherine WELLS Virginia Malesia WELLS Benjamin Franklin WELLS Philip WELLS James Edwin WELLS Thomas Westmoreland WELLS 1825–1886 Birth: October 5, 1825 — Tennessee, USA Death: September 9, 1886
mother	Links Birth: October 18, 1824 — South Carolina or Mississippi, USA Alt. Birth: October 18, 1826 Marriage: January 10, 1847 — Mississippi (?), USA Death: April 16, 1906 Burial: Prairie Grove Cemetery, Limestone County, Texas, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Thomas Westmoreland WELLS Mary Ellen WELLS Mattie Willard WELLS William Harrison WELLS Susan Elizabeth WELLS John Clayton WELLS Thomas J. WELLS Catherine WELLS Virginia Malesia WELLS Benjamin Franklin WELLS Philip WELLS James Edwin WELLS Sarah E. KERLEY 1824–1906 Birth: October 18, 1824 — South Carolina or Mississippi, USA Death: April 16, 1906
Marriage	Marriage — January 10, 1847 — Mississippi (?), USA
10 months elder sister	Links Birth: October 24, 1847 — Mississippi, USA Marriage: March 1872 — Limestone County, Texas, USA Death: May 25, 1931 — Limestone County, Texas, USA Burial: Mexia Cemetery, Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Leonard L. DANIEL Mattie DANIEL Ruth DANIEL Ellen DANIEL Mae DANIEL Mary Ellen WELLS 1847–1931 Birth: October 24, 1847 — Mississippi, USA Death: May 25, 1931 — Limestone County, Texas, USA
14 months elder sister	Links Birth: December 31, 1848 Marriage: November 4, 1875 Death: June 19, 1928 — Rt. #4, Teague, Freestone, Texas, USA Burial: Cotton Gin Cemetery, between Teague and Mexia, Freestone, Texas, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse George SHANKS David McKinney SHANKS Reuben Rufus SHANKS Julious Alva SHANKS Mattie Willard WELLS 1848–1928 Birth: December 31, 1848 Death: June 19, 1928 — Rt. #4, Teague, Freestone, Texas, USA
21 months elder brother	Links Birth: September 30, 1850 Death: 1926 Burial: Mexia Cemetery, Mexia, Limestone, Texas, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships William Harrison WELLS 1850–1926 Birth: September 30, 1850 Death: 1926
19 months elder sister	Links Alt. Birth: February 1852 — Mississippi, USA Birth: April 22, 1852 — Mississippi, USA Marriage: August 16, 1874 Alt. Marriage: August 17, 1874 Alt. Birth: Death: February 21, 1936 Alt. Death: February 22, 1936 Burial: February 22, 1936 — Fairview Cemetery, La Junta, Otero, Colorado, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Henry Wiley AVARA William Cullen AVARA Sarah Ellen AVARA Susan AVARA Charley Duncan AVARA Zeph Angian AVARA Susan Elizabeth WELLS 1852–1936 Birth: April 22, 1852 — Mississippi, USA Death: February 21, 1936
23 months elder brother	Links Birth: March 17, 1854 Alt. Birth: March 17, 1855 — Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA Marriage: December 24, 1889 Alt. Death: October 1, 1941 Death: January 1, 1942 Burial: Sudan Cemetery, Lamb County, Texas, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Annie Elizabeth SAWYER Annie Belle WELLS Edna Earl WELLS Vera Ethel WELLS Elsie Gertrude WELLS James Clayton WELLS Minnie Ruth WELLS Eunice Aileen WELLS Winfred Wilson WELLS John Clayton WELLS 1854–1942 Birth: March 17, 1854 Death: January 1, 1942
3 years elder brother	Links Birth: December 20, 1856 — Mississippi, USA Death: November 13, 1910 Burial: Prairie Grove Cemetery, Limestone County, Texas, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Thomas J. WELLS 1856–1910 Birth: December 20, 1856 — Mississippi, USA Death: November 13, 1910
22 months elder sister	Links Birth: October 10, 1858 Marriage: Death: October 25, 1885 Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse E. B. FIELD Catherine WELLS 1858–1885 Birth: October 10, 1858 Death: October 25, 1885
2 years elder sister	Links Birth: October 8, 1860 Death: December 12, 1860 Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Virginia Malesia WELLS 1860–1860 Birth: October 8, 1860 Death: December 12, 1860
20 months elder brother	Links Alt. Birth: May 31, 1851 Birth: May 30, 1862 Marriage: before 1885 Marriage: between 1892 and 1893 Marriage: about 1902 Death: December 28, 1913 — Limestone County, Texas, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse … (UNKNOWN) Alva WELLS Lee WELLS Benjamin F. WELLS Family with spouse Mary (UNKNOWN) Lillie Belle WELLS Alice WELLS Family with spouse Priscilla (UNKNOWN) James WELLS Irene WELLS Jasper WELLS Leonard WELLS Benjamin Franklin WELLS 1862–1913 Birth: May 30, 1862 Death: December 28, 1913 — Limestone County, Texas, USA
2 years elder sister	Links Birth: August 15, 1864 — Mississippi, USA Death: December 29, 1905 Burial: Prairie Grove Cemetery, Limestone County, Texas, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Philip WELLS 1864–1905 Birth: August 15, 1864 — Mississippi, USA Death: December 29, 1905
2 years himself	Links Birth: August 8, 1866 — Mississippi, USA Marriage: August 7, 1888 Alt. Birth: Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA Death: March 13, 1939 Burial: Shiloh Cemetery, Limestone County, Texas, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Henrietta Eugenia SAWYER Carrie Belle WELLS William Ernest WELLS John Melton WELLS James Edwin WELLS Annie Lee WELLS Pauline WELLS James Edwin WELLS 1866–1939 Birth: August 8, 1866 — Mississippi, USA Death: March 13, 1939

Family with Henrietta Eugenia SAWYER
himself	Links Birth: August 8, 1866 — Mississippi, USA Marriage: August 7, 1888 Alt. Birth: Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA Death: March 13, 1939 Burial: Shiloh Cemetery, Limestone County, Texas, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Henrietta Eugenia SAWYER Carrie Belle WELLS William Ernest WELLS John Melton WELLS James Edwin WELLS Annie Lee WELLS Pauline WELLS James Edwin WELLS 1866–1939 Birth: August 8, 1866 — Mississippi, USA Death: March 13, 1939
wife	Links Birth: June 3, 1870 — Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA Marriage: August 7, 1888 Death: June 30, 1934 Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Edwin WELLS Carrie Belle WELLS William Ernest WELLS John Melton WELLS James Edwin WELLS Annie Lee WELLS Pauline WELLS Henrietta Eugenia SAWYER 1870–1934 Birth: June 3, 1870 — Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA Death: June 30, 1934
Marriage	Marriage — August 7, 1888 —
daughter	Links Marriage: Death: Burial: Prairie Grove Cemetery, Limestone County, Texas, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Samuel HERRING Carrie Belle WELLS …–… Death:
son	Links Birth: about 1892 Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships William Ernest WELLS 1892–… Birth: about 1892 Death:
3 years son	Links Birth: about 1894 Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships John Melton WELLS 1894–… Birth: about 1894 Death:
4 years son	Links Birth: July 12, 1897 Death: January 18, 1975 Burial: Shiloh Cemetery, Limestone County, Texas, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships James Edwin WELLS 1897–1975 Birth: July 12, 1897 Death: January 18, 1975
7 years daughter	Links Birth: about 1903 Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Annie Lee WELLS 1903–… Birth: about 1903 Death:
daughter	Links Links Ancestors Compact tree Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse V. C. (UNKNOWN) Pauline WELLS …–

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Birth	Source: Strother, Peggy, e-mail Citation details: 22 Jul 1999 Quality of data: primary evidence Source: Shiloh Cem., Limestone Co. Quality of data: primary evidence Text: 24 Feb 2002 Source: Wells, Robert E-mail. Citation details: 31 Mar 2003, 11:59 AM Quality of data: primary evidence Text: I know James Polk Sawyer was born Feb 14, 1846, came from Ms. and his first child was born in Corpus Christi. Source: HeritageQuest Online Citation details: census, 1880, 6-PCT, Limestone, TX, Series: T9 Roll: 1317 Page: 426 Quality of data: secondary evidence Date: September 24, 2005
Marriage	Source: Strother, Peggy, e-mail
Death	Source: Strother, Peggy, e-mail Citation details: 22 Jul 1999 Quality of data: primary evidence Source: Shiloh Cem., Limestone Co. Quality of data: primary evidence Text: 24 Feb 2002

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Shared note	Peggy Strother spent the day with his daughter and got much of her information from her. Robert Wells provided the day of the month of his birth. In the 1910 census he is listed in Shiloh, Limestone Co., TX, family #6 Wells, James 43, mar, 21 yr., MS, TN, MS " Hattie 40, Mar, 21 yr, TX, MS, TX " Ernest 18 (Wm. Ernest) b/TX " Johnnie 16 b/TX " Edwin 12 b/ TX " Annie Lee 7 b/ TX (Robert Wells e-mail, 30 Jan 2002, 8:18)

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Shared note

Peggy Strother spent the day with his daughter and got much of her information from her. Robert Wells provided the day of the month of his birth.
In the 1910 census he is listed in Shiloh, Limestone Co., TX, family #6
Wells, James 43, mar, 21 yr., MS, TN, MS
" Hattie 40, Mar, 21 yr, TX, MS, TX
" Ernest 18 (Wm. Ernest) b/TX
" Johnnie 16 b/TX
" Edwin 12 b/ TX
" Annie Lee 7 b/ TX
(Robert Wells e-mail, 30 Jan 2002, 8:18)

Extra information

Unique identifier

96677257641A44F29205E2580CE66D883203

Last change

September 24, 2005 – 18:20

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Family with parents
father	Thomas Westmoreland WELLS 1825–1886
mother Parents Arthur KERLEY Sarah BARRETT	Sarah E. KERLEY 1824–1906
elder sister Family Leonard L. DANIEL Mattie DANIEL Ruth DANIEL Ellen DANIEL Mae DANIEL	Mary Ellen WELLS 1847–1931
elder sister Family George SHANKS David McKinney SHANKS Reuben Rufus SHANKS Julious Alva SHANKS	Mattie Willard WELLS 1848–1928
elder brother	William Harrison WELLS 1850–1926
elder sister Family Henry Wiley AVARA William Cullen AVARA Sarah Ellen AVARA Susan AVARA Charley Duncan AVARA Zeph Angian AVARA	Susan Elizabeth WELLS 1852–1936
elder brother Family Annie Elizabeth SAWYER Annie Belle WELLS Edna Earl WELLS Vera Ethel WELLS Elsie Gertrude WELLS James Clayton WELLS Minnie Ruth WELLS Eunice Aileen WELLS Winfred Wilson WELLS	John Clayton WELLS 1854–1942
elder brother	Thomas J. WELLS 1856–1910
elder sister Family E. B. FIELD	Catherine WELLS 1858–1885
elder sister	Virginia Malesia WELLS 1860–1860
elder brother Family … (UNKNOWN) Alva WELLS Lee WELLS Benjamin F. WELLS Family Mary (UNKNOWN) Lillie Belle WELLS Alice WELLS Family Priscilla (UNKNOWN) James WELLS Irene WELLS Jasper WELLS Leonard WELLS	Benjamin Franklin WELLS 1862–1913
elder sister	Philip WELLS 1864–1905
himself	James Edwin WELLS 1866–1939

Family with Henrietta Eugenia SAWYER
himself	James Edwin WELLS 1866–1939
wife Parents James Polk SAWYER Julia KING	Henrietta Eugenia SAWYER 1870–1934
daughter Family John Samuel HERRING	Carrie Belle WELLS …–…
son	William Ernest WELLS 1892–…
son	John Melton WELLS 1894–…
son	James Edwin WELLS 1897–1975
daughter	Annie Lee WELLS 1903–…
daughter Family V. C. (UNKNOWN)	Pauline WELLS …–

Descendants

James Edwin WELLS(1866–1939)
- Henrietta Eugenia SAWYER1888