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98. James WELLS IV (153) (248)(274) was born in 1778/79 in Maryland or Delaware.(153) (199)(248) Census Clark,Co., Indiana 1850 In Household 44/44:James age 72 b: MD and wife Lydia age 66 b: NC are shown in the household of James 28 b: IN and wife Martha 20 b: IN with children John 03 and Mary 5/12 (b: July 1850)
SCCJ " Susanah who married Joseph Clifford, had two half brothers. (father James Wells Mother Sara;h Keith ?) Francis Wells and James Wells
."SCCJ & AE "I do not have a date of birth for James Wells. He had two marriages; I do not know the name of his first wife. ???Sarah Keith ???
By his first wife he had the following children: Mary, Sarah, Francis and James.
I know little about Mary and Sarah except the names of their husbands.
Francis and James both moved to Indiana while it was still Indiana Territory. In the 1850 Clark Co., IN census Francis' state of birth was shown asConnecticut but in the 1860 Clark Co., IN census his state of birth was shown as Delaware. In the Clark Co., IN 1850 and 1860 censuses the state of birth shown for Francis' brother, James, was Maryland
It seems likely that all the children r James Wells and his unidentified wife
Sarah Keith ??were born in either Delaware or Maryland Hertiage " Francis Wells has a brother named James Wells who also moved to Clark Co In. His wife was Lydia Garner"
Censues Clark,Co., Indiana 1850 and 1860 " Francis and his wife,Hannah, and James and his wife Lydia were listed in Cenus in Silver Creek Twp."
Census Clark,Co., Indiana 1850 "Census Clark,Co., Indiana 1850 In Household 44/44:
James age 72 b:(1778) MD and wife Lydia age 66 b: NC are shown in the household
of James 28 b:(1822) IN (Child of former wife of James jr?) and wife Martha 20 b: IN with children John 03 and Mary 5/12 (b: July 1850)

He was married to Lydia GARNER on 14 Nov 1824 in Silver Creek Township, Clark Co., IN. (153)(248) Hertiage " Francis Wells has a brother named James Wells who also moved to Clark Co In His wife was Lydia Garner"
Census Clark,Co., Indiana 1850 In Household 44/44:James age 72 b: MD and wife Lydia age 66 b: NC are shown in the household of James 28 b: IN and wife Martha 20 b: IN with children John 03 and Mary 5/12 (b: July 1850) Lydia GARNER(153) was born in 1784 in North Carolina.(248) Census Clark,Co., Indiana 1850 In Household 44/44:James age 72 b: MD and wife Lydia age 66 b: NC are shown in the household of James 28 b: IN and wife Martha 20 b: IN with children John 03 and Mary 5/12 (b: July 1850) James WELLS IV and Lydia GARNER had the following children:

child+138 i. James WELLS.
child+139 ii. Garner WELLS.
child140 iii. Mildred J. WELLS was born on 24 Jan 1828 in Silver Creek Township, Clark Co., IN. She died on 22 Jun 1902 in Silver Creek Township, Clark Co., IN. She was buried in Francis Wells Cemetery.(279) Francis Weoll Cem WELLS Mildred J. (same stone as Garner Wells) b. 01/24/1828 d. 6/22/1902