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Leslie Jeanne Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 5 November 1958¹
• Burial*: 23 September 1963; Valley Memorial Park Cemetery, Coolidge, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 23 September 1963

Debra Kay Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 27 December 1957¹
• Burial*: 29 December 1957; Eloy Memorial Park, Eloy, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 29 December 1957

Joyce Ann Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 28 February 1941¹
• Burial*: 21 May 1971; Eloy Memorial Park, Eloy, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 21 May 1971

Carl Wayne Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 5 November 1969¹
• Burial*: 16 September 1980; Eloy Memorial Park, Eloy, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 16 September 1980

Charlie E Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 4 February 1901¹
• Burial*: 13 February 1990; Eloy Memorial Park, Eloy, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 13 February 1990

Whittley Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 25 February 1903¹
• Burial*: 30 July 1971; Eloy Memorial Park, Eloy, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 30 July 1971

Adela Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 1908¹
• Burial*: 1992; City of Nogales Cemetery, Nogales, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 1992

Lula E Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 2 December 1911¹
• Burial*: 22 August 1998; Ash Fork Cemetery, Ash Fork, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 22 August 1998

W Bert Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 25 July 1908¹
• Burial*: 27 September 1992; Ash Fork Cemetery, Ash Fork, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 27 September 1992

Lura E Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 12 January 1894¹
• Burial*: 10 September 1979; Clear Creek Cemetery, Camp Verde, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 10 September 1979

Francis E Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 25 March 1916¹
• Burial*: 3 May 1995; Clear Creek Cemetery, Camp Verde, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 3 May 1995

W Elmer Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 1 December 1889¹
• Burial*: 26 March 1979; Clear Creek Cemetery, Camp Verde, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 26 March 1979

Pearl Catherine Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 7 March 1914¹
• Burial*: 12 October 1987; Middle Verde Cemetery, Camp Verde, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 12 October 1987

Florence V Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 13 September 1898¹
• Burial*: 17 April 1981; Valley View Cemetery, Clarkdale, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 17 April 1981

John Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 21 May 1897¹
• Burial*: 14 April 1990; Valley View Cemetery, Clarkdale, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 14 April 1990

Donald Ray Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 2 October 1933¹
• Burial*: 18 February 1989; Cottonwood Cemetery, Cottonwood, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 18 February 1989

Sarah Elizabeth Johnson Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 1 August 1854¹
• Burial*: 6 September 1927; Arizona Pioneers Home Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 6 September 1927

Fred F Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 26 November 1919¹
• Burial*: 15 January 2006; Arizona Pioneers Home Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 15 January 2006

Lance Anthony Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 28 October 1961¹
• Burial*: 25 June 2015; Arizona Pioneers Home Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 25 June 2015

Lee Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 7 May 1941¹
• Burial*: 12 August 2012; Arizona Pioneers Home Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 12 August 2012

Leona Mae Fanning Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 28 September 1927¹
• Burial*: 10 November 1997; IOOF Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 10 November 1997

Edith Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 28 February 1876¹
• Burial*: 21 August 1877; Masonic Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 21 August 1877

Edmund William Wells

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 7 June 1815; prob., Ohio, USA
• (Groom) Marriage: 30 October 1840; Fairfield Co., Ohio, USA; Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993
  
  Report issue
  
  Name:      Edmund W. Wells
  Gender:      Male
  Marriage Date:      30 Oct 1840
  Marriage Place:      Fairfield, Ohio, USA
  Spouse:      Mary L. Swayze
  Film Number:      000295269; Bride=Mary Louise Arnold
• Burial*: 8 September 1879; Masonic Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 8 September 1879; Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

• (Head of Household) Census: 3 September 1850; Greenfield, Fairfield Co., Ohio, USA; 1850 United States Federal Census
  
  Name:      W E Wells
  Age:      35
  Birth Year:      abt 1815
  Birthplace:      O
  Home in 1850:      Greenfield, Fairfield, Ohio, USA
  Gender:      Male
  Family Number:      39
  Household Members:      
  Name      Age
  W E Wells      35
  Mary L Wells      28
  Geo A Wells      8
  Hellen E Wells      6
  W E Wells      4
  Mary L Wells      2
  Charles W Wells      1
  Amos swazey H Wells      11
• (Head of Household) Census: 1856; Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., Iowa, USA; Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925
  
  Name:      Edmund W Wells
  Age:      40
  Birth Year:      abt 1816
  Birth Place:      Ohio
  Residence Date:      1856
  Residence Place:      Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, USA
  Gender:      Male
  Marital status:      Married
  Neighbors:      
  Household Members:      
  Name      Age
  Edmund W Wells      40
  Mary L Wells      35
  Amos H Wells      17
  George A Wells      14
  Ellen E Wells      12
  Edmund W Wells      9
  Mary S Wells      7
  Charles W Wells      6
  Coceola O Wells      3; Witness=Helen Ellen Wells, Witness=Edmund William Wells, Witness=Mary L Wells, Witness=Charles W Wells, Witness=Mary Louise Arnold, Witness=George A Wells, Witness=Dr. Osecola Oscar Wells MD
• (Head of Household) Census: 1860; Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., Iowa, USA; 1860 United States Federal Census
  
  Name:      E W Wells
  Age:      46
  Birth Year:      abt 1814
  Gender:      Male
  Birth Place:      Ohio
  Home in 1860:      Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa
  Post Office:      Oskaloosa
  Dwelling Number:      654
  Family Number:      679
  Occupation:      Tradesman
  Real Estate Value:      5000
  Personal Estate Value:      2000
  Household Members:      
  Name      Age
  E W Wells      46
  Mary L Wells      32
  George Wells      18
  Ellen Wells      16
  Edmund Wells      15
  Mary Wells      13
  Charles Wells      11
  Osceola Wells      7
  Frank Wells      3
  Henry A Savazze      21; Witness=Mary Louise Arnold, Witness=George A Wells, Witness=Helen Ellen Wells, Witness=Edmund William Wells, Witness=Mary L Wells, Witness=Charles W Wells, Witness=Frank Des Moines Wells, Witness=Dr. Osecola Oscar Wells MD
• Relocated: 1863; Pike's Peak, Colorado, USA; after his wife's death, heand son, Edmund William, traveled to Pike's Peak Country to prospect for gold. Failing to find riches, the they moved south and arrived in Prescott, Arizona Territory on July 6, 1864
• Relocated: 6 July 1864; Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA; after his wife's death, heand son, Edmund William, traveled to Pike's Peak Country to prospect for gold. Failing to find riches, the they moved south and arrived in Prescott, Arizona Territory on July 6, 1864

Lena Sanders Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 25 May 1878¹
• Burial*: 23 June 1962; Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 23 June 1962

Mary Elizabeth Hill Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 9 September 1866¹
• Burial*: 29 November 1957; Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 29 November 1957

Oran Alanson Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 11 February 1878¹
• Burial*: 16 July 1929; Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 16 July 1929

Charles Gandler Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 22 July 1879¹
• Burial*: 8 February 1913; Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 8 February 1913

Edmund William Wells¹

• Father*: Edmund William Wells b. 7 Jun 1815, d. 8 Sep 1879
• Mother*: Mary Louise Arnold b. c 1825, d. 1863

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 14 February 1846; Fairfield Co., Ohio, USA
• (Groom) Marriage: 1870; Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA; Bride=Rosalind Banghart
• Burial: 4 July 1938; Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Burial*: 4 July 1938; Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 4 July 1938; San Diego, San Diego Co., California, USA; Edmund William Wells-He was an American jurist, businessman, and politician. Known as "Arizona's first millionaire", he was considered the richest man in Arizona during his attempt to be elected Governor. He served as Attorney General for Arizona Territory before being appointed as a judge. He also served as a member of Arizona's constitutional convention. Wells was born to Edmund William and May Louise (Arnold) Wells on February 14, 1846 near Lancaster, Ohio. In 1852, his family moved to Oskaloosa, Iowa where he attended public schools. Following his mother's death when he was sixteen, Wells and his father traveled to Pike's Peak Country to prospect for gold. Failing to find riches, the pair moved south and arrived in Prescott, Arizona Territory on July 6, 1864. The senior Wells was appointed alcalde by Governor John N. Goodwin while the younger Wells worked a series of clerk positions. The list of clerking positions included work for the 1st and 2nd territorial legislatures, the U.S. Army, Chief Justice William F. Turner, and the county board of supervisors. In 1870, Wells was elected county recorder and he also served as United States commissioner from 1871 to 1875. Wells married Rosiland Gertrude Banghart on October 5, 1869. The couple had six children, one who died in childhood. As a result of the marriage, Wells became the brother-in-law to newspaperman John H. Marion and to Governor Oakes Murphy. The Wells were founding members of Prescott's First Church of Christ, Science. Wells was admitted to the bar in 1873, having studied the law under Justice Turner. This was followed in 1875 with his election as Yavapai county attorney. The year also saw Wells form a law partnership with John A. Rush. The law practice operated until 1887 when Wells developed eye problems forcing him to get rest. As a result of the eye problems, he dissolved his law practice with Rush and effectively stopped practicing law. In addition to his legal practice, Wells developed interests in cattle ranching, mining, and real estate. In 1882 he purchased a portion of the Bank of Arizona, a firm he served as vice president of from 1883 till 1911 and as president from 1911 till 1928. The growth of these business interests were such that Wells was occasionally called "Arizona's first millionaire" and by the time the territory gained statehood he was believed to be the richest man in Arizona. In 1879, Wells was elected as a member of the Council (upper house) in the 10th Arizona Territorial Legislature. He earned a second term on the Council in 1883 when he was elected to the 12th Arizona Territorial Legislature.[1] During the administration of President Chester A. Arthur, Wells was appointed an Assistant United States Attorney. In 1887, he served on commission that helped revise territorial statutes. Wells began his service as an Associate Justice to the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court on March 6, 1891. He was appointed to the newly created 4th district by President Benjamin Harrison and his nomination was supported by U.S. Senator William B. Allison of Iowa, Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen J. Field, Arizona Territorial Governors Richard C. McCormick, Anson P. K. Safford, and Lewis Wolfley, Arizona Territorial Justices Charles G. W. French and William W. Porter, Arizona Territorial Secretary John J. Gosper, and Oakes Murphy. His district covered Apache, Coconino, Mohave, and Yavapai counties. During his service as a judge, Wells ruled on about a dozen cases that were recording in Arizona Reports. Among his rulings was the finding in Yavapai County v. O'Neill, 3 Arizona 363, (1892), that Sheriff Buckey O'Neill did not have to make an arrest to receive mileage expenses but merely had to make a good faith effort to effect one. In Reilly v. Atchison, 4 Arizona 72, (1892), the judge upheld an appellate court ruling stating that an attorney's claim that an error was located between page 13 through 18 of a transcript was not specific enough to show that said error existed. Wells submitted his resignation on March 6, 1893 claiming "business matters require my attention" and asking for a replacement to be quickly appointed. Following his time on the bench Wells was appointed Attorney General of Arizona Territory by Governor Brodie, a position he held from August 2, 1902 to November 14, 1904. In 1910, he was chosen to represent Yavapai county in Arizona's constitutional convention. At the beginning of the convention, Wells was nominated by fellow republicans to be President of the convention but failed to gain the position. He instead worked on the Committee on Style, Revision, and Compilation assisting the committee chairman, Michael Cunniff, with final wording of the constitution. Despite having worked on it extensively, at the end of the convention Wells refused to sign due to what he viewed as radical features in the final document. When elections were called, Wells received the Republican nomination to be Arizona's first state Governor. He was then defeated on December 12, 1911 by George W. P. Hunt with a 11,123 to 9,166 vote differential. From 1918 to 1925, Wells served as a regent for the University of Arizona. After retiring from his position at the Bank of Arizona, Wells wrote Argonaut Tales, a book about his early experiences, and donated the book royalties to the Prescott chapter of the Boy Scouts. His wife died on May 14, 1922 and he lived with one of his children in Phoenix before moving to San Diego, California to live with another of his children. Wells died in San Diego on July 4, 1938 and was entombed in his family mausoleum at Mountain View Cemetery in Prescott.

• Name Variation: Judge Edmund William Wells Jr.
• (Witness) Census: 1856; Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., Iowa, USA; Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925
  
  Name:      Edmund W Wells
  Age:      40
  Birth Year:      abt 1816
  Birth Place:      Ohio
  Residence Date:      1856
  Residence Place:      Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, USA
  Gender:      Male
  Marital status:      Married
  Neighbors:      
  Household Members:      
  Name      Age
  Edmund W Wells      40
  Mary L Wells      35
  Amos H Wells      17
  George A Wells      14
  Ellen E Wells      12
  Edmund W Wells      9
  Mary S Wells      7
  Charles W Wells      6
  Coceola O Wells      3; Head of Household=Edmund William Wells
• (Witness) Census: 1860; Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., Iowa, USA; 1860 United States Federal Census
  
  Name:      E W Wells
  Age:      46
  Birth Year:      abt 1814
  Gender:      Male
  Birth Place:      Ohio
  Home in 1860:      Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa
  Post Office:      Oskaloosa
  Dwelling Number:      654
  Family Number:      679
  Occupation:      Tradesman
  Real Estate Value:      5000
  Personal Estate Value:      2000
  Household Members:      
  Name      Age
  E W Wells      46
  Mary L Wells      32
  George Wells      18
  Ellen Wells      16
  Edmund Wells      15
  Mary Wells      13
  Charles Wells      11
  Osceola Wells      7
  Frank Wells      3
  Henry A Savazze      21; Head of Household=Edmund William Wells

Jerry Lee Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 23 September 1938¹
• Burial*: 7 September 1993; Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 7 September 1993

John Roberts Wells

• Father*: Rev. Randolph Dulancy Wells b. 17 Jun 1823, d. 10 Jan 1860
• Mother*: Sarah M Roberts b. 14 Feb 1827, d. 16 Aug 1855

• Reference: W013 ID999

• Birth*: 24 July 1855; Rodgersville, Hawkins Co., Tennessee, USA
• (Groom) Marriage: 26 June 1883; Prescott, Yavapai Co., Nevada, USA; Parents were George W. Hill & Mary Innis Hill per AZ Death Certificate
  
  Arizona, Select Marriages, 1888-1908
  
  Name:      John R. Wells
  Gender:      Male
  Marriage Date:      26 Jun 1883
  Marriage Place:      Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona
  Spouse:      Mary E. Hill
  FHL Film Number:      2021724
  Reference ID:      item 5 p 155; Bride=Mary Elizabeth Hill
• Burial*: 23 October 1928; Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
• Death*: 23 October 1928; Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA; Arizona Death Certificate
  
  Parents were Randolph D. Wells & Sarah M. Roberts Wells per AZ Death Certificate.
  ~~~~~~~
  Newspaper Unknown
  October 24, 1928
  
  PIONEER OF MAYER DIED BY ACCIDENT CORONERS VERDICT
  
  MAYER, Ariz., Oct., 23 - John Robert Wells, pioneer resident of Mayer, died here today as a result of shotgun wounds said to be inflicted by himself. A coroner's report said the death was of an accidental nature.
  
  Wells was 73 years old and lived in Mayer for the past 50 years. He came here from Nashville, Tenn. For the past 15 years he had been an invalid.
  
  He leaves a widow and three daughters, all of Arizona including Mrs. A. W. Marshall of Prescott. He leaves two sons, Fr. George Wells of Taft, Calif., and R. M. Wells of Salt Lake City.
  
  [Courtesy of Judy Wight Branson]

• (Head of Household) Census: 1900; Big Bug, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA; 1900 United States Federal Census
  
  Name:      John R Wells
  Age:      44
  Birth Date:      Jul 1855
  Birthplace:      Tennessee
  Home in 1900:      Big Bug, Yavapai, Arizona Territory
  Sheet Number:      6
  Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation:      146
  Family Number:      146
  Race:      White
  Gender:      Male
  Relation to Head of House:      Head
  Marital status:      Married
  Spouse's name:      Mary E Wells
  Marriage Year:      1883
  Father's Birthplace:      Tennessee
  Mother's Birthplace:      North Carolina
  Occupation:      Stock Raiser
  Can Read:      Yes
  Can Write:      Yes
  Can Speak English:      Yes
  House Owned or Rented:      O
  Home Free or Mortgaged:      F
  Farm or House:      F
  Neighbors:      
  Household Members:      
  Name      Age
  John R Wells      44
  Mary E Wells      33
  Laura Wells      15
  Mary Wells      13
  Robert Wells      11
  Hattie Wells      6; Witness=Mary Elizabeth Hill, Witness=Robert Mallory Wells
• (Head of Household) Census: 1910; Big Bug, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA; 1910 United States Federal Census
  
  Name:      John R Wells
  Age in 1910:      56
  Birth Year:      abt 1854
  Birthplace:      Tennessee
  Home in 1910:      Township 12, Yavapai, Arizona
  Race:      White
  Gender:      Male
  Relation to Head of House:      Head
  Marital status:      Married
  Spouse's name:      Mary E Wells
  Father's Birthplace:      Tennessee
  Mother's Birthplace:      North Carolina
  Native Tongue:      English
  Occupation:      Farmer
  Industry:      General Farm
  Employer, Employee or Other:      Employer
  Home Owned or Rented:      Own
  Home Free or Mortgaged:      Free
  Farm or House:      Farm
  Able to Read:      Yes
  Able to Write:      Yes
  Years Married:      23
  Neighbors:      
  Household Members:      
  Name      Age
  John R Wells      56
  Mary E Wells      44
  Hatty I Wells      16
  George R Wells      10; Witness=Mary Elizabeth Hill, Witness=George Richard Wells