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Joseph Morrill Wells¹

• Father*: Thomas Foster Wells b. 22 Jul 1822, d. 14 Jan 1903
• Mother*: Sarah Morrill b. 1828, d. 1897

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 1 March 1853; Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 2 February 1890; Manhatten, New York Co., New York, USA; Architect, the "fourth partner" of McKim, Mead, and White in the Gilded Age. McKim hired Wells in 1879. He was a relative of the great Samuel Adams. Father was Thomas F. Wells, and his brother was MIT mathematics genius Webster (1850-1916).
  Webster Wells
  
  In Sept. 1879, MM&W started with Wells as Chief Designer. Until his premature death at 37, for over 11 years, he had a profound effect on American Architecture. The Villard Houses in NYC are of his design. He is given credit as the Premier designer of MM&W, and was best friends with the partners, Charles McKim (1847-1909), William Mead (1846-1928) and Stanford White (1853-1906), and with Thomas Hastings and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. He loved Music and architecture and helped arrange regular classical concerts.
  
  Most of the info on Wells comes from Mosette Broderick's 2010 excellent book, "Triumvirate: McKim, Mead & White". It tells the story of their world and times, and the buildings they built: houses for the rich like Astors and Vanderbilts, Trinity Church in Boston, Judson Memorial Baptist Church in NY, and the Boston Public Library.
  
  He helped mold the US into a love of Italian Renaissance, got an offer of partnership, just as he contacted pneumonia, and died shortly thereafter. His huge 1st-ever drawings by an American of Italian palaces exist at the Century Club.
  He worked after high school for Luce, then Peabody and Stearns, and Richard Morris Hunt, before starting at MM&W.
• Burial*: 2 February 1890; Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA

Leslie Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 28 October 1901¹
• Burial*: 2 March 1973; Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 2 March 1973

Merrill Rolf Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 28 September 1910¹
• Burial*: December 1962; Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: December 1962

Thomas Foster Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 1822¹
• Burial*: January 1903; Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA; Printer. He is related to Samuel Adams, and was a Boston printer of modest means. He instilled in his 2 boys a pride in heritage and inellectual attainment. Webster went to MIT. Joe went to McKim, Mead and White, and died prematurely at 37, in 1890. Thomas's tombstone has no death date, but we know he was interred in 1903.
  
  Info from Mosette Broderick's book:
  Triumvirate: McKim, Mead & White: Art, Architecture, Scandal, and Class in America's Gilded Age.
• Death*: January 1903

Deborah Eulalia Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 2 August 1950¹
• Burial*: 5 January 1951; Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 5 January 1951

Louise Madlane Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 29 April 1876¹
• Burial*: 24 July 1939; Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 24 July 1939

Richard T Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 25 February 1941¹
• Burial*: 27 February 2012; Glenwood Cemetery, Natick, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 27 February 2012

Dorothy E Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 3 September 1924¹
• Burial*: 16 November 2012; Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 16 November 2012

Marion Wallace¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: before 1895¹
• Burial*: 28 July 1912; Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 28 July 1912

• Name Variation: before 1910; Mrs. Marion Wells (Wallace)

Mary E Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 2 March 1943¹
• Burial*: 11 September 2013; Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 11 September 2013

Benjamin Tuttle Wells Jr.¹

• Father*: Benjamin Tuttle Wells b. 13 Dec 1831, d. 18 Mar 1899
• Mother*: Martha Ann Whitcher b. 1833, d. 1919

• Reference: W001

• Birth*: 19 January 1862; Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
• (Groom) Marriage: 8 February 1883; Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA; Bride=Bertha M Carey
• Death*: 22 September 1900; Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Burial*: 22 September 1900; Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA

Benjamin Tuttle Wells¹

• Father*: Benjamin Tuttle Wells b. 27 Feb 1806, d. 16 Aug 1834
• Mother*: Mary Ann Pittman b. 17 Aug 1810, d. 16 Nov 1891

• Reference: W001

• Birth*: 13 December 1831; Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA¹
• (Groom) Marriage*: 1856; prob., Massachusetts, USA; Bride=Martha Ann Whitcher
• Burial*: 18 March 1899; Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 18 March 1899

Carl Samuel Wells Jr.¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 23 April 1921¹
• Burial*: 22 May 2002; Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 22 May 2002

Henry Otto Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 13 May 1890; Oneonta, Blount Co., Alabama, USA¹
• (Groom) Marriage*: 1914; Bride=Viola A Secor
• Burial*: 1959; Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 1959; Attleboro, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA

John Wesley Wells¹

• Father*: Luther W Wells b. 11 Nov 1788, d. 29 Oct 1841
• Mother*: Rebecca Morley b. 1798, d. 26 Sep 1854

• Reference: W001

• Birth*: 1834; Greenfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA¹
• Burial*: 16 March 1892; Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 16 March 1892

Agnes Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 1902¹
• Burial*: 1978; North Cambridge Catholic, North Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 1978

Arthur E Wells¹

• Father*: Francis Eli Wells b. Nov 1883
• Mother*: Eva Marion Chase b. 1888

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 22 December 1907; Massachusetts, USA; father b: VT, mother b: NH¹
• Burial*: 13 August 1971; Forest Glen Cemetery, Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA; Age 63 Year 7 Month 22 Day
• Death*: 13 August 1971; U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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  Name:      Arthur Wells
  SSN:      020-10-1162
  Last Residence:      
  01864 North Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  Born:      22 Dec 1907
  Died:      Aug 1971
  State (Year) SSN issued:      Massachusetts (Before 1951)

• (Head of Household) Census*: 1930; Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA; 1930 United States Federal Census
  
  Name:      Arthur E Wells
  Birth Year:      abt 1909
  Gender:      Male
  Race:      White
  Birthplace:      Massachusetts
  Marital status:      Married
  Relation to Head of House:      Brother-in-law
  Home in 1930:      Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  Map of Home:      View Map
  Street address:      Plesant St.
  House Number:      83
  Dwelling Number:      235
  Family Number:      318
  Age at first Marriage:      19
  Attended School:      No
  Able to Read and Write:      Yes
  Father's Birthplace:      Vermont
  Mother's Birthplace:      New Hampshire
  Able to Speak English:      Yes
  Occupation:      Driver
  Industry:      Musician
  Class of Worker:      Wage or salary worker
  Employment:      Yes
  Household Members:      
  Name      Age
  Joseph P Morris      30
  Martha Morris      24
  George A Morris      5
  Arthur E Wells      21
  Celestine E Wells      22
  Leroy H Wells      2

Leroy H Wells¹

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• Birth*: 4 September 1927¹
• Burial*: 7 January 1991; Forest Glen Cemetery, Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA; Age 63 Year 4 Month 3 Day
• Death*: 7 January 1991

Mabel Gertrude Flint Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 12 November 1869¹
• Burial*: 29 March 1919; Laurel Hill Cemetery, Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 29 March 1919

Phyllis Farrar Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 10 December 1901¹
• Burial*: 28 May 1991; Center Cemetery, Shirley, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 28 May 1991

Stanley Elliot Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 20 June 1910¹
• Burial*: 10 February 1994; Wadsworth Cemetery, Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 10 February 1994

Nina Estelle Reynolds Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 9 June 1920¹
• Burial*: 31 March 1994; Forest Glade Cemetery, Wakefield, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 31 March 1994

Francis John Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 10 April 1924¹
• Burial*: 29 July 1981; Forest Glade Cemetery, Wakefield, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 29 July 1981

Minnie Howard Chapin Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 16 March 1862¹
• Burial*: 24 November 1894; Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 24 November 1894

Suzanne E Alloncle Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 28 June 1922¹
• Burial*: 12 January 2011; Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 12 January 2011

Jacob Daniel Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: circa 14 November 1980¹
• Burial*: 14 November 1980; Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 14 November 1980

Edward Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: May 1863¹
• Burial*: 2 August 1864; Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 2 August 1864

Fred Stetson Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 4 May 1869¹
• Burial*: 23 July 1883; Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 23 July 1883

Hugh Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 20 December 1861¹
• Burial*: 25 December 1861; Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: 25 December 1861

James B Wells¹

• Reference: FAG

• Birth*: 11 September 1892¹
• Burial*: March 1968; Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
• Death*: March 1968