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Joseph Alexander Wells 1853 – 1910 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Sep 1853

Birth Location: Jefferson, Kentucky

Death Date: abt 1910

Death Location: Paragould Greene Co, Arkansas, USA

Father: A. Wells

Mother: Lucinda Grant

Spouse(s): Matilda Sandefur, Cordelia Moore

Children(s): Josephine Wells, Lula Wells, John Wells, Ora Wells, Nora (Arnold)

It was in 1853 that Joseph Alexander Wells was born in Jefferson, Kentucky, a child of A. Phineas Wells and Lucinda Grant. Joseph Alexander Wells went on to marry Matilda Melvina 'Bina' Sandefur and Cordelia K. 'Delia' Moore and had children such as Josephine 'Josie' Wells, Lula O'Bannon Wells, John William Wells, Ora Clinton Wells and Nora Wells (Arnold). Joseph Alexander Wells was deceased by 1910 in Paragould Greene Co, Arkansas, USA.

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Parents

A. Wells
1821 – 1898
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
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Lucinda Grant
1818 –
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
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Spouses(s)

Matilda Sandefur
1851 – 1889
Birth Location: Delaware, Daviess, Henderson Co., Kentucky, USA
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Cordelia Moore
1875 – 1955
Birth Location: KY
CM

Children(s)

Josephine Wells
1870 – 1948
Birth Location: KY
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Lula Wells
1874 – 1976
Birth Location: McLean Co, Kentucky, USA
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John Wells
1876 – 1956
Birth Location: Mclean, Kentucky, USA
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Ora Wells
1879 – 1963
Birth Location: Beech Grove, McLean, Kentucky, USA
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Nora (Arnold)
1882 – 1918
Birth Location: McLean County, Kentucky, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Sep 1853
    Event Place: Jefferson, Kentucky
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1963, Year: 1870; Census Place: Jobes Precinct, McLean, Kentucky; Roll: M593_487; Page: 229B; Family History Library Film: 545986

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Jobes Precinct, McLean, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Jobes Precinct, McLean, Kentucky; Roll: M593_487; Page: 229B; Family History Library Film: 545986

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: abt 1910
    Event Place: Paragould Greene Co, Arkansas, USA
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