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Wells (Family : 1851- : Wells, Henry Noble, 1830-1920)

 Family

Dates

  • Existence: 1851-

Biographical History

The Wells family (1851-) were associated with wool and coal manufacturing and were residents of Massachusetts in the mid-19th century.

Henry Noble Wells was born on on April 22, 1830 to Rufus and Sylvia Blackinton Wells in Massachusetts. Maria Elisabeth Wells was born in 1827 to Virgil and Hannah Sweet Robinson Blackington in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Henry and Maria were married on August 1, 1851 in Adams, Massachusetts. They later had four children: Ada, Eugene, Virgil, and John.

Henry worked as a wool manufacturer, coal merchant and, when the family moved to North Adams, Massachusetts in 1887, as a clerk at Troy and Greenfield rail road. Maria passed away in 1910, after which Henry moved to Queens, New York.

Henry passed away on January 20, 1920 in New York.

Citation:
Ancestry.com, via WWW, 26 March 2015 (Henry Noble Wells was born on on April 22, 1830 to Rufus and Sylvia Blackinton Wells in Massachusetts; Maria Elisabeth Wells was born in 1827 to Virgil and Hannah Sweet Robinson Blackington in Attleboro, Massachusetts; later had four children: Ada, Eugene, Virgil, and John). We Relate, via WWW, 5 March 2015 (Henry and Maria were married on August 1, 1851 in Adams, Massachusetts; Henry worked as a wool manufacturer, coal merchant and, when the family moved to North Adams, Massachusetts in 1887, as a clerk at Troy and Greenfield rail road; Maria passed away in 1910, after which Henry moved to Queens, New York; Henry passed away on January 20, 1920 in New York).

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Culmer and Wells family photographs, approximately 1880-1910

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8787 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Red velvet photograph album contains 78 Culmer family photographs. Includes a variety of Newcomb, Morris and Co., and C. R. Savage cabinet cards or CDVs (carte de visites), as well as some from San Francisco photographers. Dated apporximately 1880-1910. The second is a Culmer/Wells family photo album. This contains 23 cabinet cards. Many photographs in both albums are unlabled.

Dates: approximately 1880-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8787, Henry L. A. Culmer papers

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