Husband: Josiah Wells [I1270] 1
                Born: 1831 in TN 2
             Married: 23 Aug 1848 in Lincoln Co., TN 8
                Died: Unknown
              Father: Thomas Wells
              Mother: Amy
             Spouses: Martha Jane Hudson
          Occupation: Farmer
                Wife: Elmyra Trail [I1268] 3 4
                Born: 1831 in TN 5 6
                Died: 1876 ? 7
              Father: 
              Mother: 
             Spouses:
Children
01               (F): Minerva Wells [I1269]
                Born: 1849 in TN 9
                Died: Unknown
             Spouses:

Additional Information

Josiah Wells:

Notes:
REF: 361ASH
Household #361, page 47

Elmyra Trail:

Notes:
REF: 361ARS
Household #361, page 47

(01) Minerva Wells:

Notes:
REF: 361
Household #361, page 47
Either sister or sister-in-law to Joshua Wells

Footnotes

  1. 1860 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN extract photocopy [34], stamped page 43b, HH 989. The 1830 census for Lincoln Co., TN shows John Trail, head of household. The 1840 census shows Agnes Trail as head of household, and the 1850 census shows Jane Trail as head of household.
  2. 1850 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN transcription [33].
  3. Researcher: Sonja Bedwell [smbedwell@aol.com] [257].
  4. 1860 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN extract photocopy [34], stamped page 43b, HH 989. Age 29 on 1860 census. The 1830 census for Lincoln Co., TN shows John Trail, head of household. The 1840 census shows Agnes Trail as head of household, and the 1850 census shows Jane Trail as head of household.
  5. 1850 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN transcription [33], for age 1. Think age wrong OR mom Elmyra died in childbirth or before 1850.
  6. 1860 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN extract photocopy [34], stamped page 43b, HH 989, for age 1.
  7. Assumption of transcriber that marriage to next spouse occurred after death of previous spouse and previous spouse died before spouses marriage to next spouse [41].
  8. From annotation to 1850 Lincoln Co., TN Census [65], page 47. Either real wife is Minerva or age of Elmira is wrong or wrong wife or no wife and Minerva is sister.
  9. 1850 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN transcription [33], gives 1828. I believe that the ages of mother and child are reversed. Minerva is age 11 in 1860.

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