David L. Wells

Birth Date

1823-10-05

Death Date

1909-02-22

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Mason County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William R. Wells and Elizabeth Gault Wells. Farmer in Mason County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Mason County in 1860. Served in the 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as lieutenant and captain from October 28, 1861, to August 8, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, District 3, p. 156B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, District 3, p. 275.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film #000281842, p. 117 of 469 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0297.
U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #915312, Certificate #688424.
Find A Grave, "David L Wells (1823-1909)," Memorial #17809487, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17809487 (accessed January 8, 2021).

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