Person

Joseph J. Wells, Jr. (Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace)

b. 1832-09-16 d. 1864-11-10

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Married Susan P. H. Drake Wells on September 1, 1853. Father of Henry P. M. Wells and James H. Wells. Farmer in Muhlenberg County in 1850 and 1860. Owned one enslaved person in 1860. Justice of the peace in Muhlenberg County in 1863.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 217; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 19;

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1, p. 2; "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9S7-3TC7?cc=1804888&wc=QD3Q-4J1%3A1300210901 : 21 December 2016), 004261111 > image 168 of 526; Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; Find A Grave, "Joseph John ‘James’ Wells, Jr (1832-1864)," Memorial #44066603, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44066603&ref=acom (accessed May 31, 2017); KYR-0001-029-0506.

Citation

Wells, Joseph J., Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204946 (November 12, 2026).

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