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James W. Wells, Jr. (Bath County, Kentucky, laborer, farmhand, and private (U.S.A.))

b. 1828-07-28 d. 1900-02-01

Bath County, Kentucky, laborer, farmhand, and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of James Wells, Sr. and Polly Becroft Wells. Laborer in Bath County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmhand in Bath County in 1860. Served in the 24th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as private from December 31, 1861 to January 31, 1865. Reported as deserted from Frankfort, Kentucky from January 23, 1863 to April 4, 1863.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 2, p. 17A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingsville, p. 93.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Mudlick, District 4, p. 25B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bath County Marriages, Film 004542771.

"Obituary," Frankfort Index (Frankfort, Kentucky), March 17, 1922.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0372.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. X, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 176.

"James Wells (1828-1900)," Find A Grave, Memorial 89375311, accessed September 26, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89375311.

Citation

Wells, James W., Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280599 (November 12, 2026).

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