- HORACE WELLS, proprietor of the Wells House, Footville; born
Aug. 31, 1811, in East
- Canada, where he was educated, and followed various occupations,
and worked for his father in a distillery, and making potash
and pearlash. In 1835, went to West Canada, and manufactured
potash and pearlash, and then ran a flour-mill; afterward, manufactured
bricks, and followed various other vocations, farming amongst
them. In 1857, he came to the United States, and located near
Beloit, Wis., and worked on a farm. In 1864, bought his hotel,
which his son managed. He went to North Wisconsin, and worked
at lumbering and carpentering, near Oconto. In 1866, he rented
and took the management of the hotel. He was a noted horse-doctor
in Rock Co. for five years. Married Miss Margaret BALDWIN, of
Canada, April 22, 1843, and had three children - Alphonso, born
in 1844, died in 1869; Gilbert died when one month old; Royal
Luther, born Oct. 8, 1858. Mrs. Wells is a member of the Universalist
Church.
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- Taken from "History of Rock County, Wis.," (c)1879,
p. 875.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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