- HENRY WELLS, farmer, Sec. 7, Plymouth, Sec. 1, Spring Valley;
P.O. Footville; born Jan. 27,
- 1830, in Kent, England, where he was a farmer; came to America
in 1856, and located in Plymouth Township; worked for other farmers
till 1858, and then worked a farm on shares. In 1856, bought
150 acres of land, and moved into a small house built upon it.
In 1875, built his homestead, and in 1877, poultry, and makes
butter for the market, averaging 800 to 1,000 lbs. per annum.
Married Miss Eliza KETTLE, of Kent, England, Nov. 19, 1855, and
has had six children - Jane, born June 25, 1856; Henry W., born
April 7, 1858, died June 15, 1861; George E., born Dec. 5, 1859;
William C., born March 27, 1862; Alice, born July 28, 1870; Charles,
born Aug. 12, 1873. Mr. WELLS is a member of the Campbellite
Church.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 876.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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