Sylvia Ann Wells

18 December 1807–1880 (Age 72)
Athens, Athens, Ohio, United States

The Life of Sylvia Ann

When Sylvia Ann Wells was born on 18 December 1807, in Athens, Athens, Ohio, United States, her father, Varnum G. Wells, was 25 and her mother, Sarah Davis, was 22. She married Edmond Dorr Wolf Sr on 29 October 1826. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Center Township, Porter, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1880, in Porter, Indiana, United States, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

John B. Millard
1813–1883
Sylvia Ann Wells
1807–1880
Marriage: 7 April 1840
John Benjamin Millard
1840–1865
Varnum Wells Millard
1842–1918
Horace Millard
1844–
De La Plain P Millard
1846–1915
Sylvia Ann Millard
1846–1921

Spouse and Children

    John B. Millard

    Male1813–1883Male

    Sylvia Ann Wells

    Female1807–1880Female

MARRIAGE
7 April 1840
Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, United States
children

(5)

    John Benjamin Millard

    Male1840–1865Male

    Varnum Wells Millard

    Male1842–1918Male

    Horace Millard

    Male1844–Male

    De La Plain P Millard

    Male1846–1915Male

    Sylvia Ann Millard

    Female1846–1921Female

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(11)

+6 More Children

World Events (8)

1808

Age 1

Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1810 · Change of capital city

Age 3

Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 23

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

1 English: habitational name from any of several places named with the plural of Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’, or a topopgraphical name from this word (in its plural form), for example Wells in Somerset or Wellsnext-the-Sea in Norfolk.2 Translation of French Dupuis or any of its variants.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Cylvia A Millard in household of *Hn Millard, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Sylva Millard in household of John Millard, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Silva Ann Wells, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"

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