Brief Life History of Warner Kelob
When Warner Kelob Wells was born on 7 January 1804, in Otsego, New York, United States, his father, Caleb Wells, was 37 and his mother, Rosanna Peterson, was 37. He married Paulina Rima on 3 August 1826, in Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 7 April 1864, in Oneco, Stephenson, Illinois, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Eldorado Cemetery, Orangeville, Stephenson, Illinois, United States.
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- Warren Wells, "United States Census, 1850"
- Warren Wells, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Warner Wells, "Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Wells next the Sea (Norfolk) or Wells (Somerset), both named with the plural of Old English wella ‘spring, stream’, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a group of springs or streams.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Dupuis ‘from the well’.
History: One of numerous early immigrants from England bearing this name was Thomas Welles, governor of colonial CT, who was in Hartford, CT, by 1636.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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