When John Wells was born on 4 January 1821, in Washington, Missouri, United States, his father, Thomas Hutchinson Wells Sr., was 27 and his mother, Barbara Mayberry, was 24. He married Harriet Lutisha Alcorn on 13 July 1848, in Randolph, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Elevenpoint, Randolph, Arkansas, United States in 1880 and Roanoke Township, Randolph, Arkansas, United States in 1900. He died on 3 March 1907, in Dalton, Randolph, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Rickman Cemetery, Randolph, Arkansas, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Historical Boundaries - 1835: Randolph, Arkansas Territory, United States; 1836: Randolph, Arkansas, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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.
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