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Luke Palmer Wells[1]

Male 1844 - 1923  (78 years)


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  • Name Luke Palmer Wells 
    Born 3 Aug 1844  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Apr 1923  Pearisburg, Giles Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Day Cemetery Giles County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I67836  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 24 Dec 2018 

    Father Joel C. Wells,   b. 1801, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1884, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Sarah Eliza M. Tarpley,   b. 1808, Henry County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1890, Henry County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 8 Jun 1825  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3760  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • When Luke P Wells was born on August 3, 1844, in Virginia, his father, Joel, was 43 and his mother, Sarah, was 39. He married Sarah A. Hale on February 22, 1876, in Giles County, Virginia. They had one child during their marriage. He died on April 11, 1923, in Pearisburg, Virginia, at the age of 78, and was buried in Giles County, Virginia.

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
      Joel6 Wells (Matthew5, John4, Barnaby3, John2, Barnabe1) was born Abt. 1801 in Pittsylvania Co, VA, and died November 1856 in Henry Co, Va. He married Sarah Eliza M. Tarpley June 08, 1825 in Pittsylvania Co, VA.

      Children of Joel Wells and Sarah Tarpley are:
      56 i. William7 Wells, born Abt. 1826 in Pittsylvania Co, VA.
      57 ii. Catherine Wells, born Abt. 1828 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She married Nelson Ivy September 16, 1846 in Henry Co, Va.
      58 iii. Eliza A. Wells, born Abt. 1829; died 1874 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She married Henson Thomas Mccune October 18, 1844 in Pittsylvania Co, VA.
      + 59 iv. Joseph M. Wells, born Abt. 1837 in Pittsylvania Co, VA; died August 31, 1865 in Henry Co, Va.
      60 v. Mary M. Wells, born Abt. 1832. She married Joseph Hardy October 12, 1858 in Henry Co, Va.
      61 vi. Susan Jane Wells, born February 12, 1837 in Henry Co, Va; died December 21, 1927 in Henry Co, Va. She married William Clark June 10, 1860 in Henry Co, Va.
      + 62 vii. James H. Wells, born August 04, 1840 in Henry Co, Va; died March 06, 1904 in Henry Co, Va.
      63 viii. Robert C. Wells, born Abt. 1842 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He married Mary Dillon Abt. 1867.
      64 ix. Luke P. Wells, born Abt. 1844.
      65 x. Martha H. Wells, born Abt. 1846.
      + 66 xi. John Tarpley Wells, born Abt. 1848.
      67 xii. Lucy V. Wells, born May 16, 1849; died July 27, 1921.
      68 xiii. Sarah Elizabeth Wells, born Abt. 1838. She married Willis Clard Abt. 1857.

    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27307838/luke-palmer-wells.


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