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Richard Mack Wells 1877–1956 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 February 1877

Birth Location: Greenup Kentucky, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 21 September 1956

Death Location: Eastern, Floyd County, Kentucky, United States of America

Father: Commodore Wells

Mother: Rebecca Litteral

Spouse(s): Lua Cooper, Clara Keyser

Children(s): Walter Wells, Gracy Wells, Herbert Wells, Hattie Wells, Edith Wells, John Wells, Richard Wells

Richard Mack Wells was born in 1877 in Greenup Kentucky, Kentucky, USA, the child of Commodore William Perry Wells And Rebecca Ann Litteral. Richard Mack Wells married Clara Keyser, Lua Anna Cooper, and had children including Edith Wells, Gracy Wells, Hattie Wells, Herbert Wells, John D Wells, Richard Wells, Walter Everette Wells. Richard Mack Wells passed away in 1956 in Eastern, Floyd County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Richard Mack Wells was born in 1877 in Greenup Kentucky, Kentucky, USA, the child of Commodore William Perry Wells And Rebecca Ann Litteral.
  • Richard Mack Wells married Clara Keyser, Lua Anna Cooper, and had children including Edith Wells, Gracy Wells, Hattie Wells, Herbert Wells, John D Wells, Richard Wells, Walter Everette Wells.
  • Richard Mack Wells passed away in 1956 in Eastern, Floyd County, Kentucky, United States of America.

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Spouses(s)

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Richard Wells's Ancestors

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Richard Wells
1877–1956
Birth Place: Greenup Kentucky, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Commodore William Perry Wells
1849–1909
Kentucky, USA
Rebecca (Ann) Litteral
1852–1921
Cats Fork, Lawrence County, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
Simon (Peter) Wells
1810–1884
Dungannon, Scott, Virginia, USA
Mary (Porter) Hagar
1814–1905
Virginia, USA
Johnson Litteral
1823–1896
Lawrence, Kentucky, United States
Mary (Ann Polly) Jobe
1822–1908
Russell, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Richard IV
1760–1838
Susanna Hutchinson
1777–1862
James Hager
1800–1866
Susannah Porter
1800–1860
John Sr.
1790–1840
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard III
1736–1779
Mildred Buckmaster
1720–1763

Richard Wells's Descendants

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Richard (Mack) Wells (2 February 1877–21 September 1956) m. Lua (Anna) Cooper (1887–) m. Clara Keyser (November 1882–1904)
  1. 1. Walter (Everette) Wells 1905–1970 m. Bessie (Irene) Whittaker 1904–1984
    1. 1. Betty (Sue) Wells 1935–2016 m. John (Dale) Jr 1927–1980 m. Robert (William) Palmer 1934–2000
  2. 2. Gracy Wells 1911–1992
  3. 3. Herbert Wells 1921–1994
  4. 4. Hattie Wells 1913–1991
  5. 5. Edith Wells 1908–1937
  6. 6. John (D) Wells 1917–1975
  7. 7. Richard Wells 1914–2006

Richard Wells's Timeline

2 Records

1877
2 February 1877
Birth of Richard Mack Wells in Greenup Kentucky, Kentucky, USA
Greenup Kentucky, Kentucky, USA
1956
21 September 1956
Age 79
Death of Richard Mack Wells in Hueysville Floyd Kentucky, Kentucky, USA
Hueysville Floyd Kentucky, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 February 1877
    Event Place: Greenup Kentucky, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 September 1956
    Event Place: Hueysville Floyd Kentucky, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Eastern, Floyd County, Kentucky, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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