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Zachariah Wells 1808–1891 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 March 1808

Birth Location: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: Oct 13, 1891

Death Location: Sprague, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA

Father: William Wells

Mother: Juda Murray

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Zachariah Wells was born in 1808 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA, the child of William Wells And Juda Murray. Zachariah Wells passed away in 1891 in Sprague, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA.

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Biography

  • Zachariah Wells was born in 1808 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA, the child of William Wells And Juda Murray.
  • Zachariah Wells passed away in 1891 in Sprague, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA.

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Zachariah Wells's Ancestors

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Zachariah Wells
1808–1891
Birth Place: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA
Parents
William Wells
1797–1866
Kentucky or Virginia, USA
Juda Murray
1789–1855
Va. (according to 1850 census)
Grandparents
Zachariah (Wells The Royal Loyalist) Tory
1739–1825
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Abigail (Elizabeth) Osborne
1757–1844
Big Stone Gap, Lee, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Richard Col.
1732–1816
Nancy Brown
1723–1762
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Zachariah Wells's Timeline

2 Records

1808
16 March 1808
Birth of Zachariah Wells in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA
Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA
1891
Oct 13, 1891
Age 83
Death of Zachariah Wells in Sprague, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA
Sprague, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 March 1808
    Event Place: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Oct 13, 1891
    Event Place: Sprague, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA

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