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Orman Graham Wells

Male 1840 - 1928  (88 years)


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  • Name Orman Graham Wells  [1] 
    Birth 05 Apr 1840  Frontenac, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 970 
    Reference Number GRA-WELLS 
    Death 13 Apr 1928  Hardisty, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Burial 16 Apr 1928  Hardisty Cemetery, Hardisty, Flagstaff, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    Person ID I970  fullereriksen
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2020 

    Father James "Bully" Wells,   b. 1803, Glouster, Camden, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1864, Floyd River, Dakota, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Jane Graham,   b. 1817, St Peter's River, Dakota, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1881, Lake Pepin, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 12 Sep 1836  Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    • at the home of Oliver Cratte and was performed by Lawrence Taliafero (Indian Agent).
    Family ID F478  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Louisa Samantha DeVore,   b. 14 Aug 1855, Canaan, Wayne, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1923, Hardisty, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 07 Dec 1875  Sumner, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Harvey Jackson Wells,   b. 11 Aug 1876, Caldwell, Sumner, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1877 (Age 0 years)
    +2. Archibald Orman Wells,   b. 28 Oct 1877, Caldwell, Sumner, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1951, St Albert, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     3. James Wallace Wells,   b. 28 Oct 1881   d. 18 Jun 1943, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F547  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 05 Apr 1840 - Frontenac, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 07 Dec 1875 - Sumner, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Apr 1928 - Hardisty, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Hardisty Cemetery    		Hardisty Cemetery
    Hardisty, Alberta, Canada

    Headstones
    Wells, Louisa Samantha (DeVore)    		Wells, Louisa Samantha (DeVore)
    LOUISA SAMANTHA
    WELLS
    1855 --- 1923
    AT REST

    Find A Grave Memorial# 117151904
    Wells, Orman (Norman) Graham     		Wells, Orman (Norman) Graham
    NORMAN G WELLS
    PVT. 1 INDPT. BTRY
    IOWA LT. ARTY
    APRIL 13, 1928

    Note: He may have been known as Norman or it was a mistake by the stone carver

    Find A Grave Memorial# 117151906

  • Sources 
    1. [S182] Cemetery Record,, Find A Grave Memorial# 117151906

      NORMAN G WELLS
      PRIT. 1 INDPT. BTRY
      IOWA LT. ARTY
      APRIL 13, 1928; Gra- Bk2, p 93; headstone pict, Ful-__, Various.

    2. [S33] North Dakota Historical Society, NDHS, "Ninety Six Years Among the Indians of the Northwest" North Dakota History, Volume XV, Jan-Oct 1948, (Publisher, North Dakota Historical Society, Bismarck North Dakota, 1948, pp 85-97), GRA-Bk2, Section 2, p 93, GRA-BK2, Section 2.

    3. [S187] Barry Potter, Family Tree data with sources, Gra-wells, section II, 2-2, GRA-Wells, Section II.

    4. [S33] North Dakota Historical Society, NDHS, "Ninety Six Years Among the Indians of the Northwest" North Dakota History, Volume XV, Jan-Oct 1948, (Publisher, North Dakota Historical Society, Bismarck North Dakota, 1948, pp 85-97), This article says he died in the Klondike Country.; GRA-Bk2, Section 2, p 93, GRA-BK2, Section 2.

    5. [S182] Cemetery Record,, Find A Grave Memorial# 117151906

      NORMAN G WELLS
      PVT. 1 INDPT. BTRY
      IOWA LT. ARTY
      APRIL 13, 1928; Gra- Bk2, p 93; headstone pict, Ful-__, Various.

    6. [S32] Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota History, A Quarterly Magazine, Volume VIII, 1927, "New Light on Old St Peter's and Early St Paul", written by M.M. Hoffmann, Columbia College, Dubuque, Iowa., (Published by the Minnesota Historical Society, St Paul MN), Page 43 states:
      "Since there was no minister in the country, Major Taliaferro frequently officiated as justice of the peace, and united many. Among those he married were Oliver Cratte and James Wells to daughters of Duncan Graham."; Gra-BK1, section 1, p 43, GRA-BK1, Section 1.

    7. [S33] North Dakota Historical Society, NDHS, "Ninety Six Years Among the Indians of the Northwest" North Dakota History, Volume XV, Jan-Oct 1948, (Publisher, North Dakota Historical Society, Bismarck North Dakota, 1948, pp 85-97), Gra-BK2, section 2, p 92/95, GRA-BK2, Section 2.


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