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James "Bully" Wells
1803 - 1864 (61 years)
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Name James "Bully" Wells Birth 1803 Glouster, Camden, New Jersey, USA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Reference Number 765 Reference Number GRA-WELLS Death 18 Aug 1864 Floyd River, Dakota, Iowa, USA [3] Person ID I765 fullereriksen Last Modified 12 Aug 2021
Family Jane Graham, b. 1817, St Peter's River, Dakota, Minnesota, USA d. 1881, Lake Pepin, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA (Age 64 years) Marriage 12 Sep 1836 Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota, USA [4, 5] - at the home of Oliver Cratte and was performed by Lawrence Taliafero (Indian Agent).
Children + 1. Sarah Cratte Wells, b. 19 Sep 1837, Dakota, Minnesota, USA d. 16 Nov 1909, Stephan, Hyde, South Dakota, USA (Age 72 years)2. Alfred G. Wells, b. 1838, Head of Lake Pepin, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA d. Abt 1863, Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 25 years)+ 3. Orman Graham Wells, b. 05 Apr 1840, Frontenac, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA d. 13 Apr 1928, Hardisty, Alberta, Canada (Age 88 years)4. Mark Wells, b. 24 Nov 1842, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA d. 01 Jun 1913, Chamberlain, Brule, South Dakota, USA (Age 70 years)5. Elizabeth F Wells, b. 20 Dec 1844, Head of Lake Pepin, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA d. 12 Jul 1927, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 82 years)+ 6. William "Wallace" Wells, b. 19 Sep 1846, Head of Lake Pepin, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA d. 17 Apr 1920, Chamberlain, Brule, South Dakota, USA (Age 73 years)+ 7. Lucy Anne Wells, b. 15 Nov 1849, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA d. 11 May 1940, Faribault, Rice, Minnesota, USA (Age 90 years)+ 8. Philip Faribault Wells, b. 05 Dec 1850, Frontenac, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA d. 02 Jan 1947, White River, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA (Age 96 years)+ 9. Aaron Charles Wells, b. 06 Mar 1852, Head of Lake Pepin, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA d. 10 Oct 1932, Solen, Sioux, North Dakota, USA (Age 80 years)+ 10. Agnes Bernadette Wells, b. 06 Oct 1859, Wells Lake, Rice, Minnesota, USA Family ID F478 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 Sep 2023
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Event Map 
Birth - 1803 - Glouster, Camden, New Jersey, USA 
Marriage - 12 Sep 1836 - Mendota, Dakota, Minnesota, USA 
Death - 18 Aug 1864 - Floyd River, Dakota, Iowa, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - was a claimant for Land Certificates in the Lake Pepin Half-Breed Land Reserve
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Sources - [S46] USA Government, Affidavits, Lake Pepin Half-Breed Land Tract Claimants, (National Archives, Washington DC, 1854-56), In this claim, James lists and names his wife and all children except Agnus who was born in 1859. He says that his wife is 37 which puts her birth date at 1817 and his age at 51 = b. 1803, also marriage date of 1836. The Affidavit confirms that she is a half blood and that her mother was a full blood Sioux.; Gra-Wells, p 1-5,6, Various Family Books.
- [S50] Minnesota Genealogical Society, Family Tree data with sources, Gra-Wells page 1-7, GRA-GRA, page 1-28+books.
- [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), Page 98/99; Gra-BK2, section 2, p 98/99, GRA-BK2, Section 2.
- [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. - [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.
- [S46] USA Government, Affidavits, Lake Pepin Half-Breed Land Tract Claimants, (National Archives, Washington DC, 1854-56), In this claim, James lists and names his wife and all children except Agnus who was born in 1859. He says that his wife is 37 which puts her birth date at 1817 and his age at 51 = b. 1803, also marriage date of 1836. The Affidavit confirms that she is a half blood and that her mother was a full blood Sioux.; Gra-Wells, p 1-5,6, Various Family Books.