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Male 1842 - 1913  (70 years)


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  • Name Mark Wells 
    Birth 24 Nov 1842  Goodhue, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Milit-Beg 13 Nov 1861  Fort Snelling, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Milit-End 18 Apr 1862  Fort Snelling, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Reference Number 971 
    Reference Number GRA-WELLS 
    Death 01 Jun 1913  Chamberlain, Brule, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I971  fullereriksen
    Last Modified 17 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  [5, 6] 
    • at the home of Oliver Cratte and was performed by Lawrence Taliafero (Indian Agent).
    Family ID F478  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Down Hears-the-wind   d. Mar 1891, Greenwood, Charles Mix, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1864  [7] 
    Family ID F575  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2023 

    Family 2 Mary Big Day Star   d. 07 May 1903, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1875  Greenwood, Charles Mix, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family ID F576  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2023 

    Family 3 Sarah Co-Ke-Pa,   b. Abt 1846, Crow Creek, Buffalo, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Nov 1936, Crow Creek, Buffalo, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 90 years) 
    Marriage 25 Sep 1903  Chamberlain, Brule, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F577  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Nov 1842 - Goodhue, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilit-Beg - 13 Nov 1861 - Fort Snelling, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilit-End - 18 Apr 1862 - Fort Snelling, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1875 - Greenwood, Charles Mix, South Dakota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Sep 1903 - Chamberlain, Brule, South Dakota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 01 Jun 1913 - Chamberlain, Brule, South Dakota, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Research Notes, Ward J, Part of the Military Record from the USA Archives in Washington. "Declaration of Pension Application" by Mark Wells dated 13 Mar 1907, shows Goodhugh CO as his birth place.; Gra-Wells1. p1-12a, Various.

    2. [S1] Research Notes, Ward J, Part of his Military File from the USA National Archives in Washington. :Certificate of Disability for Discharge" dated 18 April 1862, Fort Snelling. Company I, Fourth Regimate of Volunteers. He was 5' 1" grey eyes, black hair.
      Also in the file is a hand written note and signed by his father James Wells, dated 27 Nov. 1861, which says "Mark Wells, my son, being a minor and desirous of enlisting in the service of the US, this certifies that he has my consent to enlist." Witness J.H. Parker [Capt. John H. Parker] and signed by original signature of James Wells; Gra-Wells1. p1-10-11, Various.

    3. [S1] Research Notes, Ward J, Part of his Military File from the USA National Archives in Washington."Certificate of Disability for Discharge" dated 18 April 1862, Fort Snelling. Company I, Fourth Regimate of Volunteers. Chronic Rheumatism (Contracted Previously); Gra-Wells1. p1-10-11, Various.

    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), GRA-Bk2, Section 2, p 93, GRA-BK2, Section 2.

    5. [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.

    6. [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.

    7. [S1] Research Notes, Ward J, Declaration of Widows Pension dated 9 April 1917; Sarah delcaired that she married Mark Wells 25 Sept 1903 and that she had been married twice before that that Mark Wells had been married twice before; 1. Hears the Wind and 2. Mary; Gra-Wells1, page 1-13, Various.

    8. [S1] Research Notes, Ward J, Declaration of Pension Application by Mark Wells dated 23 April 1898. Also see SD by Rev. Joseph W. Cook. Also Declaration of Widows Pension dated 9 April 1917; Sarah delcaired that she married Mark Wells 25 Sept 1903 and that she had been married twice before that that Mark Wells had been married twice before; 1. Hears the Wind and 2. Mary Big Day Star.; Gra-Wells1. p1-12, Various.

    9. [S1] Research Notes, Ward J, This is part of Mark Wells Military File from the USA Archives in Washington: "Declaration of Widows Pension" dated 9 April 1917; married by County Judge E.L. Drury
      She had been married twoce before; D.K. How and St. John, who died 2 July 1902; Gra-Wells1. p1-13, Various.


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