EDMOND W. WELLS
Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, pg 646

Edmond W. Wells has been for many years a resident here and 
while a lawyer by profession he has been one of the leaders 
in the mining industry, the cattle business, the development 
of financial institutions and also has played a role in 
governmental affairs.

Judge Wells was born in Lancaster, Ohio, February 14, 1846, 
a son of Edmond W. and Mary J. (Arnold) Wells.  The family 
removed to Iowa in 1852 where the father was engaged in 
mercantile pursuits and where the mother passed away.  The 
former, with the subject, made his way to Denver in 1862 
and they arrived in Prescott Arizona.  E.W. Wells Sr. 
subsequently returned to Iowa, where he made his home for 
some time but passed away in Prescott while visiting his 
son.

Judge Wells was educated in Iowa and Colorado.  After coming 
to Prescott he studied law under Chief justice Turner and 
was admitted to the Arizona bar in 1875.  He was actively 
engaged in his profession in Prescott until 1890.  Since 
1890 Judge Wells has largely devoted his time to business, 
becoming prominent in the financial world as president of 
the Bank of Arizona, which office he now holds.  In the 
past forty years he has been more or less actively connected 
with mining and has promoted a number of prosperous mining 
enterprises.  He has also derived an income from the cattle 
business.

In 1869 Judge Wells was united in marriage to Miss Rose G. 
Baughart, a native of Canada and a daughter of George 
Baughart, an Arizona pioneer of 1866.  The father was a 
cattleman and rancher.  Judge and Mrs. Wells had six 
children, of whom one has passed away.

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