Marion County GaArchives Biographies.....Wells, Joseph Oliver August 29 1887 - August 24 1952
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Author: Evelyn Dillard Hart

The following information was taken from the book entitled, A History of Marion 
County, Georgia, Motherland of Many by Rena S. Cobb
Reprinted with permission of Rena Cobb

Family Histories
Pages 490-492
Submitted by Evelyn Dillard Hart

Joseph Oliver Wells

Joseph Oliver Wells, “Joe”, was born in Muscogee County, Georgia on August 29, 
1887.  He was the fourth child of William Stephen Wells, B. 15 Jan. 1856, d. 19 
July 1921, and Eula Jane McMichael, B. 8 April 1861, d. 29 Oct. 1916, in a 
family of twelve children.  His family moved back to Marion County where he 
grew up on a farm and attended school.

Joe married Dicie Mae Wall on April 30, 1911.  Dicie was born March 10, 1893, 
in Marion County, the daughter of James Torrence Wall, b. 1824, d. ?, and 
Aletha Jane Fouche, b. 3 July 1857, d. 15 Jan. 1835*.  Both of her parents are 
buried in the Tazewell Cemetery.  Joe’s parents are buried in the Buena Vista 
Cemetery.

Joe and Dicie lived in the Tazewell community, where he was a successful farmer 
and landowner.  Joe was a member of the Marion County Board of Education for 
several years and County Commissioner from 1944-1948.  They were devoted and 
faithful members of the Tazewell Methodist Church, where Joe was a member of 
the Board of Stewards for over 30 years.  Dicie was a full-time mother with 
eleven children to raise.

Joe died August 24, 1952, and Dicie died several years later on July 14, 1965.  
Both are buried in the Tazewell Cemetery.  They had eleven children, two boys 
and nine girls.  These eleven children have given them twenty-nine 
grandchildren, seventy-six great-grandchildren, and thirty-four great-great 
grandchildren as of this writing.

*Transcriber note: This date is a typographical error.  I’m not a researcher of 
this family and don’t have the correct date.  There are two pages listing the 
descendants of Joe and Dicie Wells following this article.  Because the list 
includes living individuals, I’ve not included them due to privacy issues.





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