Fountain-Hendricks-Montgomery County IN Archives Biographies.....Wells, John T. 1849 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Dr. John T. Wells, practicing physician, Veedersburg, was born in Henderson
county, Indiana, in 1849, and is the son of Balam and Pernetta (Hotsclaw) Wells;
the former a native of North Carolina, and emigrated to Hendricks county in
1832. The latter came to Montgomery county, Indiana, then to Hendricks county.
Balam Wells died in 1874, aged seventy-three years, and his wife still lives in
Hendricks county. John T. was educated in the common schools of his home county,
and in the Danville Academy. At the age of seventeen he began the profession of
school-teaching, which he followed five years, one year of which time he was
principal of the Danville schools. During the time he was engaged as teacher he
occupied his spare moments in reading medicine with Dr. C. T. C. Cloud, of
Pittsburg, Hendricks county, Indiana. He then entered the College of Physicians,
Indianapolis. From 1874 to 1876 he was traveling evangelist in the church sect
denominated Christians or Disciples. In 1876 Dr. John T. began the practice of
medicine in Veedersburg, where he has remained with the exception of thirteen
months that he practiced at Stean's Corner. In 1877 he was married to Mary
Stevens, daughter of Dr. Robert and Abigail Stevens, the former a native of New
York, born in 1810, and died in 1873. The latter was born in 1819 and is still
one of the living landmarks of Fountain county. By this marriage he has one
child, Robert. His wife, like himself, is a member of the Christian church. He
is a member of both secret orders, Masons and I. O. O. F., at Pittsburg,
Indiana. He has a good practice, which in the past four years has amounted to
$12,000. The doctor resides in Sterling; in politics he is a republican. The
advent of the Wells family to America was in 1702 by three brothers who came to
this country, landing in what is now the State of Massachusetts. One settled in
North Carolina, one in West Virginia, and the other remained in Massachusetts.
Dr. Wells is a descendant of the one who remained in Massachusetts. It is
supposed that all the Wellses in the United States are descendants of these
three brothers.

Additional Comments:

Van Buren Township

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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