Barton County, Missouri Biographies-H. T. Wells History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889. Published by Goodspeed. Pages 960, 961 H. T. Wells, D. D. S., was born in Dade County, Mo., July 6, 1852, and received his literary education in the public schools. In 1875 he graduated from the Pennsylvania Dental College, practiced for some time in Philadelphia, and then came to Greenfield, Mo., where he practiced his profession until 1881, after which he came to Lamar, Mo. Here he has practiced continuously ever since. He is secretary of the Southwestern Dental Association, and is an active member of the Masonic order, being eminent commander of Mt. Olive Commandery; past master of Lamar Lodge; past high priest of Lamar Chapter; past commander of Constantine Commandery, Greenfield, Mo. Politically he is a Democrat. October 5, 1874, he married Miss Ella M. Bennett, a native of New York, and the fruits of his union are three children, two sons and one daughter. For seventeen years Dr. Wells has practiced his profession, and is accounted one of the leading dentists of Lamar, or, in fact, in this portion of the State. He is one of nine children, two now living, born to his parents, John and Harriet M. (Taylor) Wells. The father was born in Otsego County, N. Y., in 1810, and the mother in Philadelphia, Penn., in 1820. In early days the father came to St. Louis, were he engaged in commercial merchandising, and to that city the mother came on a visit. Here they met and were married. Soon after they moved to Dade County, Mo., and here the father was engaged in merchandising, farming and stock dealing. He died in 1857. After returning to Philadelphia, the mother died in 1867. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Kay Griffin Snow ====================================================================