Son of Charlotte Miller and Pergrine Wells. His home in Sistersville, WV was a very large colonial style house, being seventy feet across the front, with a fire place in each room for heating. The slave quarters were situated at the back of the lot. Charles was an active river man, owned several steamboats and often made trips to New Orleans. At the start of the Civil War he and his wife's two brothers joined the Southern Army. The war ruined his river business, and after the Civil War he moved to Miller Co, MO in 1866. He had lost his stocks in the steamboats during the Civil War and his Missouri farm was the best prospect for regaining his fortune. He died intestate on his farm in Missouri. The farm was inherited by his widow and their four children.
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 14 Feb 1880, Saturday
CHARLES V. WELLS recently died on his farm on the banks of the Osage River, Missouri. He will be remembered by all old boatmen as the builder and commander of the famous Wheeling and Louisville packet Virginia. He afterward built and commanded two steamers called The Planter. The last one he built and took south in 1861. Capt. Well cast his fortune with the Lost Cause, his steamer being used during the war principally in the vicinity of Mobile.
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 14 Feb 1880, Saturday
CHARLES V. WELLS recently died on his farm on the banks of the Osage River, Missouri. He will be remembered by all old boatmen as the builder and commander of the famous Wheeling and Louisville packet Virginia. He afterward built and commanded two steamers called The Planter. The last one he built and took south in 1861. Capt. Well cast his fortune with the Lost Cause, his steamer being used during the war principally in the vicinity of Mobile.
Son of Charlotte Miller and Pergrine Wells. His home in Sistersville, WV was a very large colonial style house, being seventy feet across the front, with a fire place in each room for heating. The slave quarters were situated at the back of the lot. Charles was an active river man, owned several steamboats and often made trips to New Orleans. At the start of the Civil War he and his wife's two brothers joined the Southern Army. The war ruined his river business, and after the Civil War he moved to Miller Co, MO in 1866. He had lost his stocks in the steamboats during the Civil War and his Missouri farm was the best prospect for regaining his fortune. He died intestate on his farm in Missouri. The farm was inherited by his widow and their four children.
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 14 Feb 1880, Saturday
CHARLES V. WELLS recently died on his farm on the banks of the Osage River, Missouri. He will be remembered by all old boatmen as the builder and commander of the famous Wheeling and Louisville packet Virginia. He afterward built and commanded two steamers called The Planter. The last one he built and took south in 1861. Capt. Well cast his fortune with the Lost Cause, his steamer being used during the war principally in the vicinity of Mobile.
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 14 Feb 1880, Saturday
CHARLES V. WELLS recently died on his farm on the banks of the Osage River, Missouri. He will be remembered by all old boatmen as the builder and commander of the famous Wheeling and Louisville packet Virginia. He afterward built and commanded two steamers called The Planter. The last one he built and took south in 1861. Capt. Well cast his fortune with the Lost Cause, his steamer being used during the war principally in the vicinity of Mobile.
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