John was the son of Jesse H. Wells and Martha A. (Blackburn) Wells.
He married Laura Cochran in Obion CO, TN on September 27, 1899.∼John E. Wells, attorney at law, was born in the southern part of Obion County, Tenn., February 14, 1860, son of Jesse H. and Martha A. (Blackburn) Wells, and is of Scotch-Welsh origin. His father was born in North Carolina in 1816, and the mother in Maury County, Tenn., in 1821. She died on the 25th of August, 1885. Our subject attended the common schools of Obion County, and in 1876 entered Eminence College, Ky., and graduated with the degree of B. A. In June, 1878, ranking first in his class in scholarship. In the fall of that year he entered Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tenn., and graduated from the law department in 1879. He was admitted to the Obion County bar in July, 1879, and since that time has continued the practice of his profession in this, Dyer, Gibson and Lake Counties, and the supreme court at Jackson, Tenn. In September, 1883, he formed a partnership in law practice with Hon. A. B. Enloe, of Troy, Tenn., and this union has since continued. At the time of his admission to the bar he was one of the youngest lawyers in the State. His first presidential vote was cast for Cleveland, and he is now a member of the State Democratic Executive Committee for the Ninth Congressional District. He promises to become one of the leaders in his profession.
source: http://www.tngenweb.org/obion/goodspeed/w-gdsp.htm
He married Laura Cochran in Obion CO, TN on September 27, 1899.∼John E. Wells, attorney at law, was born in the southern part of Obion County, Tenn., February 14, 1860, son of Jesse H. and Martha A. (Blackburn) Wells, and is of Scotch-Welsh origin. His father was born in North Carolina in 1816, and the mother in Maury County, Tenn., in 1821. She died on the 25th of August, 1885. Our subject attended the common schools of Obion County, and in 1876 entered Eminence College, Ky., and graduated with the degree of B. A. In June, 1878, ranking first in his class in scholarship. In the fall of that year he entered Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tenn., and graduated from the law department in 1879. He was admitted to the Obion County bar in July, 1879, and since that time has continued the practice of his profession in this, Dyer, Gibson and Lake Counties, and the supreme court at Jackson, Tenn. In September, 1883, he formed a partnership in law practice with Hon. A. B. Enloe, of Troy, Tenn., and this union has since continued. At the time of his admission to the bar he was one of the youngest lawyers in the State. His first presidential vote was cast for Cleveland, and he is now a member of the State Democratic Executive Committee for the Ninth Congressional District. He promises to become one of the leaders in his profession.
source: http://www.tngenweb.org/obion/goodspeed/w-gdsp.htm
John was the son of Jesse H. Wells and Martha A. (Blackburn) Wells.
He married Laura Cochran in Obion CO, TN on September 27, 1899.∼John E. Wells, attorney at law, was born in the southern part of Obion County, Tenn., February 14, 1860, son of Jesse H. and Martha A. (Blackburn) Wells, and is of Scotch-Welsh origin. His father was born in North Carolina in 1816, and the mother in Maury County, Tenn., in 1821. She died on the 25th of August, 1885. Our subject attended the common schools of Obion County, and in 1876 entered Eminence College, Ky., and graduated with the degree of B. A. In June, 1878, ranking first in his class in scholarship. In the fall of that year he entered Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tenn., and graduated from the law department in 1879. He was admitted to the Obion County bar in July, 1879, and since that time has continued the practice of his profession in this, Dyer, Gibson and Lake Counties, and the supreme court at Jackson, Tenn. In September, 1883, he formed a partnership in law practice with Hon. A. B. Enloe, of Troy, Tenn., and this union has since continued. At the time of his admission to the bar he was one of the youngest lawyers in the State. His first presidential vote was cast for Cleveland, and he is now a member of the State Democratic Executive Committee for the Ninth Congressional District. He promises to become one of the leaders in his profession.
source: http://www.tngenweb.org/obion/goodspeed/w-gdsp.htm
He married Laura Cochran in Obion CO, TN on September 27, 1899.∼John E. Wells, attorney at law, was born in the southern part of Obion County, Tenn., February 14, 1860, son of Jesse H. and Martha A. (Blackburn) Wells, and is of Scotch-Welsh origin. His father was born in North Carolina in 1816, and the mother in Maury County, Tenn., in 1821. She died on the 25th of August, 1885. Our subject attended the common schools of Obion County, and in 1876 entered Eminence College, Ky., and graduated with the degree of B. A. In June, 1878, ranking first in his class in scholarship. In the fall of that year he entered Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tenn., and graduated from the law department in 1879. He was admitted to the Obion County bar in July, 1879, and since that time has continued the practice of his profession in this, Dyer, Gibson and Lake Counties, and the supreme court at Jackson, Tenn. In September, 1883, he formed a partnership in law practice with Hon. A. B. Enloe, of Troy, Tenn., and this union has since continued. At the time of his admission to the bar he was one of the youngest lawyers in the State. His first presidential vote was cast for Cleveland, and he is now a member of the State Democratic Executive Committee for the Ninth Congressional District. He promises to become one of the leaders in his profession.
source: http://www.tngenweb.org/obion/goodspeed/w-gdsp.htm
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