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Elijah George Wells

Birth: 18 Jul 1852
Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
Death: 14 Apr 1946 (aged 93)
Anderson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial: Hillvale Cemetery

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Memorial ID: 57038292 View Source

Married to America Sweat ofUnion Co 18 July 1878 in Campbell Co.,TN. Father of 14 children. A set of triplet sons ,stilborn, with the Biblical names of Shadrack, Meshack and Abendigo were relocated with America from Sweat Cemetery in 1934.

Known children include:
Jesse ~ 1879
James ~1880
The triplet sons~ 1881
Brad ~ 1883
John B~1885
Mossie ~ 1891
Letcher ~1893
Esker (twin) ~1895
Foster (twin) ~1895
Dewey ~ 1898
Katherine ~ 1901.

Elijah Wells was remarried to Martha Petree 4 Jan 1906 in Union Co.,and forced out by TVA, relocated the family to Robertsville (Oak Ridge) in Anderson Co.,Tn., where in 1943 they were again removed for the WWII Manhatten Project relocating to Hillvale in Clinton,TN

Married to America Sweat ofUnion Co 18 July 1878 in Campbell Co.,TN. Father of 14 children. A set of triplet sons ,stilborn, with the Biblical names of Shadrack, Meshack and Abendigo were relocated with America from Sweat Cemetery in 1934.

Known children include:
Jesse ~ 1879
James ~1880
The triplet sons~ 1881
Brad ~ 1883
John B~1885
Mossie ~ 1891
Letcher ~1893
Esker (twin) ~1895
Foster (twin) ~1895
Dewey ~ 1898
Katherine ~ 1901.

Elijah Wells was remarried to Martha Petree 4 Jan 1906 in Union Co.,and forced out by TVA, relocated the family to Robertsville (Oak Ridge) in Anderson Co.,Tn., where in 1943 they were again removed for the WWII Manhatten Project relocating to Hillvale in Clinton,TN

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Maintained by: Leo York
Originally Created by: dhintx
Added: Aug 14, 2010
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57038292/elijah_george-wells: accessed ), memorial page for Elijah George Wells (18 Jul 1852–14 Apr 1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57038292, citing Hillvale Cemetery, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Leo York (contributor 47707923).

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