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John Leland Wells

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John Leland Wells

Birth
Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
Death
21 Apr 1858 (aged 56)
Bostic, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Bostic, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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56 yrs, 10 mons., 21 days

Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon, vol. 1, pp. 29-33.
He and his wife are buried in a family cemetery above Puzzle Creek in the Washburn Community,Rutherford County, North Carolina.
Family tradition relates that John requested to be buried on his own farm after the Salem Methodist Church refused burial to John's slaves in the church cemetery.

They both do have cenotaphs in Salem Methodist

Children yet to link:
Angeline Wells Wilson
John Logan Wells
Huldah Wells Philbeck
Moses Lafayette Wells
Margaret Wells Groves
Amelia Wells Crowder
Woody Byrd Wells
Marcus Wells
Richard Wells
56 yrs, 10 mons., 21 days

Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon, vol. 1, pp. 29-33.
He and his wife are buried in a family cemetery above Puzzle Creek in the Washburn Community,Rutherford County, North Carolina.
Family tradition relates that John requested to be buried on his own farm after the Salem Methodist Church refused burial to John's slaves in the church cemetery.

They both do have cenotaphs in Salem Methodist

Children yet to link:
Angeline Wells Wilson
John Logan Wells
Huldah Wells Philbeck
Moses Lafayette Wells
Margaret Wells Groves
Amelia Wells Crowder
Woody Byrd Wells
Marcus Wells
Richard Wells


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