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Daniel Hanmer Wells


Birth27 October 1814Trenton, Oneida, New York, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Daniel Hanmer Wells (1814-1891), memorial #6326412.

    Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946, Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Daniel H Wells, 24 March 1891; citing Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, p. 20, entry 759a; Office of Vital Statistics, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; FHL microfilm 982294.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 779-780, FHL microfilm 183374.
Death24 March 1891Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Daniel Hanmer Wells (1814-1891), memorial #6326412.

    Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946, Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Daniel H Wells, 24 March 1891; citing Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, p. 20, entry 759a; Office of Vital Statistics, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; FHL microfilm 982294.

    Salt Lake Times, "Death of Daniel H. Wells," 25 March 1891, p. 1, column 4.
Burial27 March 1891Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Daniel Hanmer Wells (1814-1891), memorial #6326412.

    Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946, Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Daniel H Wells, 24 March 1891; citing Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, p. 20, entry 759a; Office of Vital Statistics, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; FHL microfilm 982294.
FatherDaniel Wells
MotherCatherine Lena Chapin
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   • Eliza Rebecca Robison
Married9 March 1837Hancock County, Illinois, United States
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    County offices, Illinois, Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940, database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Daniel H Wells and Eliza R Robinson (9 March 1837); citing County Clerk, Hancock County, Illinois, United States, “Marriages, 1829-1849,” image 63, p. 11, FHL microfilm 229486.
          Children:
               Albert Emory Wells


   • Louisa Free
Married15 February 1849Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Daniel Hanmer Wells and Louisa Free, ID: KWNR-6S1 and ID: GSJP-JSN.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 779-780, FHL microfilm 183374.
          Children:
               Daniel Hamner Wells Jr
               Frances Louisa Wells
               Rulon Seymour Wells
               Emeline Young Wells
               Susan Annette Wells
               Eliza Free Lyde Wells
               Clara Ellen Wells
               Melvin Dickinson Wells
               Ruby Wells


   • Martha Givens Harris
Married20 September 1849
          Children:
               Martha Desert Wells
               Emily Harris Wells
               Heber Manning Wells
               Joseph Smith Wells
               Herman Chapin Wells
               Edna Margaret Wells
               Briant Harris Wells


   • Susan Hannah Alley
Married18 April 1852Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Daniel Hammer Wells and Susan Hannah Alley, ID: KWNR-6S1 and ID: KWJZ-LWZ.
          Children:
               George Alley Wells
               Stephen Franklin Wells
               Charles Henry Wells


   • Emmeline Blanche Woodward
Married18 October 1852Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Daniel Hanmer Wells and Emmeline Blanche Woodward, ID: KWNR-6S1 and ID: KWJ8-853.
          Children:
               Emeline Whitney Wells
               Louie Wells
               Elizabeth Ann Wells
               Louisa Martha Wells


   • Lydia Ann Alley
Married4 April 1852Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Daniel Hanmer Wells and Lydia Ann Alley, ID: KWNR-6S1 and ID: KWJH-R5G.
          Children:
               Catherine Alley Wells
               Mary Minerva Wells
               Lucy Ann Wells
               Louis Robinson Wells
               Wilford Woodruff Wells
               Arthur Deming Wells


   • Hannah Corilla Free
Married6 August 1852Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Daniel Hanmer Wells and Hannah Corilla Free, ID: KWNR-6S1 and ID: LKVY-NQD.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 53, FHL microfilm 183393.
          Children:
               Abbie Corilla Wells
               Roland S Wells
               Junius Free Wells
               Luna Pamela Wells
               Brigham Wells
               Preston Strait Wells
               Ephraim Willard Wells
               Gershom Britain Finley Wells
               Louis Wells
               Victor Pennington Wells


   • Margrethe Elisabeth Wilhelmine Eversdatter
Married6 November 1871Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Daniel Hanmer Wells and Margrethe Elizabeth Wilhelmine Eversdatter, ID: KWNR-6S1 and ID: KWJF-VPV.

   • Hannah Tupper
Married1888
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• 1840Hancock County, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusHancock County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census18th Ward Gt. Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population Census13th Ward Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSalt Lake City 13th Ward, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Brigham Young CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Data," database, part of "Church History Biographical Database" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure5 Jun 1848
       Arrival20-24 Sept 1848
• Ansil P. Harmon CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Data," database, part of "Church History Biographical Database" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure1 Aug 1862
       Arrival5 Oct 1862

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