Hi, Jeremy,
I am also a descendant of Dr. Jeremiah C. Wells. Do you want to trade family
info. Thanks.
Bill in Texas
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From: Jeremy Mullins <jeremy-mullins(a)hotmail.com>
To: ZachariahWells-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 6:11:18 AM
Subject: [Zachariah Wells] Dr. Jeremiah Wells
Hello everyone!
This comes to you with much excitement! I am the Great Great Grandson of Dr. Jeremiah C.
Wells of Southwest Virginia. I was also named after him, but my name was shortened to
"fit in" with the times.
Gertrude Wells was a daughter of Jeremiah. She married and had a daughter named Juanita
Agnus Clifton. She is my grandmother is still with us at the age of 89 years old!
I grew up in Big Stone Gap, VA. Some artificats of Dr. Wells were on exhibit at the
SouthWest Virginia Museum until the mid 90's when a renovation of the museum took
place. These artifacts are still in the museums possession but are currently in storage.
During my Easter vacation, I went searching for Dr. Wells' grave site and found it! I
do have pictures and plan on sharing them with Orin Wells as soon as possible. As stated
in earlier posts, there is also a Rev. J.C. Wells and Sarah Wells at the same site. I have
pictures of all the headstones. The gentleman at the cemetary told me that the Wells plot
was about 30 ft by 30 ft. There are also a couple of rock headstones in place with no
inscription. There were indentions in the ground that would suggest more burials in the
plot area, but there were no headstones.
Based on my findings, both Rev. J.C.Wells and Dr. J.C.Wells were in the Confederate War.
There is a foot stone at each grave with some information about their service enlistment.
The gentleman there suggested I check withe Wise County Historical Society for further
information on that subject. There were also American Flags on each grave.
In my family, there is also a photograph of Dr. Wells by himself and one with all of his
Siblings. I will be in the process of photographing those to be posted on the website. We
also have his Bible with a list of ancestors wrote in it. I will try to post this
information as quickly as my time allows.
My uncle, Gary Kilgore of BSG, VA, was our family historian and with his untimely death, I
am left with a gap of knowledge. I look forward to hearing from anyone and everyone in the
Wells families and anticipate this to be just the beginning of my journey!
Sincerely,
Jeremy Mullins
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