Charles Wells

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Husband Charles Wells ¹

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Children

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1 F Sarah Wells ¹

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           Born: Abt 1794
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           Died: 1888 1
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         Spouse: John McCoy (      -      ) 1

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2 F Ruth Wells ¹

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         Spouse: [Unk] Birkhead (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Charles Wells

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Brooke Co, WV

He was the father of 22 children. To each of 20 of these children who lived to maturity he gave a good river-bottom farm, most of which he secured by patent from the state; others he bought from prior owners. To his daughters, Sarah (Wells) McCoy and Ruth (Wells) Birkhead, he gave the northern half of a valley, just midway between Wheeling and Parkersburg. In course of time these sisters decided to lay out a town site, one-half of which should be upon either side of the line dividing their farms. After much discussion as to a name for the place Sarah suggested the appropriate and unique name of Sistersville.

1 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 537.