Individual Details
Charles WELLS of Wellsburg, WV
(6 Apr 1745 - 16 Apr 1815)
His father-in-law named Wellsburg for him, to avoid the confusion of its prior name Charlestown, with a town (existing today) of the same name in Jefferson County.
Events
| Birth | 6 Apr 1745 | Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD | |||
| Marriage | 27 Dec 1764 | Baltimore Co., MD - Michal [Rachel] OWINGS |  | ||
| Marriage | 24 Jul 1784 | Brooke Co., VA (now WV) - Elizabeth PRATHER | | ||
| Election | 1789 - 1810 | Member, VA Legislature - NW VA | |||
| Will | 13 Dec 1814 | ||||
| Death | 16 Apr 1815 | Tyler Co., VA (now WV) | |||
| Burial | Wells Cemetery, Sistersville, Tyler Co., WV |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth PRATHER (1765 - 1845) |
| Child | Charles Prather WELLS (1785 - 1856) |
| Child | Nicholas WELLS of Long Beach,WV (1787 - ) |
| Child | Ruth Prather WELLS (1788 - 1865) |
| Child | Perrygrine [Perrine] WELLS (1789 - ) |
| Child | Joshua WELLS (1790 - ) |
| Child | Achsah Narcissa "Nacky" WELLS (1792 - 1803) |
| Child | Sarah WELLS (1794 - 1816) |
| Child | Delilah WELLS (1795 - 1815) |
| Child | Eli WELLS (1797 - ) |
| Child | Twenty WELLS (1798 - 1816) |
| Child | Catherine Adams "Caty" WELLS (1800 - ) |
| Child | Betsy Prather WELLS (1802 - ) |
| Spouse | Michal [Rachel] OWINGS (1745 - 1783) |
| Father | Benjamin WELLS (1723 - 1794) |
| Mother | Temperence BUTLER (1726 - 1800) |