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Wells, Daniel

merchant, banker, congressman, was born in Maine. He became extensively engaged in the business of banking and lumbering at Milwaukee, Wis.; and was a representative in congress from Wisconsin from 1853 to 1855.

Wells, Ebenezer T

lawyer, jurist, was born in New York. In 1871 he was appointed one of the associate justices of the United States supreme court for the territory of Colorado.

Wells, George William

physician, author, was born June 5, 1841, in Tyrone, N. Y. Since 1891 he has been medical director of the Manhattan Life Insurance company. He is the editor of the Medical Examiner, and the author of a medical work entitled The Medical Examiner: What He Does and Why He Does It.

Wells, Harry Laurenz

journalist, author, poet, was born March 28, 1854, in Geneva, Ill. In 1878 he went to California. His most important work is a Popular History of Oregon; and his Song of the Bears has attracted wide attention.

Wells, Henry Parkhurst

lawyer, author, was born in 1842 in Rhode Island. He is a lawyer of New York city; and the author of City Boys in the Woods; Fly Rods and Fly Tackle; and The American Salmon Fisherman.

Wells, Hezekiah G

lawyer, jurist, was born in 1812 in Steubenville, Ohio.

He was elected judge of the circuit court of the state of Michigan. By his individual exertions he raised a regiment of volunteers during the rebellion. From 1865 to 1875 he was president of the state board of agriculture; and was subsequently appointed presiding judge of the court of commissioners of Alabama claims. He died April 4, 1885, in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Wells, Horace

dentist, was born Jan. 21, 1815, in Hartford, Vt. He was the first to employ laughing gas to destroy pain during dental operations, which he caused to be used on himself successfully in 1844. He died Jan. 24, 1848, in New York city.

Wells, James Madison

seventeenth governor of Louisiana, was a native of that state. In 1840 he filled the position of sheriff; in 1864 became lieutenant governor; and the following year was elected governor, serving until 1867.

Wells, John

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1770 in Cherry Valley, N. Y.

He was a representative in congress from New York from 1851 to 1853. He died Sept. 7, 1853, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Wells, John Sullivan

United States senator, was born Oct. 18, 1803, in Durham, N. H. He was a senator in congress from New Hampshire from January to March, in 1855, by executive appointment. He died Aug. 1, 1860, in Exeter, N. H.

Wells, Lemuel Henry

bishop of Spokane, Wash., was born Dec. 3, 1841, in Yonkers, N. Y. From 1884 to 1889 he was rector of St. Luke's church, Tacoma, Wash., and then he became rector of Trinity church, Tacoma, which he had himself founded, and continued in that charge till his elevation to the episcopate.

Wells, Owen A

agriculturist, lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 4, 1844, in Catskill, N. Y. He was collector of internal revenue for the third Wisconsin district under Grover Cleveland for two years, until the district was consolidated with the Milwaukee district. He was elected to the fifty-third congress as a democrat.