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 AllRefer.com - Henry Wells, (Business Leaders, Biography) - Encyclopedia
His association with William G. Fargo began in 1844, when Wells and Company was organized.
In 1846, Wells temporarily abandoned most of his other commercial interests to concentrate on the transatlantic trade.
Wells made his home in Aurora, N.Y., where he founded Wells Seminary (now Wells College).
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 Wells Families c1516 - 1900   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Isabella WELLS was born in 1736 in Cowmyers.
Mary WELLS was born in 1851/52 in Grewelthorpe, Kirkby Malzeard, Y. Absent from 1851 Census.
Isabella WELLS was born in 1856 in Ripon, Yorkshire.
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 Adventures of Wells Fargo - Henry Wells   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Henry Wells wrote these words in a letter from San Francisco in 1853 -- less than a year after the founding of Wells, Fargo and Co. And he meant what he said.
Born in Thetford, Vermont in 1805, Henry Wells was the son of a Congregationalist clergyman who moved to New York when Henry was eight.
Wells went on the build the first commercial telegraph lines in the United States.
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 Vyner Deeds (Wells of Galphay and Cowmiers)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Christopher Wells shortly after died and Frances his relict became seized of the premises as of her freehold for the term of her life, the remainder to the said William Wells in general taile.
Henry, William and George Wells agree that the said lands shall be equally divided among them and have made full and perfect division and partition of the same, viz.
Well Pasture with all appurtenances thereto belonging and with liberty to fetch and carry water from the well in Well Garth.
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 WellsFamily-ShelbyCounty
Living with her was her son Henry Jefferson (Jeffers), age 17 and he was working as a laborer for a private family.
Henry Clifton Wells was killed in a railroad accident September 24, 1952.
Walter Wells was killed January 2, 1957 when he was caught between a mechanical wood loader and a car loaded with pulp wood at the Southern depot in Columbiana.
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 Zachariah WELLS
Some Well's family researchers believe this Henry Wells is not the son of Zach and Elizabeth.
Henry Wells had a passport from the Governor of Georgia to travel westward through the Indian Nations in 1812.
Henry Wells is listed on the 1850 census of Jackson Co. in the household with his son, Isaac.
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 Victorian Art in Britain - Henry Wells
Initially the young Wells specialised in painting miniatures, but the development of photography rapidly made this formerly profitable area of artistic endeavour obsolete, and he was obliged to become a painter in oils.
Wells married the much more artistically talented painter and writer Joanna Boyce, who tragically died, at the age of twenty-nine, following the birth of their third child in three years.
The son of the late Henry Tanworth Wells, he was born in London on 1828, and was trained as an artist from early youth, beginning to exhibit at the Royal Academy at the age of 18.
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 Interesting Arcadians - Henry Wells
In spite of this, he became rich, famous and a generous philanthropist whose enterprises were a boon to the business life of America from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific for some 30 years.
The Wells Fargo interests also took over the Pony Express for the last months of its service, which ended with the completion of the telegraph in 1861...
Henry Wells was the subject of seven books written between 1858 and 1931, which provided much of the information for his biography in The Dictionary of American Biography.
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 Stillman, Henry Wells
HENRY WELLS STILLMAN, M.D., of Edgerton, is numbered among the well known citizens of Rock County, where he has made his home since 1862.
He married Miss Eunice WELLS, who was also of English origin, the family having been established in America by Nathaniel WELLS, of whom record says, he emigrated from Essex County, England, in 1637, and settled in Rhode Island in 1640.
Zebulon and Eunice (WELLS) STILLMAN were natives of Rhode Island; and became the parents of seven children, five sons and two daughters, five of whom grew to mature years.
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 Wells College - Admissions - Henry Wells Scholarships   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Henry Wells Scholars are selected annually in recognition of academic excellence and outstanding scholastic achievement.
In addition, Wells will pay the reasonable cost of transportation to visit campus for a special celebration in honor of the Henry Wells Scholars, traditionally held in early March.
Through the Henry Wells Scholars program, students are encouraged to connect their classroom studies with hands-on, real world experience.
www.wells.edu /admiss/henrywells.htm   (523 words)

  
 Henry Wells -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Henry Wells (December 12 1805 – December 10 1878) was an (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American businessman.
In 1841 Wells hired (Click link for more info and facts about William Fargo) William Fargo and soon the two men formed the (Click link for more info and facts about American Express) American Express company.
Wells died in (One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts) Scotland.
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 Henry Wells
WELLS, Henry, expressman, born in New Hampshire, 12 December, 1805; died in Glasgow, Scotland, 10 December, 1878.
In 1832 he was associated with William G. Fargo and others in forming the firm of Wells, Fargo and Co., for conducting the express business in the far west, and he continued an active officer of that company until its management was transferred to western capitalists after the completion of the Transcontinental railroad.
He gave $150,000 to found and endow Wells female college at Aurora, New York, one of the first collegiate institutions to be established in this country for the higher education of women.
www.famousamericans.net /henrywells   (522 words)

  
 Children of Doctor Henry Wells Stillman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Henry W. Stillman, M.D., was born in Hopkinton, R.I., in 1824.
He was the son of Ezra and Charlotte (Wells) Stillman.
He was educated at the public schools of Jewett City, Conn. He began the course of medical study in the medical department of Yale College, and graduated at Berkshire Medical College, Pittsfield, Mass., in 1845, being then 21 years of age.
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 Wells, Henry --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Henry Wells was born on Dec. 12, 1805, in Thetford, Vt. In 1844 he and William G. Fargo organized their first express service to run from Buffalo, N.Y., to Detroit, Mich. In 1850 Wells, Fargo, and John Butterfield formed the American Express Company with Wells as president.
The founders of the original company were Henry Wells (1805–78) and William George Fargo (1818–81), who had earlier helped establish the American Express Company.
Henry Wriothesley, to whom Shakespeare dedicated two poems, was one of the writer's first patrons.
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 Lightning Portrait of Henry Wells, Carollton, Alabama
Wells, a former slave, was accused of burning the original Pickens County Courthouse in 1876.
As there was no jail, Wells was placed in the garret of the new courthouse.
As Wells peered out the garret window, a bolt of lightning struck nearby and permanently etched his terrified expression into the windowpane.
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 Interesting Arcadians - Henry Wells
While, obviously, a shrewd and busy business man, Henry Wells' personal life may seem to us today even more humdrum than that of the average Arcadian to the local townspeople of his day.
The D.A.B. gave the highlights of Henry Wells' 30-year business career, which, while active and productive, seems to have been rather colorless even for that day and age.
He died in Glasgow, Scotland, and was buried in Auburn, Henry Wells was the subject of seven books written between 1858 and 1931, which provided much of the information for his biography in The Dictionary of American Biography.
www.cgazette.com /towns/Newark/history/988460058998.htm   (834 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Henry Wells
Westward Movement, American, movement of people from the settled regions of the United States to lands farther west.
James, Henry : quotations: Writers: Whatever Wells writes is not…
Whatever Wells writes is not only alive, but kicking.
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 AIM25: King's College London College Archives: WELLS, [Charles Henry] (1855-1917)
Administrative/Biographical history: Charles Henry Wells was born in 1855.
Wells played a significant role in the financial management of the Hospital and School seen in the provision of the new School buildings, in the erection of the College (residence) and the acquisition of the sports ground at Honor Oak Park.
Wells was also a founding member of the Clinical Research Association.
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 Brewster Central School District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Henry H. Wells is a middle school located in Brewster, NY, about fifty miles north of New York City.
Wells houses three grade levels: sixth, seventh, and eighth.
The school is divided into three teams: a green team, a white team, and a silver team.
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 Henry Wallace Wells (#000037)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Aug 28 1871 Henry Wells, age 29, a bachelor from Three Arms NDB & Charlotte Caroline Langdown, age 24, a spinster from Jacksons Cove were married at Congregational Church, St Johns.
The Wells family bible says Charlotte died on July 11, 1913 at age 66.
Henry WELLS of Three Arms died March 20 1917 buried March 23 1917, age 75 years.
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 "The Car That Crashed Into History"
The wagon [automobile] operated by Henry Wells, of Springfield, Mass., wobbled furiously, going in a zig-zag fashion, until it seemed that the driver had lost control of it.
Evylyn Thomas, of No. 459 West Ninetieth-st., was approaching on her bicycle, when suddenly the wheel and horseless carriage met, and there was a crash.
Wells was taken to the West One-hundred-and-twenty-fifth-st. station, and held pending the result of the injuries to Miss Thomas.
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 Read about Henry Wells at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Henry Wells and learn about Henry Wells here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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In 1841 Wells hired William Fargo and soon the two men formed the
In 1851 Wells and Fargo with other partners founded the
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 Wells, Henry on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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Tim Henry Joins E-Z-EM as Vice President of New Healthcare Decontamination Business Unit.
Medical Action Industries Announces the Nomination of Henry A. Berling to the Board of Directors.
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 Clark Henry Wells
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WELLS, Clark Henry, naval officer; born in Reading, Pennsylvania, 22 September, 1822; died in Washington, D. C., 28 January, 1888.
He was appointed a midshipman in the navy, 25 September, 1840, attended the naval academy at Annapolis in 1846, and became a passed midshipman on 11 July of that year.
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 Henry Wells
Marathon effort regarding Henries; It may be a long haul, but well worth it.
Rugby Union: Wales' failure in the fields of dreamers; Henry must now conjure up inspiration as well as perspiration to fire both the present and future of a nation.(Sport) (The Independent Sunday (London, England))
Francis Godwin, Henry Neville, Margaret Cavendish, H. Wells: some Utopian debts.
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 REVEREND HENRY T. WELLS
Reverend Henry T. Wells (known fondly as “Rev”) founded One Day At A Time
A recovering addict himself, Reverend Wells recognized that
Wells and ODAAT have received much acclaim for Rev. Well’s
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We are a student organized a cappella group formed in the 1940’s, named after Henry Wells, the founder of Wells College (in Aurora, NY).
We started as a double quartet in the 1940's and have since evolved to average about 12 to 13 members per semester.
This page belongs to Henry's VIII and is maintained by Margaret Hahn.
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 Wells, Henry. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Columbia Encyclopedia
His association with William G. Fargo began in 1844, when Wells & Company was organized.
Together with William Fargo, he organized (1852) Wells, Fargo & Company to handle express service to California and the West.
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 MSN Encarta - Henry Wells
Wells, Henry (1805-1878), American businessman born in Thetford, Vermont.
After serving as a freight agent on the Erie Canal, Wells formed his own...
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