WELLS, Albert Gallatin 24 Oct 1823 13 Feb 1912, [h/o 1. Martha Burge Wells, md 24 Nov 1867 GCT where is she buried?; h/o 2. Martha J Shores, m. 10 Apr 1881 GCT; h/o 3. Martha A. Prince McGill, m. 9 Jun 1898, GCT , buried Booth Chapel; s/o Jesse and Nancy Harwell Wells) [From Jesse�s will.]
Obituary:
Albert G. Wells, aged about 90, died Tuesday at his home at Shore�s mill and was buried there yesterday. He was a member of the Methodist church and is survived
by his 3rd wife, who was formerly a Miss Prince. Mr. Wells is said to have been born in Prospect section. He later went to Texas, and then to California during the
gold fever craze in 1849. It is said that he met a "strike" there, returning to Giles County after a few years.
WELLS, Martha J. 8 Dec 1840 2 Aug 1897, (2nd w/o Albert Gallatin Wells; d/o James C. and Elizabeth Ann Scott Shores)
Obituary:
Pulaski Citizen, August 12, 1897: This community was made very sad last week by the death of one of her most elegant old ladies. On Monday morning the black
angel of death visited the home of A. G. Wells, claimed his wife, Martha Wells, and bore her spirit to that bourne from whence no traveler returns. The cause of her
death was a cancer. the remains were interred at the Shores burial grounds.
Sources are obviously Giles County Tennessee Cemeteries by the Genealogical Society 1986, Newspaper abstracts of Giles County Tennessee 1840 - 1899. Graveyard research by Wayne Austin. Census Records of 1850-1900. Obit. Sent in by Sue Davis years ago.
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