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 Abt 1800 - 1866 (66 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. |  Francis Flournoy Wells was born about 1800 in Virginia, USA; died in Nov 1866 in Jackson County, TX. Notes:
According to The Flournoy Family compiled by Flournoy Rivers, Esq. of Pulaski, Tennessee, after his parents death, "Frank" as he was known, was raised by an Uncle Mathews Flournoy, in Scott Co., Kentucky, and married Martha McNutt of Alexandria, Louisiana. Then about 1825 removed to Brazoria Co., Texas, then to Jackson Co., Texas about 1833, and died there in November 1866. He and Martha were the parents of five children.
"Frank" Flournoy was a descendant of the 'Blue Grass', Kentucky
Flournoys. His mother was the fifth child of Mathews Flournoy and his wife. This family were early settlers in Scott County, Kentucky, and many descendants migrated to Brazoria County and other counties throughout the state of Texas.
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WELLS, FRANCIS F. (ca. 1800-1866).
Francis F. Wells, one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred colonists, was born in Virginia about 1800. He moved to Texas from Louisiana and on July 21, 1824, received title to a league and a labor of land in present Brazoria and Jackson counties. The Mexican census of March 1826 listed him as a doctor, a married man with a wife (née Martha McNutt), and between sixteen and twenty-five. On November 14, 1829, the ayuntamiento of San Felipe de Austin granted him a license to practice medicine in Texas. In July 1830 the ayuntamiento also appointed Wells a member of the new board of medical examiners. In 1832 Wells and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Pamelia (Parmelia) McNutt Porter, founded the town of Texana in Jackson County.
Wells laid off the townsite into residential and business lots. On July 17, 1835 , Wells was present at the Lavaca-Navidad Meeting. In 1838 he was a participant at a political meeting that nominated Peter W. Grayson for president of the republic. Wells had one son, who later fought in the Confederate army and served as county clerk and judge. In 1851 Wells deeded a lot in Texana to be used by the local Methodist church. He died in Jackson County, and his will was filed for probate on December 10, 1866.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Lester G. Bugbee, "The Old Three Hundred: A List of Settlers in Austin's First Colony," Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association 1 (October 1897). Pat Ireland Nixon, The Medical Story of Early Texas, 1528-1853 (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Lupe Memorial Fund, 1946). Ira T. Taylor, The Cavalcade of Jackson County (S an Antonio: Naylor, 1938). Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin.
"WELLS, FRANCIS F." The Handbook of Texas Online.
Family/Spouse: Martha McNutt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
| 3. | Lucky Francis Wells  (1.Francis1) was born on 18 May 1846; died in 1915. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes:
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Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupatio n
Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Thomas S. SUTHERLAND Self W Male W 60 AL Farmer VA TN
George SUTHERLAND Son S Male W 26 TX AL AL
John W. SUTHERLAND Son S Male W 23 TX Farmer AL AL
Mary H. SUTHERLAND Dau S Female W 21 TX Keeping House AL
AL
Thomas S. SUTHERLAND Son S Male W 19 TX Far mer AL AL
William D. SUTHERLAND Son S Male W 14 TX At Home AL AL
Robert L. SUTHERLAND Son S Male W 13 TX At Home AL AL
Bollon WOOTEN Other S Male W 22 TX Works On Farm TN VA
Lucky F. WELLS SonL M Male W 34 TX Farmer VA LA
Franc es M. WELLS Dau M Female W 29 TX Keeping House AL
AL
Rob ert W. WELLS GSon S Male W 3 TX TX TX
Thomas J. WELLS G Son S Male W 1 TX TX TX
Shelton WELLS GSon S Male W 5 TX TX TX
Elizabeth M. WELLS GDau S Female W 4 TX TX TX
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Source Information:
Census Place Precinct 2, Jackson, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255313
NA Film Number T9-1313
Page Number 87B
Type letter from Myrtle Flora Rowlett Lovejoy:
Judge Lucky Francis Wells, a native of Jackson Co., was born May 18,
1846, the eldest son of Dr. & Mrs. Frances F. Wells. At 16, he joined Confederate Army and became member of 2nd. Texas Regiment under the command of Col. Clark L. Owen. He married Francis Sutherland in 1872.
Ch.; Dr. F.W. Wells, Thos. Wells, and Mrs. Behn McDowell. He d. 1915 at the home of son, R.W. Wells. Pge. 451
Lucky married Francis M. Sutherland in 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 4. |  Flora Adelia Wells (1.Francis1) was born on 31 Dec 1833; died on 25 Dec 1914 in Edna, Jackson County, TX. Notes:
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from typed letter:
She married to Geo. F. Simons in Texana in the home of her father June 6,
1860.
Flora married George F. Simons on 6 Jun 1860 in Texana, Jackson County, TX. George was born on 14 Feb 1834 in Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
| 13. | Courtney Stuart Simons (4.Flora2, 1.Francis1) was born in 1865. Notes:
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On typed notes of Myrtle Flora Rowlett Lovejoy:
Courtney Simons - owned Cotton Gin
Son - Kerr Simons - now living in Edna, TX
No date on typed note but would have been done in @ 1990 or before.
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 16. | Laura Minta Owen (6.Laura2, 1.Francis1) was born in 1850 in Texana, Jackson County, TX; died in Mar 1885 in Edna, Jackson County, TX. Notes:
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Marriage place from LDS.[Rowlettfile.FTW ]
Marriage place from LDS.
Laura married John Owen Rowlett on 3/04 Aug 1868 in Texana, Jackson County, TX. John was born on 6 Aug 1847 in Bonham, Fannin County, TX; died on 21 Oct 1918 in Edna, Jackson County, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
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