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NORTHWESTERN
IOWA
ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION
VOLUME III
1804-1926
N. T. WELLS
The history of the loyal sons and representative citizens of northwestern
Iowa would not be complete should the name of N. T. Wells be omitted. When the
fierce fire of rebellion was raging through the Southland, threatening to
destroy the Union, he responded with patriotic fervor to the call for
volunteers and in some of the bloodiest battles for which that great war was noted he proved his loyalty to the government. During a useful life in the locality where he now lives he has won success in business as the result of his persistent and well-applied industry, and at the same time he has contributed to the best of his ability to the prosperity and upbuilding in his community.
Mr. Wells was born in Lincoln county, Missouri, October 25, 1845, and is a
son of Thomas E. and Susan Wells, the former a native of Kentucky and the
latter of West Virginia. They were married in Missouri and in 1846 moved to
Wisconsin, where the father engaged in farming for many years. Eventually they
went to Jewell county, Kansas, where their deaths occurred. They became the
parents of eleven children, of whom two are living.
N. T. Wells was about a year old when the family moved from Missouri to
Wisconsin and in the public schools of the latter state he secured his education.
In 1864, when eighteen years old, he enlisted in Company K, Fortieth
Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served until th end of the war, being
honorably discharged at Madison, Wisconsin. He the engaged in farming in
Wisconsin, which occupation he followed there until 1877, when he came to Iowa
and bought a tract of land in Pottawattamie county, on which he lived about four years, when he sold that place and moved to Cherokee county, buying a farm in Tilden township. To the improvement and cultivation of this place he devoted his attention for a number of years until, having accumulated a fair share of this world's goods and feeling the burden of advancing years, he sold his farm land and built a good home in Marcus, where he has since lived, retired from active business.
In 1871 Mr. Wells was married to Miss Jane Parker, who is a native of Ohio
and a daughter of Elijah and Margaret Parker, natives of Pennsylvania and
Scotland, respectively. They moved to Wisconsin in an early day and both died in
that state. To Mr. and Mrs. Wells were born five children, as follows:
Edith N., who remains at home; Ernest N., of Marcus; Benjamin D., of Sioux City,
Iowa; Violet D., of Pierson, Iowa; and Chester A., who lives in Minnesota.
Politically Mr. Wells has been a lifelong supporter of the republican party
and formerly took an active part in local public affairs, having served
sixteen years as a member of the school board. Fraternally he is a member of
Marcus Lodge No, 463, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and Curtis Post No. 25, Grand Army of the Republic. He attends the Methodist Episcopal church, to which he gives liberal support. He is in the truest sense a self-made man, having earned every dollar which he possesses through his indefatigable efforts and his sound business judgment, and he well merits the high place which he holds in the esteem of his fellowmen.
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