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Susan Jane Wells

Susan Jane Wells[1, 2]

Female 1837 - 1927  (90 years)

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  • Name Susan Jane Wells 
    • Susan Jane Wells married William M. Clark, s/o Col. William S. Clarke and Eliza Anne Martin.
    Born 12 Feb 1837  Henry County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 31 Dec 1927  Henry Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Horsepasture Christian Church Cemetery Henry County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I67840  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 24 Dec 2018 

    Father Joel C. Wells,   b. 1801, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1884, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Sarah Eliza M. Tarpley,   b. 1808, Henry County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1890, Henry County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 8 Jun 1825  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3760  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William M. "Buck" Clark/Clarke,   b. 26 Nov 1837, Patrick Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1909, Henry Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 10 Jun 1860  Prob. Henry Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2015 
    Family ID F5129  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • When Susan Jane Wells was born on February 12, 1837, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, her father, Joel, was 36 and her mother, Sarah, was 32. She married William M. Clarke on June 10, 1860, in Henry County, Virginia. They had 10 children in 23 years. She died on December 31, 1927, in Horsepasture, Virginia, at the age of 90, and was buried in Henry County, Virginia, Horsepasture Chr. Ch. Cem., Ridgeway, VA.

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
      Joel6 Wells (Matthew5, John4, Barnaby3, John2, Barnabe1) was born Abt. 1801 in Pittsylvania Co, VA, and died November 1856 in Henry Co, Va. He married Sarah Eliza M. Tarpley June 08, 1825 in Pittsylvania Co, VA.

      Children of Joel Wells and Sarah Tarpley are:
      56 i. William7 Wells, born Abt. 1826 in Pittsylvania Co, VA.
      57 ii. Catherine Wells, born Abt. 1828 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She married Nelson Ivy September 16, 1846 in Henry Co, Va.
      58 iii. Eliza A. Wells, born Abt. 1829; died 1874 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. She married Henson Thomas Mccune October 18, 1844 in Pittsylvania Co, VA.
      + 59 iv. Joseph M. Wells, born Abt. 1837 in Pittsylvania Co, VA; died August 31, 1865 in Henry Co, Va.
      60 v. Mary M. Wells, born Abt. 1832. She married Joseph Hardy October 12, 1858 in Henry Co, Va.
      61 vi. Susan Jane Wells, born February 12, 1837 in Henry Co, Va; died December 21, 1927 in Henry Co, Va. She married William Clark June 10, 1860 in Henry Co, Va.
      + 62 vii. James H. Wells, born August 04, 1840 in Henry Co, Va; died March 06, 1904 in Henry Co, Va.
      63 viii. Robert C. Wells, born Abt. 1842 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. He married Mary Dillon Abt. 1867.
      64 ix. Luke P. Wells, born Abt. 1844.
      65 x. Martha H. Wells, born Abt. 1846.
      + 66 xi. John Tarpley Wells, born Abt. 1848.
      67 xii. Lucy V. Wells, born May 16, 1849; died July 27, 1921.
      68 xiii. Sarah Elizabeth Wells, born Abt. 1838. She married Willis Clard Abt. 1857.

    2. [S31] Cottagehill/Southside, William B. Clarke + Martha Clarke, d/o William Clarke and Eliza Anne Martin.
      Child William M. Clarke m. Susan Jane Wells d/o Joel and Sarah Eliza M. Tarpley

    3. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50174391/susan-jane-clark.