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Description
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John Breckenridge Wells (1800-1890) was born in Kentucky and moved to Missouri in 1833. He owned land that is today part of Tyson Research Center according to a plat map of 1838, the same year that an enslaved woman named Virginia obtained her freedom from him.
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Bio
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John Breckenridge Wells (1800 – 1890) was born in Kentucky to Hasten Wells and Tabitha C. Davis and moved to Missouri in 1833. He owned land that is today part of Tyson Research Center in 1838. In the same year, an enslaved woman named Virginia obtained her freedom from Wells.1 Many individuals with the last name Wells were enslavers, but their relation to John is unclear.
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Birth Date
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1800
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Death Date
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1890
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Keywords
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Tyson landowner
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Child of
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Hasten Wells
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Tabitha C. Davis
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Sibling of
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Leander E. Wells
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John D. Wells
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Littleton M. Wells
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Laura Wells
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Henrietta Wells
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George Wells
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Frances Wells
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Luther J. Wells
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Mittie Wells
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Vernie Wells
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Reginie Wells
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Dates of Tyson Land Ownership
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1836
