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View Tree for James Mayo WellsJames Mayo Wells (b. March 5, 1813, d. October 9, 1862)

James Mayo Wells (son of John Wells Jr. and Hannah Mayo) was born March 5, 1813 in Hagerston, Maryland, and died October 9, 1862 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married Emily Sophia Forbes on October 1, 1837 in Nacogdoches, Texas.

 Includes NotesNotes for James Mayo Wells:


Cadet at U. S. Military Academy at West Point N.Y. from July 1, 1830 to July 1, 1835.

Graduated Number 39 in Class of 1835 (USMA Graduate Number 824)

Military History
Brevet Second Lieutenant, 7th Infantry - July 1, 1835
Served on frontier duty at Fort Gibson , 1835-1836, - Camp Desire
Second Lieutenant, 7th Infantry - August 31, 1836
1836 - Camp Nacogdoches, Texas -- and Fort Gibson 1836-1837
on Recruiting Service, 1838-1839;
First Lieutenant, 7th Infantry - August 31, 1836
in Florida War against Seminole Indians,1839
Resigned May 31, 1839

Served in War with Mexico as Major, Texas Rifle Volunteers, May, 1846 until disbanded August 1856

Reappointed in United States Army with rank of Captain, 12th Infantry April 9, 1847
Served in War with Mexico, 1847-48 until disbanded, July 25, 1848

Civil History

Counselor at Law, Galveston, Texas
Teacher in Mississippi

Joined in the Rebellion of 1861 against the United States

Organized a Confederate Company in Nacogdoches, Texas

More About James Mayo Wells:
Burial: Unknown, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

More About James Mayo Wells and Emily Sophia Forbes:
Marriage: October 1, 1837, Nacogdoches, Texas.

Children of James Mayo Wells and Emily Sophia Forbes are:
  1. Emily Geraldine Wells, b. October 14, 1838, d. date unknown.
  2. Maria Lousia Wells, b. December 17, 1840, d. date unknown.
  3. Sarah Ellen Wells, b. October 3, 1843, d. date unknown.
  4. Cora Eugenia Wells, b. February 26, 1846, d. date unknown.
  5. Clifton Wells, b. July 10, 1849, Nacogdoches, Texas, d. July 28, 1929, Nacogdoches, Texas.
  6. Mayo Wells, b. November 26, 1851, Washinngton, Mississippi, d. December 1, 1872, Nacogdoches, Texas.
  7. Alice Harriett Wells, b. February 2, 1855, d. date unknown.
  8. John Forbes Wells, b. September 13, 1857, Moscow, Polk County, Texas, d. September 26, 1931, Nacogdoches, Texas.
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