Elizabeth Prather ¹

  Research Notes:

Seccond wife of Charles Wells, mother of 12 children.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Inherited: the mansion house and farm where she and her husband lived, 1815, <(Sistersville)>, Tyler Co., (West) Virginia, United States. "Beginning at the mouth of Wittens Run, thence with the wagon road lading to the Jug Handle Mill to the upper corner of the Tanyard lot, thence with the Run to the back line, thence with the lines of the Survey that includes said farm to the beginning; with all and singular the appurtenance thereunto belonging; with the rents, issues, and profits thereof, during her continuance of Widowhood as aforesaid."

• Probate, After 20 Apr 1845.

Elizabeth married <Captain> Charles Wells, son of Benjamin Wells and Temperance Butler, on 24 Jul 1784. (<Captain> Charles Wells was born on 6 Apr 1745 in Baltimore Co., Maryland, (United States), died on 16 Apr 1815 in Sistersville, Tyler, (West) Virginia, United States and was buried in Wells Cemetery, Sistersville, Tyler, (West) Virginia, United States.)