Henry William Dwight WELLS

Born

12 December 1805 , Thetford, Vermont, USA

Died

10 December 1878 , Glasgow, Scotland

Henry William Dwight married Sarah Caroline DAGGETT abt. 1827 . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Sarah Caroline DAGGETT was born 18 May 1803 in Saratoga, New York, USA . Sarah Caroline died 13 October 1859 in Ledyard, New York, USA .

Henry William Dwight married Mary PRENTISS 25 April 1861 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA* .
Mary PRENTISS was born 27 August 1829 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA .

Parents & Family of Henry William Dwight WELLS

Parents of Henry William Dwight WELLS

Father

Shipley WELLS

Mother

Dorothea "Dolly" RANDALL

Grandparents of Henry William Dwight WELLS

Paternal grandparents

Ashbel WELLS Abigail KELLOGG

Maternal grandparents

Maternal grandfather not yet recorded Maternal grandmother not yet recorded

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WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: Co-founder of American Express Company, Wells Fargo, and Wells College

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Henry William Dwight WELLS

Henry William Dwight WELLS married

Sarah Caroline DAGGETT
Marriage date: abt. 1827
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Children of Henry William Dwight WELLS and Sarah Caroline DAGGETT

Charles Henry WELLS

Born: 28 June 1828, Palmyra, New York, USA
Died: 23 May 1891, Oakland, California, USA

Mary Elizabeth WELLS

Born: 27 March 1830, Ledyard, New York, USA
Died: 30 March 1884, Ledyard, New York, USA

Oscar Ashbelle WELLS

Born: August 1833, , New York, USA
Died: 26 January 1909, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Henry William Dwight WELLS married

Mary PRENTISS
Marriage date: 25 April 1861
Marriage place: Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*

Children of Henry William Dwight WELLS and Mary PRENTISS

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Birth — 1805
12 December 1805
Thetford, Vermont, USA

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Charles Henry WELLS was born 28 June 1828, Palmyra, New York, USA

Henry William Dwight was 22 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 Birth of Child
Mary Elizabeth WELLS was born 27 March 1830, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

Henry William Dwight was 24 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Oscar Ashbelle WELLS was born August 1833, , New York, USA

Henry William Dwight was 27 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 - American Express is founded by Henry Wells & William Fargo. (March 19)

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY.
CAPITAL $150,000.

The American Express Company, having purchased the several Domestic Express Lines of Wells & Co., Livingston & Fargo and Butterfield, Wasson & Co., will hereafter carry on the express business on all the several lines at the places heretofore run and occupied by said several Express Lines.

The business of said American Express Company at and between New York and Buffalo and intermediate places will be transacted in the name of 'Wells, Butterfield & Co.' and at and between Buffalo, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis, and intermediate places, west of Buffalo, in the name of 'Livingston, Fargo & Co.'

DIRECTORS
WM. A LIVINGSTON.....Cincinnati
WM. G. FARGO.........Buffalo
JAMES McKAY..........Buffalo
JOHN BUTTERFIELD.....Utica
JAMES D. WASSON......Albany
HENRY WELLS..........New York
JOHNSTON LIVINGSTON..New York

J.W. WETHERELL, Agent for Sandusky.

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The Sandusky Register
Sandusky, Ohio
April 12, 1850

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Death of Spouse/Partner
Sarah Caroline DAGGETT died 13 October 1859, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora)

1861 Marriage / Partner
Henry William Dwight WELLS and Mary PRENTISS 25 April 1861, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*

He was 55 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

Henry William Dwight WELLS - Dining Hall, Wells College - Aurora, New York Wells College in Aurora, NY is a private liberal arts school established in 1868 by Henry Wells, foun

Dining Hall, Wells College - Aurora, New York

Wells College in Aurora, NY is a private liberal arts school established in 1868 by Henry Wells, founder of Wells Fargo and American Express. forbes.com

"Wells College," the gift of Henry Wells, Esq., to the cause of female education, beautifully situated in the south part of the village, was commenced in April, 1866, and completed in 1868.

"History of Cayuga County, New York: Compiled From Papers in the Archives of the Cayuga County Historical Society, with Special Chapters by Local Authors from 1775 to 1908", Auburn, N. Y., 1908.

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1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

Death — 1878
10 December 1878
Glasgow, Scotland
He died at the age of 73.

1888 - WELLS COLLEGE DESTROYED. A FIRE SWEEPS THE MAIN BUILDING, CAUSING A LOSS OF $130,000.

Auburn, N. Y., Aug. 9. - Fire was discovered in the library of the main building of Wells Female College - MRS. GROVER CLEVELAND'S Alma Mater - Aurora, at 1:30 o'clock this morning by PATRICK GRAY, who occupies the lodge on the Wells estate. He immediately gave the alarm and, running to the building, cut off the gasoline connection and with the assistance of others endeavored to stay the flames. The effort was unavailing, however, for the village does not boast a Fire Department, and all the facilities for extinguishing the fire were in the burning building. There was nothing to do but stand by and see the imposing structure become a prey to the flames. When the flames had spent their force only the blackened walls of the main building or college proper remained standing. The servants' hall, a frame structure connected at the rear by a bridge, was also swept away.

During vacation a number of the more valuable paintings and works of art had been removed to safe quarters, but the

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The New York Times
New York, New York
August 10, 1888