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JOHN J. WELLS was born in 1843 in Brown county, Ohio. His father, Jacob, was a native of Virginia, and his mother, Jemima, nee Rich, was a native of Brown county, Ohio. The subject of this sketch was reared and educated in Spencer county, Indiana. He began his career on a farm, and after arriving at manhood he engaged in teaching school. In February, 1865, he enlisted in the army, but the war closing in a few months, he returned home and attended the Normal School of Ohio. In 1868 he went to Winslow, Pike county, Indiana, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits until the fall of 1878, when he came to Carthage, Missouri. He began business with Omar Harris. In 1878 Mr. Wells bought Harris’s interest in the store where he is still located. He was married in 1873 to Miss Alverda Armstrong of Warwick county, Indiana. They have one child living, whose name is Heber. Mr. Wells is among the prominent business men of Carthage, and is generally known and held in esteem.