Descendants of Thomas Wells, Sr. - Genealogy Pit Stop

1851 started westward steamboat down Ohio & up Miss. river to
Burlington,Iowa.
Farmed there several years went Jefferson Co Iowa near Absecom
P.O. abt 14
mi les fm Ottumwa. In 1857 went Nebr Terr W Missouri river
located premption
home std
in W half sect 31,twp 14, range 13 abt 6 mi w of Bellevue & 10 mi
SW of Om aha.
Omaha, abt 3 yrs old. retned Iowa spring 1857 covered wagons 3
teams 11 y oke
oxen. Apr crossed Missouri r by ferry between Kanesville &
Omaha. Kanesvi lle
later Council Bluffs. Homestead on s. side large grove good
timber. sparse ly
settled. Indians roamed country. Wild reports warpath. Settlers
rushed to
Bellevue & Omaha for protection. no railroads or markets. road
trails. streams
had to be forded. grasshoppers great pests. Jesse licensed
Methodist minister.
work left good impression. buried abt 3 miles so E of village of
Papillion.
Sarpy Co Nebr.
More About JESSE IRELAND:
Baptism (LDS): 03 Jun 1966, IFALL
Burial: Mar 1877, Papillion, Sarpy, Nebraska, USA
Endowment (LDS): 21 Oct 1966, IFALL
Record Change: 20 Feb 2001
Sealed to parents (LDS): 27 Jan 1977, PROVO
Marriage Notes for SARAH WELLS and JESSE IRELAND:
[wells.FTW]
[wells, harvey.FTW]
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Children of SARAH WELLS and JESSE IRELAND are:
i. THOMAS 8 IRELAND, b. 12 Jul 1827, , Tyler, WV; d. 12 Sep 1827, , Tyler Co., VA..
Notes for THOMAS IRELAND:
[wells.FTW]
[wells, harvey.FTW]
Ancestral File Number: 1SQK-R8
More About THOMAS IRELAND:
Baptism (LDS): Child
Burial: , Tyler Co., VA.
Endowment (LDS): Child
Record Change: 03 May 2000