In reply to your questions about the Wells family in Marshall County, Kansas: There are two books I know about -- "History of Marshall County" by Emma Forter in 1917. and "Portrait and Biographical Album" written in 1889. Have you contacted the Marshall County Historical Society in the Historical Courthouse? They have a web site you can find on "Google." Their e-mail is mchs@mvleadvocate.com. Another wonderful source of information will be Mrs. Oretha Ruetti. She lived in Well Township for many years. She is the author of "It Happened Here," a weekly column since 1979 about anything and everything in Marshall County. A large number of her articles have been compiled into a book with same title. There are some Wells folk mentioned in the book. May this be helpful to you in your research. A Kansas Kid transplanted to Chgo.