This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WELLS CONNER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ABB.2ACE/1150.1 Message Board Post: Hi Pam, I am looking for the same Malinda Conner who I believe was married to Hilary/James H. Wells and was the Father of Robert Jesse Wells. I am not quite as far along in my research as you are though. I only have that there was a Hilary Wells (age 42) in the 1850 census in Warren Co., KY with a Malinda Wells age 33, born in KY and lots of children (some of whom are too old to be Malinda's--brothers-in law or from a first wife of Hilary perhaps?). However, I cannot find Hilary in the 1860 census. There is a James Wells with a son Robert, but the ages don't match quite. Additionally, I did find a Hilary in the 1840 census that seems to fit, but I haven't digested all that information yet. Please let me know if you've made any progress on this line. I also see a Malinda Conner in the slave roles around 1840. I am actively working on this now. My Father is John Wells, and his lineage is John Wells son of Jess Hilary Wells, son of Robert Jesse Wells son of James Wells. He is getting r! eady to take part in the Wells DNA project so that may shed some light on this mystery. Barbara Stewart