Vivian, "History of Belmont and Jefferson Cos., OH" by J. A. Caldwell was published in 1880. G. S. WELLONS M. D. - A son of Asa and Asenath WELLONS, nee DAVIS, ws born September 22, 1834, in Somerton, Belmont county, where he remained till his father bought and moved upon a small farm a mile and a half north of that place. He taught school from 1853 to 1856, after which he read medicine for two years with Dr. Wm. SCHOOLEY, of Somerton, and also continued teaching as a means of support. In 1858, he entered the office of Dr. J. W. WARFIELD, of Barnesville, with whom he remained for five years, one and a half years as a student and the remainder of the time as an assistant in the practice. In the spring of 1863, he became a matriculant at the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, from which he graduated in July, 1863, and immediately afterward passed examination before the military board at Columbus. In August, 1863, he received a commission as first assistant surgeon of the 91st Ohio volunteers, and remained in active service with the medical branch of the army till June 31 (?) 1865, at which date the regiment was mustered out of service. He was associated with the management of the hospitals at Cloyd, Cedar Creek, Winchester, the Sheridan field hospital, the Cumberland general hospital, the post hospital at Martinsburg, and other points. Since his return to Barnesville his practice has been largely in the line of surgery, as well as in general practice. He has been for several years the surgeon of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. He was married on the 8th of September, 1859, to Anna, daughter of Jesse GRIFFIN. -- Bonnie Burkhardt <burkhard@flash.net> <bburkhardt@juno.com>