This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WELLS, SHROUT, GRIFFIS, SWENSON, SWAIN, CARMIN, WOODIN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SCWBAIB/4334.1 Message Board Post: I am a descendent of James Wells. However, I have no record of his marriage to Rindy Culbertson! He was born in Bath County, KY, in 1828. His parents were Richard and Sarah (Smith) Wells. He married Marinda Shrout after the Civil War. After the death of Richard Wells, they migrated to Marshall County, KS. Their children were Perry Thomas Wells, Sarah Jane Wells Dennis, Issac Wells, Thomas Richard Wells (my paternal grandfather), Henry Lewis & Jackson Ewing Wells (twins), Mary Elizabeth Wells, John Morgan Wells and Alice Belle Wells. They are all buried in Marshall County, KS in the Wells Family Cemetery or Antoich Cemetery. I did participate in the DNA Study which showed I was descended from James and Marinda Wells. I would be happy to supply more info to you. James Wells died in Bigelow, KS, in 1901. Marinda Wells died in 1922. I knew most of their children very well, and my father was quite devoted to his aunts and uncles. Only Thomas Richard Wells (married to Sophia Flore! nce Griffis, in 1897) and Sarah Jane (Sally) Wells Dennis were married. I am the only male descendent of James Wells bearing the surname of Wells. My father was Richard Clinton Wells, 1903-1975, my mother was Bess May (Swenson) Wells, 1909-1982. I am Richard Clinton Wells, II, born in 1944 in Manhattan, Riley County, KS. I now reside in the Los Angeles area of CA. I have seen one other source mentioning a Rindy Culbertson, but, according to my great aunt, Mary Elizabeth Wells, "Rindy" was nickname for her mother Marinda Wells! I hope to hear from you. Richard C. Wells, II