Stephen Robert WELLS

Birth:
26 Dec 1822
Paddington, London, Middlesex, England
Death:
26 Jul 1889
St. George, Washington, Utah
Burial:
29 Jul 1889
St. George, Washington, Utah
Marriage:
22 Apr 1857
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Sources:
Family Records of Robert Earl Wells
RootsWeb.com
Records compiled by Mary Louisa Woolley Wells
Find A Grave Memorial
Stephen R. Wells, Annie Thorne, and Mary Ann Lowe headstone
Public Member Trees (Ancestry.com)
Utah Cemetery Inventory (Ancestry.com)
1860 Census - Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory, Roll: M653_1314, p. 976
1870 Census - St. George, Washington, Utah Territory, Roll: M593_1613, p. 398A
Notes:
                   Stephen Robert Wells crossed the Atlantic on the S.S. George W. borne to New Orleans.  Traveled up the Mississippi River to St. Louis on a paddle boat.  Married Mary Ann Lowe (Shipmate, 8 years older than he) in St. Louis.  Landed in Iowa because Nauvoo was still too dangerous.  Crossed the plains arriving in Salt Lake City, in 1851 (4 years after Brigham Young).  Lived in Holladay area, then moved to Spanish Fork (Bishop or Br. Pres.).  1857 married 2nd wife, Annie Thorne in Salt Lake City (survivor of Martin/Willey Grp).  Annie was a younger cousin/relative of 1st wife, Mary Ann Lowe.
Annie THORNE
Birth:
18 Oct 1829
Old Chalford, Oxford, Enstone, Oxford, England
Death:
9 Jan 1902
St. George, Washington, Utah
Burial:
12 Jan 1902
St. George, Washington, Utah
Sources:
Utah Cemetery Inventory (Ancestry.com)
1880 Census - St. George, Washington, Utah, Roll:1339, p. 357B, ED 093
Short Biography, written in 2011 for the commemoration of his 189th birthday (online)
Online photographs
Short biography and photographs (online)
1851 England Census - Paddington, MIddlesex, England (age 22)
Notes:
                   Annie and her mother, Jane, were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England, and came to Utah, arriving on 18 Oct 1852.  Ten years before her death Jane married Richard Golightly as his fourth wife, and Annie, as an adult, was adopted and sealed to him as a daughter about the same time as her own marriage.
Children
Marriage
1
Brigham WELLS
Birth:
18 Feb 1858
Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah
Death:
28 May 1873
 
Marr:
 
2
Anna Elisa WELLS
Birth:
21 Aug 1859
Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah
Death:
8 Jul 1935
Manti, Sanpete, Utah
John Daniel Thompson MCALLISTER 
Marr:
23 Dec 1880
St. George, Washington, Utah 
3
Jane Sarah WELLS
Birth:
28 Mar 1861
Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah
Death:
6 Jul 1946
Joseph Sevier, Utah
Joseph Thomas WILKINSON 
Marr:
19 Mar 1881
St. George, Washington, Utah 
4
Ezra William WELLS
Birth:
21 Mar 1863
St. George, Washington, Utah
Death:
3 Jun 1864
St. George, Washington, Utah
 
Marr:
 
5
Edith Annie WELLS
Birth:
4 Feb 1866
St. George, Washington, Utah
Death:
23 May 1869
St. George, Washington, Utah
 
Marr:
 
6
Saint George WELLS
Birth:
21 Jun 1868
St. George, Washington, Utah
Death:
26 Feb 1945
St. George, Washington, Utah
Eliza Ann EVERETT 
Marr:
27 Apr 1899
St. George, Washington, Utah 
7
Samuel Henry WELLS
Birth:
18 Apr 1871
St. George, Washington, Utah
Death:
13 Mar 1926
Logandale, Clark, Nevada
Mary Louisa WOOLLEY 
Marr:
27 Jun 1898
St. George, Washington, Utah 
8
Stephney Isabella WELLS
Birth:
13 Oct 1874
St. George, Washington, Utah
Death:
21 Jan 1949
William John DAVIES 
Marr:
29 Oct 1896
 
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Stephen Robert Wells - Annie Thorne

Stephen Robert Wells was born at Paddington, London, Middlesex, England 26 Dec 1822. His parents were William Henry Wells and Sarah Newton.

He married Annie Thorne 22 Apr 1857 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah . Annie Thorne was born at Old Chalford, Oxford, Enstone, Oxford, England 18 Oct 1829 daughter of Richard Golightly and Jane Thorne .

They were the parents of 8 children:
Brigham Wells born 18 Feb 1858.
Anna Elisa Wells born 21 Aug 1859.
Jane Sarah Wells born 28 Mar 1861.
Ezra William Wells born 21 Mar 1863.
Edith Annie Wells born 4 Feb 1866.
Saint George Wells born 21 Jun 1868.
Samuel Henry Wells born 18 Apr 1871.
Stephney Isabella Wells born 13 Oct 1874.

Stephen Robert Wells died 26 Jul 1889 at St. George, Washington, Utah .

Annie Thorne died 9 Jan 1902 at St. George, Washington, Utah .