Daniel Hanmer Wells
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Daniel Hanmer Wells (Birth Name)
Birth Date
On 1814 October 27 (Born)
Death Date
On 1891 March 24 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Trenton, Oneida, New York, United States
1814 October 27
Mother
Catherine Chapin
Father
Daniel Wells
Baptized
1846 August 9 (Age 31)
Traveled in
Brigham Young Company
1848 June 5 – September 24 (Age 33)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
On 1848 June 5
Joined Company
Between 1848 September 20 – 24
Company Arrived
Married
Louisa Free
1849 February 15 (Age 34)
Married
Martha Givens Harris
1849 September 20 (Age 34)
Married
Lydia Ann Alley
1852 April 4 (Age 37)
Married
Susan Hannah Alley
1852 April 15 (Age 37)
Married
Emmeline Blanche Woodward
1852 October 18 (Age 38)
Married
Hannah Corilla Free
1855 (Age 40)
Traveled in
Ansil P. Harmon Company
1862 August 1 – October 5 (Age 47)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
On 1862 August 1
Joined Company
On 1862 October 5
Company Arrived
Called as President to
British Mission
1864 April 24 – 1865 (Age 49)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
First Presidency
Priesthood Office
Apostle
Residence When Called
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Brigham Young
Set Apart By
Brigham Young
Date Details
On 1864 April 24
Set Apart
On 1865
Released
Married
Margrette Elisabeth Wilhelmine Evers
1871 November 6 (Age 57)
Called as President to
British Mission
1884 December 23 – 1887 February (Age 70)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
First Presidency
Priesthood Office
Apostle
Additional Information
Served with Children
Date Details
On 1884 December 23
Called
On 1887 February
Released
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Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1891 March 24 (Age 76)
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Daniel Hanmer Wells (1814 - 1891) Profile
Daniel Hanmer Wells (1814 - 1891)
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Sources
Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census. Salt Lake County, Utah.
Millennial Star
Millennial Star, 46, (29 December 1884), 52.
"Daniel H. Wells, Farewell", Millennial Star, 49, (21 February 1887), 8.
Quentin Thomas Wells, Defender: The Life of Daniel H. Wells (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 2016
Quentin Thomas Wells, Defender: The Life of Daniel H. Wells (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 2016.
Southern Utonian
"Death of Pres. D. H. Wells", Southern Utonian, (24 March 1891), Page 4.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 24 April 1864, Vol. 1, Page 5, Line 209.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 24 April 1864, Vol. 2, Page 6, Line 209.
Pioneer
A Mormon chronicle: the Diaries of John D. Lee, 1848-1876
A Mormon chronicle: the Diaries of John D. Lee, 1848-1876. 1955. Page 30-79.
Transcript for A Mormon chronicle: the Diaries of John D. Lee, 1848-1876 edited and annotated by Robert Glass Cleland and Juanita Brooks (1955), 1:30-79
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
"Brigham Young's 1848 emigration division, First 100, report", Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849, (June), Page 1-6.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1848.
Oliver Boardman Huntington, Diary
Oliver Boardman Huntington, Diary, Vol. 9.
Transcript for Oliver Boardman Huntington, Diary, Volume 9
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868
"Captain A. P. Harmon Company, notes, 1862", Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company church trains accounts, 1861-1868.
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886, Vol. A, Page 54.
Thomas Bullock journals, 1843-1849
"Journal, 1848 May-September", Thomas Bullock journals, 1843-1849, (24 May 1848), Page 8.
Transcript for Thomas Bullock journals, 1843-1849, Journal, 1848 May-September
