Judge Henry Jackson Wells (1823–1912) was a resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and he served as a Massachusetts Representative and a Massachusetts Senator in the Massachusetts legislature.
Biography
editHe married Maria A. Goodnow and their child is Henrietta Wells Livermore.[1]
References
edit- ^ Autobiography and Reminiscence of Henry Jackson Wells. 1901.
Henry Jackson Wells was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, November 16th, 1823. Previous to the study of his profession, he engaged in mercantile pursuits in the Boston vicinity. In 1848 and 1849 he lived in New Orleans. In 1849, Mr. Wells went to California and soon found employment as a Clerk in the Court of First Instance at San Francisco. When the State Government was established he was retained as Deputy Clerk in the District Court of the Fourth Judi ...