LYBORN WELLS; P. O. Washburn; was born March 12, 1825, in Burlington Co., N. J. His father and mother died when he was 15 years old, and he was left alone to look out for himself; went to Harper's Ferry, on the Potomac River, and worked on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for two years, then came to Chicago, and from there to Joliet and worked at the carpenter's trade for the winter, and after that came to Mifflin, Wis., and engaged in mining till the spring of 1850, then went to California and returned in 1852, but went back and stayed one year more; then came back to Mifflin and bought 310 acres of land from the Morehead estate, and farmed it one year, sold it and bought the Morehead Saw-mill, on Little Platte River, in town of Lima, and run it four years, after which, bought 160 acres of land from Gov. Dewey; remained there two years, and then removed to Washburn, and has lived there since, except two years that he kept a Grange store in Platteville. Was married in 1854 to Emma Pullen, who was born in New Jersey Oct. 3, 1836; have five children - Lorenda, Allan V., Leslie K., May C., Charles. Mr. Wells was Justice of the Peace for three years, also Assessor three years; he kept a store in Washburn at the same time he was farming, and his son Allan was Postmaster.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.