Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B, 1887
Robertson County

RILEY WELLS, M.D., of Mt. Olivet, Robertson County, Ky., was born October 5,
1830, and is a son of William W. and Matilda (Collins) Wells, the latter a
relative of Collins, the Kentucky historian.  William W. Wells was born near
Washington, Mason County, and was a son of Aaron Wells, of Irish birth, who
came from Pennsylvania and settled near Washington, on what is now known as
Wells Creek, and who came down the Ohio river under the fire of ambusorded
Indians; subsequently he took an active part in the war of 1812.  Edmund
Collins, maternal grandfather of Dr. Wells, was of English descent, and an
early settler of Mason County, Ky.  William W. was born December 16, 1800,
and died June 11, 1872, having been a farmer all his active life.  Riley
Wells was reared on the home farm, received an academical education and in
1854 began the study of medicine under Dr. Holmes, of Mt. Olivet.  He
graduated from the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati in 1856, and at
one began practice, which he has since continued with more than ordinary
success.  In December, 1860, he married Miss Elizabeth Brown, daughter of
John Brown, of Nicholas County, and to this union have been born two
children: Joseph E., a graduate of the Ohio Medical College, and Mary M.
The Doctor is United States examiner of applicants for pensions, is the
owner of six hundred acres adjoining the town; is a Freemason, a Republican,
and a member of the Christian Church.

Wells Collins Brown Holmes 
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Mason-KY Nicholas-KY PA 

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