Roswell Wells
Roswell Wells (deceased) was born in Connecticut, in 1796, and married Mary Doron, a native of New York State. They first settled in Crawford County, Penn., where they engaged in manufacturing oil-cloth for some years. In 1838 they came to Holmes County, where they entered a tract of land, and they afterward purchased a farm in Knox Township, where he died in 1847; his widow died in 1879. They reared eleven children, six of whom are living: Amanda, wife of Andrew Laylander, of Ripley Township; Loretta, wife of A.J. McDowell; Ira, of Dakota; Emily, now Mrs. S.B. Miller, of Dakota; Mary Ann, wife of Thomas Leggett, of Knox township, and Merrill, of Summit County. Mr. Wells and family carried on the manufacturing of oil-cloth in connection with farming. They were members of the Presbyterian Church; he was a supporter of the Democratic party.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889