Massachusetts lawyer and judge. Graduated from Dartmouth in 1810. Taught at Deerfield Academy 1812-13. District Attorney 1837. Chief Justice Court of Common Pleas 1844.
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"He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1810; studied law and was the head of the Franklin county (Massachusetts) bar for many years; served in the State Legislature both in the House (1826) and Senate (1837). He was district attorney for the four western counties of Massachusetts, from 1837 to 1844. In 1844 he was appointed chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, which office he held for life. He married, in Preble, New York, October 7, 1823, Mary Duncan, who died May 29, 1882. They had three sons and three daughters. One son, George Duncan, was killed at the battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 13, 1864.”
—John W. Jordan, editor, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911, Vol. III, p. 1172.
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"He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1810; studied law and was the head of the Franklin county (Massachusetts) bar for many years; served in the State Legislature both in the House (1826) and Senate (1837). He was district attorney for the four western counties of Massachusetts, from 1837 to 1844. In 1844 he was appointed chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, which office he held for life. He married, in Preble, New York, October 7, 1823, Mary Duncan, who died May 29, 1882. They had three sons and three daughters. One son, George Duncan, was killed at the battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 13, 1864.”
—John W. Jordan, editor, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911, Vol. III, p. 1172.
Massachusetts lawyer and judge. Graduated from Dartmouth in 1810. Taught at Deerfield Academy 1812-13. District Attorney 1837. Chief Justice Court of Common Pleas 1844.
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"He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1810; studied law and was the head of the Franklin county (Massachusetts) bar for many years; served in the State Legislature both in the House (1826) and Senate (1837). He was district attorney for the four western counties of Massachusetts, from 1837 to 1844. In 1844 he was appointed chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, which office he held for life. He married, in Preble, New York, October 7, 1823, Mary Duncan, who died May 29, 1882. They had three sons and three daughters. One son, George Duncan, was killed at the battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 13, 1864.”
—John W. Jordan, editor, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911, Vol. III, p. 1172.
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"He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1810; studied law and was the head of the Franklin county (Massachusetts) bar for many years; served in the State Legislature both in the House (1826) and Senate (1837). He was district attorney for the four western counties of Massachusetts, from 1837 to 1844. In 1844 he was appointed chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, which office he held for life. He married, in Preble, New York, October 7, 1823, Mary Duncan, who died May 29, 1882. They had three sons and three daughters. One son, George Duncan, was killed at the battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 13, 1864.”
—John W. Jordan, editor, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911, Vol. III, p. 1172.
Inscription
DANIEL WELLS
Chief Justice of
The
Court of Common Pleas
Born in Greenfield
14. Jan. 1791:
Died in Cambridge
23. June 1854,
AET. 63.
Gravesite Details
Listed in interment book #1, entry #98
Family Members
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