To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Texas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Texas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 5/15/20 • Approved: 5/16/20 • Last Updated: 5/19/20 • R313743-G0-S3
To The Memory of Jasper B. Wells and Family
Sue T. Gillum Wells born 13 Aug 1850 in
Lincoln County, Missouri.
Jasper B. WElls Born 22 Apr 1844 Barren County, Kentucky
Joined 11th Texas Confederate Cavalry 1861. First fight with
Indians Where about 300 Were Killed
Second Fight, Elk Horn, Ark. Where Gen McCulloch
And Gen. McIntosh Were Killed.
Was With 8,000 Texans Who Fought Bull
Nelson's Army of 12,000 Men at Richmond, Ky.
(As To Results See History)
Was In Battle of Murpreesboro Where About
300 Men Were Killed And Wounded.
Fought In The Bloody Fighting About Chattanooga
Held Trenches At Kenasaw Mt., Ga.
Fought In Front of Atlanta; Fought Burnsides At
Knoxville; Fought And Skirmished With Sherman's
Army To Savannah And From There To Raleigh, N.C.
War Ended. Started To Texas With Broken Leg
And Bullet Hole Through Hand. Married Miss
Sue Gillum in Lincoln Co., Mo. March 29, 1871;
Taught School Near Bonham, Tex. in 1871;
Bought Land In Cooke County in 1872
Contributed on 5/15/20 by dshw
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 313743