Person:Elizabeth Wells (94)

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From Stafford: "In the settlement of the vast landed estate of Samuel Levi Wells II, New Hope Plantation was inherited by his daughter Elizabeth Malissa, and after her marriage to Smith Wadell Gordon they made their home there." (p. 76)^S1

1. ↑ Stafford, George M. G. The Wells Family of Louisiana and Allied Families. (Alexandria, Louisiana: Standard Printing Company, 1941)
   pp. 16-17 & 76.

   Stafford states that Samuel Levi Wells recorded the names and dates of birth of his children, as Stafford reports them, in "an old book."

2. ↑ Louisiana Genealogical Register. (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society)
   2 (Apr 1947): 267.

   "Death Notices Appearing in the Louisiana Democrat.
   
   "Wednesday, December 25, 1872: Died on the 18th of December, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Gordon, in the 67th year of her age."