In a book called the History of Palo Pinto, there was an entry for Wells. It said that Charles Artemus Wells came with his family by way of East Texas from Tennessee and Alabama[1]. It said that his Father died in Midlothian (?) (which is Ellis[2] County) of "Black Jaundice" and was buried in a cemetery there, but the location was unknown. It said Charles was not the oldest but he took charge after the death of his father. He and his Mother and the rest of his family decided to stop and make their home in Palo Pinto. This was in 1875[3], his Mother's name was Sarah Jane Lithrop[4] Wells.
Source wrote: I am sorry I forgot to write down the author, we needed to get back to Ranger.

Documentation  VS.  Book
[1]. In the documents of (mother) Sarah Jane Lathrop Wells she states the family is from Indiana and Illinois not Tennessee or Alabama.  In the 1910 census Charlie Artemus Wells claims Texas as his birth place not Tennessee.  Charlie's parents were married in Grayson County Texas according to Sara Jane Lathrop Wells in her Confederate States Army Soldiers Widow's application . Tennesseeand Alabama must be the result of family lore.

[2] Sarah Jane Lathrop Wells states in her Confederate States Army Soldiers Widow's application that her husband, Charlie's father, died in Van Zandt County Texas in 1880.  Their youngest child in 1880 was Monroe Jackson Wells, age two, in the Kaufman County Texas 1880 census. Kaufman County is connected to both Van Zandt and Ellis Counties.  Any one of these three counties are possible. We must remember that counties were not clearly marked in 1880 as they are today.

[3] This date has to be 1880 or later since the father died in 1880.

[4] Sarah Jane "Mrs. J. S. Wells" death certificate states her maiden name was Lathrope.
Correct spelling is Lathrop.  Sara Jane Lathrop Wells father was Artemus Lathrop . He was from Clark County Illinois. She stated in her .Confederate States Army Soldiers Widow's application that Clark County Illinois was her place of birth.

The above errors are common in genealogy research. Stories get embellished, times and places get mixed up as they are passed from generation to generation. Family lore can not be discounted, but is often wrong with a thread of truth in it somewhere.  The errors in this family's lore is minuet compared to my Anderson lineage.  I wasted two years looking a half a state away from the true location.  The problem with family lore errors is they will often take a researcher down the wrong trail.

Map of family events from 1855 to 1927.

Children of Charlie and Emma

670, 668, 669, 671 information is from a family tree sent to Peggy Wilson. The information appears to be probable. I have no documentation.

1. Ethel WELLS born about 1892.
   
   
2. 670. WELLS, Luther
   Born 1893 at Sturdivant, Palo Pinto, Texas
   Died 1893 at Sturdivant, Palo Pinto, Texas

   
   
3. 668. WELLS, Amy Modina
   Born 22 Apr 1895 at Sturdivant, Palo Pinto, Texas
   Died 10 May 1913
   
   
4. 669. WELLS, Buford Avril
   Born 27 Sep 1896 at Sturdivant, Palo Pinto, Texas
   Died 6 Mar 1929 at Waco, McLennan, Texas
   Buried 7 Mar 1929
   spouse: Virginia WELCH
   
   
5. Floyd WELLS born about 1899.
   
   
6. Algon / Algeon WELLS born about 1901.
   
   
7. Jewel WELLS born about 1903.
   
   
8. Howard WELLS born about 1908.
   
   
9. 671. WELLS, Thelma
   Born Mar 1909 at Sturdivant, Palo Pinto, Texas
   Died 5 Apr 1909 at Sturdivant, Palo Pinto, Texas
   Buried 6 Apr 1909