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WELLMAN, son of Joshua Barnard and Lucy Hough Wellman, was born November
14, 1838, in Cornish, New Hampshire. He prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy,
Meriden, New Hampshire, and entered our Class at its formation, in 1859. On account of
a serious difficulty with his eyes he was obliged to give up study, and he left our Class in
April, 1860. He returned to his home in Cornish, and devoted himself to farming. Though
his eyesight improved after a time, his eyes never became strong, and he was obliged to
follow out-of-door occupations. He did such literary work as was demanded in the
management of a county newspaper, and was at times in the service of an organization
known as the Patrons of Husbandry. In August, 1862, he enlisted, as a nine months'
volunteer, in the Sixteenth New Hampshire Infantry and served as sergeant. There is a
report that he taught school in 1865. In 1866 he married Miss Carrie M. Powers, of
Windsor, Vermont. There was one child by this marriage, a daughter, now living in Sullivan
County, New Hampshire. After farming some years on the home farm in Cornish, Wellman
sought a larger field in the West. This was about 1870, and he established himself on a
large farm or plantation in Jericho, Cedar County, Missouri, where he seems, according to
his report in 1883, to have attained a success very satisfactory to himself. But evidently he
has sought other fields in which to glean, as the Class circular sent to this last address was
returned unclaimed, and Mr. Wellman's present address is unknown.
Source:
Class of Sixty-Three Williams College Fortieth Year Report, by
the Class Historian, Thomas Todd Printer, Boston, 1903
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