Today’s find from my WELLS notebook is the marriage record for William O. Wells and Ellen O. Andrews in Calhoun County, Michigan.
State of Michigan
Calhoun County
Wm O. Wells
and
Ellen O. Andrews
This certifies that on the 3d day of July A.D.
1866 at Eckford in the County aforesaid , I joined
in Matrimony , William O. Wells of Homer in the State of Mich
aged 21 years , and Ellen O. Andrews of Clarendon in the State
of Mich . aged 19 years . In presence of Merrit Andrews of Clar -endon , Sophia C. Andrews of Clarendon .
John Ashley
Minister
Dated July 3d A. D. 1866 .
Recorded Sept. 5th 1866
William Howard Clerk
5 U.S. Rev.
stamp duly
canseled
“Calhoun, Michigan, United States records,” images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-4P91-T9?view=explore : Oct 13, 2025), image 969 of 1072; Michigan. County Court (Calhoun County). Image Group Number: 004653762
This marriage record provides another key link in the Wells family history. William and Ellen were married just after the Civil War, when Michigan communities like Eckford and Homer were growing steadily as settlers arrived from New York and Pennsylvania.