Mary Wells Morris

Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, statue of Mary Wells Morris, April 2011

Mary Wells Morris born September 4, 1764 and died November 6, 1819 (age 55) is the person that Wellsboro, Pennsylvania is named after. She was born in Burlington County, New Jersey.[1] She moved to Tioga County with her husband Benjamin, her son Samuel, and her daughter Rebecca. They were Philadelphia Quakers. They became the first residents of the Wellsboro.[2] She remained in Wellsboro until she died on November 6, 1819; she is buried with her husband in the Wellsboro Cemetery.[3]

Recently a life-size bronze statue was erected in her honor. Despite not finding any remaining images of Mary Wells, the designers of the statue crafted a likeness based on surviving images of her mother.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania - 200th Anniversary of Laying Out of Wellsboro, Tioga County PA - 2006". joycetice.com.
  2. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  3. ↑ "Alonzo Lee BICKERS/Maria Louisa BOURNE". pennock.ws.
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