Biographical Sketches of Members of Congress, Members of the Legislature, 
Officers of the State Governement and judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals, 
West Virigina, 1917

Source:
West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register, 1917,
Compiled and Edited by John T. Harris, Clerk of the Senate, 
The Tribune Printing Co., Charleston, West Va.
pgs. 719 - 770

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

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WELLS, P. FOSTER. (Democrat.) Address: New
England, West Va. One of the members of the Legisla-
ture from Wood county. Born at Belleville, Virginia (now
West Virginia), August 21, 1847; educated in the com-
mon schools and in the National Normal University, of
Lebanon, Ohio; has been a constable, justice of the peace
and county surveyor; is at present engaged in fanning and
surveying; was elected as a member of the House of
Delegates in 1916; in 1917 served on the following com-
mittees: Immigration and Agriculture, Humane Institu-
tions, Federal Relations.


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