Biography

11/07/1781 - 12/22/1833

Lycoming County (1809-1810), Lycoming, Potter and Tioga Counties (1812-1813), Bradford, Lycoming, Potter and Tioga Counties (1813-1814)

WELLES, Henry, a Representative from Bradford, Lycoming, Potter and Tioga Counties; born, November 7, 1781 in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Ct.; general, aide-de-camp, Governor Simon Snyder (1814, War of 1812); farmer; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1809-1810 term, reelected to the House as a Democratic-Republican for the 1812-1813 term; reelected to the House as a Republican for the 1813-1814 term; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1815-1819); unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1822); died, December 22, 1833 in Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred, Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.