Wells, Edward Laight, 1839-

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Charleston, S.C., merchant and author. Born in New York, N.Y., he was the son of Thomas Lawrence Wells (b. 1800), a lawyer. E.L. Wells moved to the South, where he became an advocate of Southern nationalism. In 1863 he enlisted in Company K, 4th S.C. Cavalry (the Charleston Light Dragoons). After the war he became a cotton broker in Charleston. He died in 1917. His wife, Anna Mason Smith Wells, died in 1924. Also wrote under pseudonyms: Quentin Saxon and E.L. Sllew.

From the description of Edward Laight Wells papers, 1858-1924. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70978611

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Birth 1839

Death 1917

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