Education
University of Chicago.
University of Chicago.
Born in Lamartine, Wisconsin, Wells lived in Vermont 1858-1862, but moved back to Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Wells went to University of Chicago, but did not graduate. He moved to Waupaca County, Wisconsin where he was principal of a school in Manawa, Wisconsin and then moved to Appleton, Wisconsin, where he was a superintendent of public schools.
Then he moved to Wausau, Wisconsin, where he help set up the Wausau Normal School.
He served as the Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction 1891–1895.