Daniel H. Wells

Daniel Hanmer Wells (October 27, 1814 March 24, 1891) was an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and the third mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States. Wells was born in Trenton, New York, a member of the sixth generation of his family in America. His original immigrant ancestor was Thomas Wells (1598 1659), who arrived in Massachusetts in 1635 and was later governor of Connecticut Colony. A few years after the death of his father in 1826, Wells left New York with his mother Catherine Chapin Wells and his younger sister Catherine C. Wells and moved to Illinois. Wells arrived in Hancock County, Illinois in 1835. He lived in Commerce later Nauvoo Illinois and was a major landowner and justice of the peace there for several years prior to the arrival of large numbers of Latter Day Saints in 1839. Although not a member of the Latter Day Saints, Wells was considered by opponents of the church to be a "Jack Mormon", a term originally applied to non-members who were friendly to or defended the Latter Day Saints. In Nauvoo he served on the city council and as a judge. Wells was not baptized into the LDS Church until August 9, 1846.

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Daniel Hanmer Wells (October 27, 1814 - March 24, 1891) was an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and the third mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States. Wells was born in Trenton, New York, a member of the sixth generation of his family in America. His original immigrant ancestor was Thomas Wells (1598-1659), who arrived in Massachusetts in 1635 and was later governor of Connecticut Colony. A few years after the death of his father in 1826, Wells left New York with his mother Catherine Chapin Wells and his younger sister Catherine C. Wells and moved to Illinois. Wells arrived in Hancock County, Illinois in 1835. He lived in Commerce-later Nauvoo-Illinois and was a major landowner and justice of the peace there for several years prior to the arrival of large numbers of Latter Day Saints in 1839. Although not a member of the Latter Day Saints, Wells was considered by opponents of the church to be a "Jack Mormon", a term originally applied to non-members who were friendly to or defended the Latter Day Saints. In Nauvoo he served on the city council and as a judge. Wells was not baptized into the LDS Church until August 9, 1846.