David W. Wells b about 1815 VA d 9 Apr 1865; s/o Jeremiah Wells and Elizabeth Culbertson. David W Wells m. Nancy Jane Elkins b 1822 Wise Co VA d 22 Dec 1887 Wise Co VA; d/o Joseph Elkins and Elizabeth Elkins. (1860 Wise Co VA Census). Children of David W Wells and Nancy Jane Elkins;

1. Rebecca Wells b about 1841 VA

2. Margaret Wells b about 1841 VA

3. Rachel Wells b about 1845 VA

4. Lucy Wells b about 1849 VA

5. Jeremiah E. Wells b 1851 VA

6. Virginia Elizabeth Wells b 1854 East Stone Gap, VA d 1917 East Stone Gap VA; m. Squire Benjamin Martin Bentley b 1849 Yancey Co NC d 1903 East Stone Gap VA; s/o Benjamin H Bentley and Mary "Polly" Davis.

7. Jeanette Wells b 1855

8. James M. B. Wells b 1857 Wise Co VA

9. Agnes Sommerville Wells b 1859 Wise Co VA

10. Jonathon Hyatt Wells b 1862 VA

11. William Tazwell Wells b 1865 d 1940 Pardee VA