Typewritten note inside second drawer:
"This maghony [sic] bureau was made by either grandfather John Ward Wells (1794-1872) or his father Henry Wells (1753-1823). Thse ancestors lived on the old homestead at North [crossed out?] Woodstock and when they were not farming, they practiced cabinet making.
This bureau came into the possession of my aunt Mrs. Louis [crossed out and "Luis"? - probably Lewis Judson Wells] J. Wells. She knew I was interested in old furniture, particularly that which had belonged to the family and she sold me this bureau before she left Woodstock to go West to live with her son, Frank.
[ details about other furniture]
C. M. Wells,
Oct. 26, 1925"
Also a small calling card of "Mr Channing McG. Wells" (Channing McGregory Wells, 1870-1959), with illegible pencil note.
Capt. Henry Wells, b. 28 January 1753, d. 14 October 1823 in South Woodstock, Windham Co., Connecticut.
John Ward Wells, b. 8 November 1794, d. 4 November 1872 in South Woodstock, Windham Co., Connecticut.
Lewis Judson Wells
M, #5281, b. 29 March 1837 in Woodstock, Windham Co., Connecticut, d. 28 April 1904 in Woodstock, Windham Co., Connecticut.
Ellen Adelaide Arnold (m. Lewis Wells 1860).
b. 10 December 1837 in Woodstock, Windham Co., Connecticut, d. 1 August 1915 in Woodstock, Windham Co., Connecticut.
Channing McGregory Wells
b. 13 August 1870 (1875?) in South India, Southbridge, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, d. 31 January 1959 Riverside Co., California.
RAA 20181110 Lot 48.