Wells family

Wells family
Wells family
Current region	United States
Founded	Arrival in the United States; 1870, Chicago; 156 years ago;
Founder	Thomas E. Wells
Historic seat	Orchard Farm
Titles	List Wells baronets ; Florida Tax Commissioner ; Mayor (Harding Township) ; Police commissioner ;
Members	List Sir Thomas Wells ; Dick Wells ; Greeley Wells ; Marion Wells ;
Properties	List Riverside Hotel ; Rush Creek Ranch ;

The Wells family is an American business, banking, ranching, military, and political family in the U.S. states of Florida, Illinois, Nebraska, and New Jersey. The family is a major political donor to the Republican Party and is one of the largest land-owning families in the state of Nebraska.

Modern descendants of the Wells family trace their lineage back to Sir Thomas E. Wells, who built a business empire in the United States during the Gilded Age. The ancestral family home is Orchard Farm, purchased by Sir Thomas in 1904. The family currently owns the Riverside Hotel in Fort Lauderdale and Rush Creek Ranch in the Nebraska panhandle.