Wells, Junius F. (Junius Free), 1854-1930

Junius F. Wells (1854-1930) was the editor of The Contributor.

Junius F. Wells is the son of LDS Church leader Daniel H. Wells and Hannah Corrilla Free. He was the first head of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, founding editor and publisher of The Contributor, author of eleven biographies, and chief organizer of the building of monuments to Joseph Smith and the Three Witnesses. He married Hannah Middleton Forbes in 1879 and they had two children. He served a mission to Great Britain in 1972-1874, and a second mission to New England and the Midwest. He was the associate editor of the Millenial Star. Wells died in 1930.

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