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.

Nephi Anderson (1865-1923) was a prominent Latter-day Saint fiction writer.

Nephi Anderson was born in 1865. He was an LDS fiction writer who wrote ten novels, four books, forty articles and at least forty-eight short stories. He served missions to Norway (1892-93), Great Britain (1904-1906), and the Central United States (1909-1910). He died in 1923.

From the guide to the Junius F. Wells correspondence, 1887-1888, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

Junius Free Wells (1854-1930) was the first head of the LDS Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association and made efforts to build historical monuments.

Junius Free Wells was born 1 June 1854 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah to Daniel Hamner Wells and Hannah Corilla Free. He married Helena Middleton Fobes 17 June 1879. He was the first head of the LDS Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association and organized church efforts to build historical monuments in the early 20th century. He died 15 April 1930 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

From the guide to the Junius F. Wells letter to J.D. Wood, 1902, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)