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| date_of_birth =[[1854November 24]], [[1855]]<ref>Armstrong, Henry Clay. ''History of Escambia County''. St. Augustine: 1930. [http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?type=simple;c=fhp;cc=fhp;xg=1;q=Armstrong;rgn=author;a=37;sid=d91b4bad39a5784b12f6f95a0798236d;q1=Armstrong;view=toc;sort=occur;start=1;size=25;subview=fullcitation;idno=WF00000021;node=WF00000021%3A1 (digital copy)]</ref>
| place_of_birth =Mystic, Connecticut
| date_of_death =[[November 26]], [[1914]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =Sea captain, civic leader
| religion =Presbyterian<ref>According to Armstrong's ''History of Escambia County'', Welles was "not a member of any church" but "his preference was for the Presbyterian faith".</ref>| spouse =Caroline Brown Cobb| parents =Russell and Fannie Peabody Welles| children =Frank Everett Welles<br/>Ruth Alden Langford| signature =Welles-sig.jpgpng
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'''Thomas Everett Welles''' was a sea captain, [[Mayor of Pensacola]], and stakeholder in the [[E. E. Saunders Company]].
==Life==
Welles was born in [[1855]] in Mystic, Connecticut and was educated in the schools of that city.
Around [[1875]] he moved south, first to Key West, before settling in Pensacola around [[1878]], at which time Welles began working for the [[Pensacola Fish Company]]. On [[June 24]], [[1882]] he married Caroline Brown Cobb of Pensacola.
Around [[1883]] Welles, in partnership with [[E. E. Saunders]], incorporated the [[E. E. Saunders Company]], with Welles acting as manager. At its height, the E. E. Saunders Company employed over one thousand men, operated ice and fishmeal manufacturing plants, and had an annual payroll exceeding $100,000.<ref>[http://www.stjohnshistoriccemetery.com/pensacolas_heritages/fishing.htm#t_e_welles Pensacola’s Heritage at St John’s Historic Cemetery]</ref>
Welles became very successful and in later years entered the banking industry, serving as vice president of the [[Citizens National Bank]] and a director of the [[Peoples National Bank]]. He also served for a time as president of the [[Gulf City Coffee Company]], and formed a joint venture with grocer [[Sol Cahn]] called the [[Welles-Cahn Company]]. Welles served as the president of the Young Men's Business League and the Good Government League, and was a member of the Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, the Improved Order of Red Men, Woodmen of the World, and the Masons. Welles owned a home at [[Gadsden Street]] and [[12th Avenue]], as well as a large plantation in north Alabama.
After E. E. Saunders' death in [[1913]], Welles bought his shares of the Saunders operations from his widow, and operated the company until his death in November [[1914]].
==Politics==
Welles was a Democrat, and served for a number of years on the state Democratic Executive Committee. He served as [[Mayor of Pensacola]] from [[1903]]-[[1904]].
==Heritage==
Thomas Welles is of English descent and has several notable ancestors:
*[[Wikipedia:Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles|Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles]]
*John Welles, First Viscount Welles, who married [[Wikipedia:Cecily of York|Cecily of York]], daughter of [[Wikipedia:Edward IV of England|King Edward IV of England]]
*[[Wikipedia:Thomas Welles|Thomas Welles]], 17th-century governor of the Colony of Connecticut
*[[Wikipedia:John Alden (Pilgrim)|John]] and [[Wikipedia:Priscilla Alden|Priscilla Alden]], [[Wikipedia:Pilgrims|Pilgrims]], passengers on the ''[[Wikipedia:Mayflower|Mayflower]]''
Welles is also related to [[Wikipedia:Gideon Welles|Gideon Welles]], Secretary of the Navy during and after the Civil War.
==Other images==
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Image:TEWelles.PNG|Circa 1897
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==References and notes==
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{{succession box | before = [[Celestino Moreno Jones]] | title = [[Mayor of Pensacola]] | years = 1903-1904 | after = [[Charles Henry Bliss]]}}
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