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| date_of_birth =[[November 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>

| 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>

| parents =Russell and Fannie Peabody Welles| children =Frank Everett Welles<br/>Ruth Alden Langford| signature =Welles-sig.jpgpng

==Early lifeLife==Welles was born in [[1855]] in Mystic, Connecticut and was educated in the schools of that city. In his youth he was employed by Captain T. C. Cobb of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, who operated a fleet of ice-harvesting ships. In the early 1870s, Welles was the purser of a ship delivering ice to the [[E. E. Saunders Company]], a leading fishing company in Pensacola. The owner, [[E. E. Saunders]], was apparently so impressed by Welles that he offered to sell him a stake in the company. Welles returned to Massachusetts, where he married Captain Cobb's daughter, Caroline Brown Cobb, and borrowed money from him to purchase his stake in the E. E. Saunders Company. Thereafter he moved with his wife to Pensacola and Welles assumed the position of manager of the company. At the time, the E. E. Saunders Company employed over one thousand men, operated ice and fishmeal manufacturing plants, and had an annual payroll exceeding $100,000.

Welles became very successful and Around [[1875]] he moved south, first to Key West, before settling in later years entered the banking industry, serving as vice president of the Pensacola around [[Citizens National Bank1878]] and a director of , at which time Welles began working for the [[Peoples National BankPensacola Fish Company]]. Welles was the president of the Good Government League, and a member of the Knights of Pythias, Woodmen of the World, and the Masons. Welles owned a home at On [[Gadsden StreetJune 24]] and , [[12th Avenue1882]], as well as a large plantation in north Alabamahe 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 [[Mayor of PensacolaGulf City Coffee Company]] from , and formed a joint venture with grocer [[1903Sol 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 [[1905Gadsden 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]].

==Other images==<gallery>Image:TEWelles.PNG|Circa 1897</gallery> ==Referencesand notes==