# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erastus-wells
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:48:58.558Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erastus-wells"
name: "Erastus Wells"
slug: "erastus-wells"
description: "Erastus Wells was a 19th-century politician and businessman from Missouri. Wells was born in Jefferson County, New York, and was the only son of Otis Wells, a descendant of Hugh Welles, an early colonist of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Otis Wells was a farmer and died when Erastus was only fourteen. Erastus was the grandson of Ethelinda Otis and a relation of John Otis, who helped found the town of Hingham, Massachusetts in 1635. Other notable relatives include James Otis, a successful lawyer, Harrison Gray Otis, a statesman and orator, Samuel A. Otis, one of the framers of the constitution of Massachusetts, and George Otis, a clergyman and author."
tagline: "American politician (1823-1893)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ErastusWells.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1823-12-02"
deathDate: "1893-10-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.61
  momentum:             8.571428571428571
  historical:           4.602952
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "إراستوس ولس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "اراستوس ويلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "اراستوس ولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erastus_Wells"
    title: "Erastus Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erastus_Wells"
    title: "Erastus Wells"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1319342"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump