Thomas E. Wells

Thomas Edmund Wells (January 28, 1855 – August 4, 1910) was a British American business magnate and cattle baron.

He was baptized on June 3, 1855 in St George's Church, Edgbaston and was raised alongside his younger brother, Samuel.

In 1870, Wells, his father, and Samuel immigrated to the United States and settled in Hyde Park Township, Illinois.

By the late 1870s, Wells was appointed director of Stuart's new company, Quaker Oats; a position he would retain until his death.

[5] At that time, the Quaker Oats Company was doing $16 million of sales annually, selling wheat cereals, farina, hominy, cornmeal, baby food, and animal feed.

[7] In 1891, Henry Adkins, an "eccentric Englishman" who lost heavily in the market, stormed the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade and discharged his firearm three times before pointing the pistol at Wells in an apparent attempt to "call his attention".

They acquired Orchard Farm in the Cotswolds and moved back to England where the couple lived until Thomas's death from appendicitis on August 4, 1910.