James was born in 1835. He passed away in 1890.
Research Notes; There is no source as yet for this profile to be the son of James Wells (Wells-16170) & Content Castle (Castle-1854), though they lived in the same district. Given that this profile has a birthdate of 15 Apr 1835, could he be a grandson or nephew of James & Content?
James Henry Wells might actually be the son of Henry Jacob Wells who married Rachel Sharpe. Same birth year, name, location and year of death. See https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/portrait/LJSQ-FXQ
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LJSQ-FXQ Census states the James of this profile was born in NY. Again, there is no evidence James Henry is the son of James Wells (Wells-16170) & Content Castle (Castle-1854). they had 6 children born in Upper Canada during the same time frame.
Henry Jacob Wells is believed to be born in NY, the son of a James Wells and unknown mother.
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