BIO: James L. Wells, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, pages 261-262.
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  WELLS, JAMES LAFAYETTE, was born on April 6, 1825, in the town of 
Augusta, Oneida County, N.Y.  He had the advantages of a district 
school, a village academy, Cazenovia Seminary, and Concord Biblical 
Institute.  After conversion at Vernon, N.Y., he joined the church at 
Stockbridge, N.Y.  Here he received his first encouragement toward 
entering the ministry.  In 1841, he received local preacher's license, 
and in 1849 joined the Oneida Conference, becoming a member of this by 
the allotment of Oneida territory.
  On February 7, 1850, he married Miss Maria Louisa Stone, of Augusta, 
N.Y., who died in Binghamton, N.Y., on June 5, 1889.  On August 20, 
1890, he married Mrs. Coralynn Barnard, of Cooperstown, N.Y., who died 
at the home of her son in Collegeville, Pa., on November 5, 1898.
  He published the following:  Great Memorial, or Sabbath Question, 
1856, 323 pages; Man Not a Mystery, 1896, 429 pages; The Republic of 
the United States in the Prophecy of God, a pamphlet.  He also 
published several sermons, and was a frequent contributor to the Church 
papers.
  After superannuation he settled in Binghamton, N.Y., where he resided 
until his death, on July 15, 1902.  He was buried in Stockbridge, N.Y.
  His pastoral record is as follows:  1849, Nichols; 1850-51, Augusta; 
1852-53, Warren; 1854-55, West Winfield; 1856-57, Utica, Corn Hill; 
1858, New Hartford; 1859-60, Cooperstown; 1861, Homer; 1862-63, 
Stockbridge; 1864-66, Ames; 1867-68, Milford; 1869-70, Candor; 1871, 
Hartwick; 1872, Westville; 1873, Spencer; 1874-75, Schenevus; 1876-77, 
Corresponding Secretary of Conference Temperance Society; 1878-79, 
Cherry Ridge; 1880-81, New Milford; 1882, Smyrna; 1883-84, Coventry; 
1885-1902, sd.