Looking for information on the birth of James Grant Wells reportedly born 19 Dec 1815 in New York. James Grant Wells married Alma Selina Humphrey(b. 7 Mar 1822) January 1840 near Braceville, Trumbull Co., Ohio. The Miner family history has James Grant Wells as "Gibson" Wells? James Grant Wells died 4 January 1878 near Jackson County, Kansas and is buried on the old Humphrey place near Larkinsburg.