He was editorof the Weekly T'/z/jcs, Haverstraw, Rockland County, four years ; of the Hudson Hirer Chronicle, Sing Sing, three years; and of the Daihj Times, Troy, three years. As a journalist he possessed much force and facility, but his headstrong disposition carried him into frequent situations from which he was forced to retreat. As usual with men of his combative temperament -- for he was happiest in a controversy -- he had warm friends and bitter enemies.

In 1829 he married Mary Collins, of Bloomfield, X. J., and they had two children, one of whom, Mary Elizabeth, was born January 3, 1S38, and died August 7, 1848. Margaret, the oldest daughter, married Horace Stone, a St. Louis merchant, and died in 1881, leaving one son, Hamilton Stone.

Mr. Wells died at Sing Sing December 21, 1857, and is buried in Dale Cemetery, beside his youngest daughter and his wife. The latter survived him fifteen years, dying October 21, 1872.

Mr. James Wood has contributed largely to the literary development of Westchester County by his writings, his lectures and his earnest efforts to promote intellecttial activity and especially historical reseiirch. He is the author of two chapters in this work -- that on the Indians of Westchester County and another on the Early Exi)lorations and Settlers of the County, and has aided the compiler in many ways-- by suggestions, by correcting manuscripts and read- j ing proof and by lending his valuable support in various directions to the jiromotion of the enterprise. He is justly regarded as one of the most intelligent and public-soirited gentlemen in the county and as j ne of its most cultured and useful citizens.