James Babbage Wells Jr. was born on July 12 1850 on St. Joseph Island in Texas. He was a judge and Democratic boss of South Texas. He was the son of Lydia Hastings and James B. Wells. He died December 21 1923 in Brownsville Texas. Jim Wells County was named after him.
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