• Born: 16 Feb 1802, Lebanon NH
• Died: 1866, Belfast ME

  General notes:

Silversmith and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: William Quimby, about 1820, in Belfast ME. ¹

• He worked circa 1825-1843 as a silversmith and watchmaker in Belfast ME his shop was variously located at Phoenix Row (1832); over store of J. Haraden & Son (1836); corner of Main and High Streets, under the Republican Journal office (1843). A man of keen mental ability, he invented a machine for sawing circular surfaces and an apparatus for steering vessels. ³

• Advertised: Maine Working Man's Advocate, on 3 Nov 1831, in Belfast ME. For an apprentice. ³

• Partnership: Timothy Chase, in 1830-1836, in Belfast ME. As CHASE & QUIMBY.

• Partnership: James Emery, on 21 Apr 1843, in Belfast ME. As QUIMBY & EMERY, as noted in Republican Journal. ³

• Advertised: Republican Journal, on 11 Aug 1843, in Belfast ME. His mental healing and dropped for a time other occupations. He opened an office in Portland. His most famous patient and pupil was Mrs. Patterson, known later as Mary Baker Eddy, who gave him credit as her physician and teacher and adopted the name, "Christian Science," which he sometimes used in his work. ³

• Advertised: Republican Journal, on 11 Dec 1846, in Belfast ME. Noting his work with daguerreotypes. ³