• Born: 11 Apr 1827, Middlesex VT
• Died: 16 Dec 1901, Montpelier VT

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed in 1844-1849 to Chauncy D. Griswold in Orwell VT ⁸
  

• He was a partner in 1849-1857 with Almon Ainsworth Mead in Montpelier VT as PHINNEY & MEAD. ⁸

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Montpelier VT, listed as a jeweler.

• Watch paper for PHINNEY & MEAD, c 1850
  American Antiquarian Society
  

• Tradecard, c 1855
  Private Collection
  

• He worked in 1857-1863 as a silversmith and jeweler in Montpelier VT with a shop on the corner of Main and State Street. ⁸

• Advertised in the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Bangor ME), 18 May 1861, as part of a group endorsement of the Waltham Watch Company.

• He was a partner in 1864-1869 with Denison Dewey in Montpelier VT as DEWEY DENISON & Co, general merchants. ⁸

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Montpelier VT, listed as a book and stationary merchant.