• Born: 19 Nov 1819, Portland CT

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: Joseph Church, about 1832, in Hartford CT. ⁴

• Partnership: Leonard Talcott Welles, in 1840-1841, in Hartford CT. As WELLES & STRONG, having purchased the business of their old master. ⁴

• Partnership: Leonard Talcott Welles, in 1842-1845, in Hartford CT. As WELLES & STRONG. ⁴

• Example: Watch paper for WELLES & STRONG, circa 1845, in American Antiquarian Society.

• Partnership: O. D. Woodruff, circa 1860, in Hartford CT. As STRONG & WOODRUFF, manufacturers and dealers in hats, capes, and furs.