• Born: 24 Dec 1823, Montpelier VT
• Died: 12 Jun 1887, Montpelier VT

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: Ira Strong Towne, about 1840, in Montpelier VT. ⁴

• Partnership: Elijah Bailey Witherell, in 1846-1849, in Montpelier VT. As WITHERILL & MEAD. ⁴

• Partnership: Truman Curtis Phinney, in 1849-1857, in Montpelier VT. As PHINNEY & MEAD. ⁴

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Montpelier VT. Listed as a jeweler.

• Example: Watch paper for PHINNEY & MEAD, circa 1850, in American Antiquarian Society.

• Example: Tradecard, circa 1855, in Private Collection.

• He worked in 1857-1887 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Montpelier VT from a shop "At the Sign of the Big Watch" first at 15 State Street and after 1870, at 25 State Street. At his death, he had been in business longer than any other merchant in the town. ⁴

• Advertised: Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, on 18 May 1861, in Bangor ME. As part of a group endorsement of the Waltham Watch Company.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Montpelier VT. Listed as a retired jewelry manufacturer.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Montpelier VT. Listed as a jeweler.

• Example: Tradecard, circa 1880, in Private Collection.