• Born: 10 May 1828, Salem MA

  General notes:

Watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Boston MA. Listed as a watchmaker.

• He worked circa 1855-1880 as a watchmaker in Boston MA
  Listed in city directories at 205 Washington (1855-1860), 67 Washington (1865), 240 Washington (1870-1872), and 444 Washington (1875).

• Partnership: Sylvester Sage Crosby, circa 1860, in Boston MA. As CROSBY & TOWNE.

• Example: Tradecard, circa 1870, in Private Collection.

• Example: Tradecard, circa 1870, in Private Collection.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Cambridge MA. Listed as a watch repairer.

• Example: Tradecard, circa 1875, in Private Collection.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Cambridge MA. Listed as a watchmaker.