• Born: 27 Jan 1815, New Haven CT
• Marriage (1): Emmeline Sarah Wilcox on 4 Oct 1843
• Died: 15 May 1879, New Haven CT

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• He worked in 1837-1840 as a silversmith in New York City NY from a shop at 371 Pearl Street.

• Partnership: Frederick H. Clark, in 1841-1847, in Memphis TN. As MERRIMAN & CLARK.

• Partnership: Charles Granniss Merriman, in 1847-1860, in Memphis TN. As J. E. MERRIMAN & Co, dealers in watches, jewelry, silverware, guns, and cutlery from a shop at 32 Front Row.

• Alternate Mark.

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Memphis TN. Listed as a watchmaker.

• Partnership: William C. Byrd, in 1860-1870, in Memphis TN. As MERRIMAN, BYRD & Co.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Memphis TN. Listed as a jeweler. Robert Francis Wilcox, jeweler, is also listed in his household.

• Partnership: Robert Francis Wilcox, after 1870, in Memphis TN.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Saint Louis MO. Listed as a gun merchant.

James married Emmeline Sarah Wilcox, daughter of Norman A. Wilcox and Sarah Prince Fenn, on 4 Oct 1843. (Emmeline Sarah Wilcox was born on 24 Aug 1819 in Berlin CT and died on 17 May 1857.)