• Born: 10 Nov 1804, New Berlin NY
• Died: 30 Aug 1882

  General notes:

Jeweler and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• He worked circa 1825 as a jeweler in Batavia NY

• He was a partner before 1833 with R. M. Kipp in Wheeling WV as STOCKING & KIPP. Dissolution of the partnership was announced on 1 February 1833. It is unclear if the partnership was originally formed in Batavia and moved briefly south or if it began and ended in Wheeling. ⁴³

• He worked in 1833-1839 as a jeweler and watchmaker in Wheeling WV at the end of 1839, his business failed and he declared bankruptcy. He moved his family to Sisterville where he established a flour and grist mill. ⁴³