• Born: 4 Mar 1809, Bristol RI
• Marriage (1): Charity Sprague on 27 Aug 1830 in Boston MA
• Died: 9 Sep 1897, Bristol RI

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed in 1826-1828 to Henry Gooding in Boston MA
  

• He worked circa 1830-1850 as a silversmith and jeweler in Bristol RI

• New York City NY, 1831-1832: this may be the James M. Gooding, who was in the short-lived partnership with John Reed as GOODING & REED with a shop at 55 Chatham Street.

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Bristol RI, listed as a jeweler.

James married Charity Sprague on 27 Aug 1830 in Boston MA. (Charity Sprague was born on 7 May 1810 in Boston MA and died on 8 Apr 1884 in Bristol RI.)