• Born: 12 May 1823, Fort Independence MA
• Marriage (1): Caroline Manchester on 8 Jul 1845 in Providence RI
• Died: 18 Oct 1890, Providence RI

  General notes:

Jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• He worked circa 1855-1863 as a jeweler in Providence RI ¹²

• He worked circa 1864-1873 as a jeweler in Wilmington DE ¹²

• Model of the S. S. Commonwealth, 1864
  Mariner's Museum
  Presented to the ship's captain, Jerome Wheeler Williams by the Norwich and New London Steamboat Company.

• He worked circa 1874-1877 as a jeweler in Philadelphia PA ¹²

• He worked circa 1878-1885 as a jeweler in Providence RI ¹²

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Providence RI, listed as a model-maker.

• , . Renowned for the scale models he built in gold and silver of famous railroad engines, including the Charles Morgan and the Daniel Webster, for the Pennsylvania, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad.

John married Caroline Manchester on 8 Jul 1845 in Providence RI. (Caroline Manchester was born on 5 Feb 1827 in Bristol RI and died on 23 Sep 1913.)