• Born: Brechin Angusshire Scotland
• Marriage (1): Ann Dick Smith on 20 Apr 1835 in Dundee, Angushire, Scotland
• Died: 18 Jan 1877, Cincinnati OH

  General notes:

Watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• , . Trained in Montrose, he first began buisiness in Brechin, but soon failed. He moved on the Dundee and found more success. He came to America with his family in 1843.

• He worked circa 1845-1850 as a watchmaker in Newport KY

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Cincinnati OH, listed as a jeweler.

• He worked after 1850 as a jeweler and watchmaker in Cincinnati OH listed in William's 1853 Cincinnati Directory at the same address as the jeweler Henry Bliss.

William married Ann Dick Smith on 20 Apr 1835 in Dundee, Angushire, Scotland. (Ann Dick Smith was born on 16 Jan 1817 in Dundee, Angushire, Scotland and died on 5 Jan 1891 in Cincinnati OH.)