• Born: 17 Jul 1837, Millertown, Rensselaer, NY
• Marriage (1): Lucy E. Cooke in Feb 1857
• Died: 1903

  General notes:

Jeweler and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at New Milford CT, listed as a jeweler.

• Tradecard, c 1875
  Private Collection
  

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at New Milford CT, listed as a jeweler.

• Tradecard, c 1880
  Private Collection
  

• He worked in 1882-1883 as a jeweler and watchmaker in Cortland NY having purchased the business of Delos Sanders.

• He worked in 1883 as a jeweler and watchmaker in Penn Yan NY having purchased the business of Levi Oliver Dunning.

• Advertised in the Chronicle-Express (Penn Yan NY), 10 Oct 1883,
  A Business Change:
  Mr. J. B. Capron, of Cortland, N.Y., has become the successor of Mr. L. O. Dunning in the jewelry trade, and will continue the business at the old stand. Mr. Capron has had upwards of twenty years' experience in the jewelry business, and thoroughly understands it in all its branches. He also comes among us highly recommended as an honorable business man. He will immediately restock his store with a full and carefully selected assortment of goods usually found in a first-class jewelry store, and will sell them at prices as low as the lowest. He also has an experienced workman, and will pay particular attention to the repairing of watches and guarantee satisfaction everytime. Call and see him and examine his stock and learn prices.
  

James married Lucy E. Cooke in Feb 1857. (Lucy E. Cooke was born in 1833 and died in 1907.)