• Born: 26 Sep 1823, Calais VT
• Died: 4 Apr 1894, Binghamton NY

  General notes:

Jeweler, clock, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• He worked in 1846-1852 as a jeweler, clock, and watchmaker in Roxbury MA

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Roxbury MA, listed, with his brother, as a clockmaker.

• He worked in 1855-1875 as a jeweler, clock, and watchmaker in Newark NJ

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Newark NJ, listed, with his brother, as a jeweler.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Newark NJ, listed as a jeweler.

• He worked in 1876-1893 as a jeweler, clock, and watchmaker in Binghamton NY

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Binghamton NY, listed as a jeweler.

• Obituary printed in the Herald and News (Randolph VT) on 5 Apr 1894
  The First Watchmaker.
  Oliver B. Marsh, a leading jeweler of Binghampton, N.Y., died yesterday, aged 70 years. When the Howard Watch company was established at Roxbury, Mass., Mr. Marsh, who was one of its most trusted employees, made the first American watch, which is still in the possession of a son of the deceased, Frank Marsh of Waltham, Mass.