• Born: 30 Mar 1821, Exeter ME
• Died: 1 May 1884, Boston MA

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

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• Apprenticed in 1838-1843 to Seth Eastman in Concord NH
  

• He worked in 1844-1848 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Concord NH listed in city directories and the New England Mercantile Union Business Directory. He sold out to Moses Maxwell Chick. ⁴

• He was a partner in 1849-1850 with Jeffrey Richardson Brackett and Samuel Trevitt Crosby in Boston MA as BRACKETT, CROSBY & BROWN. ⁴

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• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Boston MA, listed as a jeweler.

• He was a partner in 1851-1853 with Samuel Trevitt Crosby in Boston MA as CROSBY & BROWN. ⁴

• He was a partner in 1853-1855 with George Bond Jones, True M. Ball, John Damon, Nathaniel C. Poor, and Benjamin Shreve in Boston MA as JONES, BALL & Co. at 226 Washington Street. ⁴

• He was a partner in 1855-1857 with George Bond Jones and Benjamin Shreve in Boston MA as JONES, SHREVE & BROWN, listed in the 1855 city directory with shops at 226 Washington and 1 Summer Streets. ⁴

• Tradecard, c 1855
  Private Collection
  

• Cup by JONES, BROWNE & SHREVE, c 1856
  Private Collection
  Engraved "Francis Carruth Ward / May 9, 1856"
  

• He was a partner in 1857-1863 with Benjamin Shreve in Boston MA as SHREVE, BROWN & Co, with a shops at 226 Washington and 1 Summer. ⁴

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Boston MA, listed as a jeweler.

• He worked in 1863-1867 as a jeweler in Boston MA
  Listed in the 1865 city directory at 254 Washington Street. ⁴

• He worked in 1869-1870 as a real estate agent in Boston MA ⁴

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Boston MA, listed as a real estate broker.