• Born: 13 Jul 1816, Middlebury VT
• Died: 25 May 1898

  General notes:

Jeweler and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1829 to Jeremiah Dewey in Elizabethtown, Herkimer, NY
  His training was interrupted by the family's move to Detroit about 1830.

• He worked circa 1836-1837 as a jeweler in Perrysburg Wood OH

• He worked circa 1838-1843 as a jeweler in Fort Wayne IN

• He worked in 1843-1860 as a jeweler and watchmaker in Sandusky OH where he supplimented his business with real estate speculation and winemaking. By 1861 the latter had become his primary occupation.

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Sandusky OH, listed as a watchmaker.

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Sandusky OH, listed as a jeweler.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Brooklyn NY, listed as a wine merchant.