• Born: 1802, Maine
• Marriage (1): Selinda Maria Blake on 1 Apr 1862 in Bangor ME
• Marriage (2): Lucy Curtis in 1854 in Bangor ME
• Died: 24 May 1871, Bangor ME

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Appointed in 1823 as Lieutenant of Bangor Artillery in Bangor ME ³

• He worked circa 1824-1870 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Bangor ME

• Master to Leonard Purley Smith c 1828 in Bangor ME.

• Advertised in the Independent Courier (Ellsworth ME), 6 Jul 1831,

• Advertised in the Bangor Gazette (Bangor ME), 12 Sep 1846, from shop located on Exchange Street, two doors north of Penobscot Exchange. ³

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Bangor ME, listed as a goldsmith.

• Advertised in the The Maine Register, and Business Directory, 1856,

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Bangor ME, listed as a watch repairer.

John married Selinda Maria Blake on 1 Apr 1862 in Bangor ME. (Selinda Maria Blake was born on 20 Nov 1815 in Brewer ME and died on 1 Jun 1877 in Holden Penobscot ME.)

John next married Lucy Curtis in 1854 in Bangor ME. (Lucy Curtis was born on 8 Nov 1806 and died on 9 Jun 1861 in Bangor ME.)