• Born: 29 Mar 1835, Philadelphia PA
• Marriage (1): Catharine Goddard Weaver on 1 Sep 1857 in Newport RI
• Died: 2 Feb 1918, Philadelphia PA

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed in 1851 to Bailey & Co in Philadelphia PA ¹²
  joining the firm as a partner in 1856.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Newport RI, listed as a wholesale jewelry dealer.

• He was a partner in 1878 with George Washington Banks and Samuel Biddle in Philadelphia PA as BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE. ¹²

• Alternate Mark

• Tradecard, 1879
  Private Collection
  

• Tradecard, 1879
  Private Collection
  

• Tradecard, c 1880
  Private Collection
  

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Philadelphia PA, listed as a jewelry merchant.

Joseph married Catharine Goddard Weaver, daughter of Joseph Briggs Weaver and Abby Dyer Marsh, on 1 Sep 1857 in Newport RI. (Catharine Goddard Weaver was born on 21 Mar 1835 in Newport RI and died on 16 Jan 1902.)