• Born: 20 Mar 1811, Meriden CT
• Marriage (1): Susan Benham on 25 Dec 1832
• Died: 21 Dec 1865, Meriden CT

  General notes:

Pewtersmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed to Ashbel Griswold in Meriden CT.

• He was a partner after 1842 with Ira Couch in Meriden CT as COUCH & FRARY.

• He appeared on the 1850 census in Meriden CT, Listed as a manufacturer.

• He worked before 1852 as a pewtersmith in Meriden CT

• He was a partner in 1852 with Horace C. And Dennis C. Wilcox, Isaac Lewis, Lemuel Curtis, William Lyman, and John Munson in Meriden CT as MERIDEN BRITANNIA Co. ¹²

James married Susan Benham, daughter of Darius Benham and Cynthia Cone, on 25 Dec 1832. (Susan Benham was born on 20 Apr 1812 in Meriden CT and died on 11 Mar 1871.)