A jobbing watchmaker Born in Kinnellar, Scotland of a Non Conformist family he lived at 37 Lyndhurst Street, Little Bolton.
In 1863 he had been a witness to the testing of Chatwoods Safe, however by 1867 he was facing Bankruptcy and assigned all his states and effects to his creditors.
Liverpool Daily Post 27th Aug 1863.
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He maintained a shop, still listed at 24 Market Street Bolton, listed in the Slaters Directory of 1869.