James Kirkham

  General notes:

Jeweler

  Events in his life were:

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• An able financier; a member of the common council and its president in 1856; an alderman in 1883; a director in the Mutual Fire Assurance Company, Street Railway Company, and City Library Association; treasurer of Oak Grove cemetery.

• He worked 1837 to 1845 as a clerk in Springfield MA in the shop of Henry Sargeant, jeweler.

• He was a partner from 1845 to 1852 with Earl Woodworth in Springfield MA as WOODWORTH & KIRKHAM.

• He worked 1852 to 1858 as a jeweler in Springfield MA

• He worked from 1858 to 1892 as a banker in Springfield MA
He served as the president of the Pynchon Bank from 1857 to 1862 and then the First National Bank after its organization in 1863.

James married Frances Kirkham, daughter of John Butler Kirkham and Betsy Wilson, on 6 Nov 1846 in Springfield MA. (Frances Kirkham was born on 8 May 1823 in Springfield MA and died in Springfield MA.)