Joseph Mosley Freeman

• Born: abt 1806
• Marriage: Mary Ann Clarico on 25 Sep 1831
• Died: 26 May 1882, Norfolk VA

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• He worked before 1828 as a clerk in Norfolk VA in the shop of Joseph Clarico. ⁴⁴

• He worked from circa 1828 to 1832 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Norfolk VA having purchased a large quantity of finished goods, furniture, and working tools at the estate auction of Joseph Clarico on 4 June 1828.

• He was a partner from 1832 to 1836 with Lewis Ross Pollard in Norfolk VA as FREEMAN & POLLARD. ⁴⁴

• He worked from 1836 to 1840 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Norfolk VA when his business failed in 1840, he spent the next few years as an agent for Canfield & Brother. ⁴⁴

• He was a partner from 1843 to 1844 with Fitch Welch Burwell in Norfolk VA as J. M. FREEMAN & Co. ⁴⁴

• Alternate Mark

• He worked from 1844 to 1850 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Norfolk VA ⁴⁴

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Norfolk VA, listed as a watchmaker.

• He was a partner from 1850 to 1854 with Joseph and William H. Freeman in Norfolk VA as J. M. FREEMAN & SONS. ⁴⁴

• He was a partner from 1854 to 1857 with Joseph Freeman in Norfolk VA as J. M. FREEMAN & SON. ⁴⁴

• He worked from 1857 to 1870 as a jeweler in Norfolk VA ⁴⁴

• He was a partner from 1870 to 1871 with Arthur Clarico Freeman in Norfolk VA as J. M. FREEMAN & SON. ⁴⁴

Joseph married Mary Ann Clarico, daughter of Joseph Clarico and Mrs. Joseph Clarico, on 25 Sep 1831. (Mary Ann Clarico was born about 1812 in Norfolk VA and died on 12 Apr 1880 in Norfolk VA.)