Biography of james w tufts boston ma

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  • He worked from 1875 to 1895 as a silverplater in Boston MA having previously established a large and successful company producing silverplated parts for soda.
  • Born on February 11th, 1835, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, James Walker Tufts was the son of Leonard Tufts (a blacksmith) and Hepzibah Fosdick Tufts.

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    James Tufts III (1703 - 1769)

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    Born in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
    Ancestors

    Son of James Tufts and Ruth (Grimes) Tufts

    Brother of John Tufts, Jonathan Tufts, Ebenezer Tufts, Ruth Tufts, Elizabeth (Tufts) Hall, William Tufts, Susanna Tufts, Mary Tufts, Sarah Tufts and Grimes Tufts

    Husband of Lydia (Hall) Tufts— married 27 Jun 1722 in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
    Descendants

    Father of Lydia Tufts, James Tufts, Gershom Tufts, Elizabeth (Tufts) Teel, Hannah Tufts, Ebenezer Tufts, Jonathan Tufts and Isaac Tufts

    Died at age 66in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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    Biography

    FamilySearch; James Tufts III 1703–1769 • LH2D-YD5​​
    married; Lydia Hall 1705–1753 • L7N4-1WD​​
    Marriage: 27 JUN 1722
    Medford,Middlesex,Massachusetts
    Children of Lydia Hall and James Tufts Jr. (10)
    Lydia Tufts 1724–1776 • 2XRB-F5N​​
    James Tufts 3rd 1726–1786

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    James Walker Tufts

    American businessman (1835–1902)

    James Walker Tufts

    Born(1835-02-11)February 11, 1835

    Charlestown, Massachusetts

    DiedFebruary 3, 1902(1902-02-03) (aged 66)

    Pinehurst, North Carolina

    OccupationBusinessman

    James Walker Tufts (February 11, 1835 – February 3, 1902) is known for his founding of Pinehurst, North Carolina and for his development of a successful business in silver tallrik tableware. He also founded the Arctic Soda Fountain Co. and eventually merged with A. D. Puffer & Sons (Boston, Massachusetts), John Matthews (New York City, New York), and Charles Lippincott (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) to form eller gestalt the American Soda Fountain Co. Tufts was the inventor of the Arctic Soda Fountain and was installed as the first president of the merger that formed American Soda Fountain.

    Biography

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    Tufts was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts on February 11, 1835, to Leonard Tufts and Hepzebah Fosdick Tufts.&#

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    James Tufts (abt. 1674 - 1733)

    Over the years, genealogists have confused JAMES TUFTS (1670-1722), the son of the unmarried, James Tufts & Elizabeth Wells, with his cousin, JAMES TUFTS (1681-1733), the son of Jonathan & Rebecca (Waite) Tufts. Both were grandsons of Peter Tufts, the immigrant of cira 1638.

    The record was finally set straight with the 2010 publication of TUFTS KINSMEN, Volume 1, compiled by Herbert Freeman Adams, published on behalf of the TUFTS KINSMEN ASSOCIATION, INC., A charitable corporation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Herbert Freeman Adams, Tufts Family Historian and genealogist, began his extensive research into the Tufts surname in 1946 and continued until his death in 2003.

    "NOTE: This departure from prior Tufts genealogical gleanings, copied over and over again since 1821, has been thoroughly scrutinized by Dr. Ralph J. Crandall, Executive Director of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, and by the Society's expert