James Russell SPALDING

1826 - 1861  (34 years)

• Name	James Russell SPALDING
  Birth	25 Sep 1826	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1855	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Death	11 Sep 1861	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [2]
  Burial	Mt Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [3]
  Siblings	1 brother
  + 1. Amos Fletcher SPALDING,   b. 12 Jan 1821, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 30 Nov 1877, Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts  (Age 56 years) + 2. James Russell SPALDING,   b. 25 Sep 1826, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 11 Sep 1861, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts  (Age 34 years)
  Person ID	I9306	bmds
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Capt. Amos SPALDING,   b. 28 Dec 1789, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 23 Sep 1866, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mary WARREN,   b. 2 May 1795, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 2 Mar 1852, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F3755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caroline Elizabeth MAIR,   b. Oct 1830, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 2 Feb 1909, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	27 Sep 1853	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [4]
  Age at Marriage	James : 27 years old | Caroline : 22 years old.
  Children	1. James R. SPALDING, Jr.,   b. 1858   d. 17 Apr 1868, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 10 years)
  Family ID	F3752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 25 Sep 1826 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Marriage - 27 Sep 1853 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Census - 1855 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Death - 11 Sep 1861 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Burial - - Mt Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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• Notes

  J. Russell Spalding was a Boston Chemist/Apothecary from around 1851 until 1862. His primary business address was on Tremont Row, initially at #23. The Boston Directory in 1862 listed E. M. Skinner as the successor to J. Russell Spalding at the same address. Spalding sold several other proprietary medicines, in addition to his hair preparations. In 1852 and 1853, along with his other products, Spalding was selling “Twigg’s Hair Dye.”  The Rosemary was advertised starting around 1852. The product at that time, made all the usual claims for hair preparations, plus it claimed to “cure headache,” and “kill hair eaters.” In 1865, E. M. Skinner was still selling the Rosemary, and he said that it had been selling for 14 years.  Products: Rosemary & Castor Oil | Twigg’s Hair Dye. From The Spalding Memorial (p. 562):  8784. JAMES-RUSSELL [4407], (Amos, John, John, John, Andrew, Edward), b. Sept 25, 1826, in Boston, Mass.; d. Sept. 11, 1861 ; m. Caroline-Elizabeth Mair, of Boston, Mass., Sept. 27, 1853. He was a successful apothecary in Boston.  They had no children, but adopted a son, who took the full name of his adopter father.  8785. James-Russell (adopted)

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] Internet. Source: Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915. [S25] Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915. Occupation: Apothecary [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 139472656. [S69] Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915.