Thomas Salter Bowles

• Born: 1785, Portsmouth NH
• Marriage: Abiah Emery Bradley on 29 Sep 1813
• Died: 26 Jul 1853

  General notes:

Instrument maker

  Events in his life were:

• He worked from circa 1805 to 1820 as an instrument maker in Portsmouth NH

• Advertised in the Portsmouth Oracle, 31 May 1806, that he was a mathematical instrument maker who had just taken a shop in Daniel Street, and that his wares included "Azimuth and brass Compasses, wood and Hanging Compasses."

• Compass, c 1815
  Smithsonian Institute
  

Thomas married Abiah Emery Bradley on 29 Sep 1813. (Abiah Emery Bradley was born on 30 Oct 1788 in Haverhill MA and died on 8 Feb 1878 in Boston MA.)