Frederick Wetmore Pelton

• Born: 30 May 1822, Portland CT

  General notes:

Pewtersmith and silverplater

  Events in his life were:

• He was a partner from 1852 to 1880 with Oliver Zebulon Pelton in Middletown CT as F. W. & O. Z. PELTON. The firm moved to Saint Louis MO in 1872 and established a factory at 717 South Sixth Street as PELTON BROTHERS & Co. ¹¹

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Middletown CT, listed as a manufacturer.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Middletown CT, listed as a britannia ware manufacturer.

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Saint Louis MO, listed, with his brothers, as a silver, china, and iron manufacturer.