James Smith (1800–73)
Optical instrument maker. Richard Beck was his apprentice. Entered into partnership with Beck in 1847.
BMD (Death index)
Census returns of England and Wales 1841 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/666/6/8/8), 1861 (RG9/151/125/20), 1851 (HO107/1532/72/17), 1871 (RG10/299/34/1)
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 9 April 2018)
Turner 1989, p. 171