Josephus Smith (bapt.  21 August 1797) was the son of Benjamin Smith and his wife, Martha.  After 1816, Benjamin was listed as a silver and plated ware manufacturer in South Street.  He died on 27 July 1832.  His son continued the South Street business, making silver and plated measures and table knives.  Josephus registered a silver mark (‘J.S’) in 1846.  He died on 11 December 1856, aged 58, and was buried in the General Cemetery.  His sister, Marcia, had married Joseph Towndrow, a gardener and seedsman in South Street.  After Josephus’s death Marcia’s sons (Josephus Smith and Thomas Smith Towndrow) continued under the old name; then as J. S. Towndrow; and finally, as Towndrow Bros (which registered a silver mark from South Street in 1864).  However, the partnership was dissolved in 1868.  Thomas Smith Towndrow died on 23 March 1871, aged 37, leaving under £600.  Marcia died on 11 December 1871, leaving under £100 to her son, Josephus.  The latter announced the continuation of the enterprise (with which he said he had been connected for over thirty years) as J. S. Towndrow.  A brief partnership with William Edwin Slack ended in 1872 and Towndrow apparently soon ceased trading.