There are at least five men that James Lewelly Wilder descended from in America who followed furniture making as a trade, at least at some point in their lives.
Ephraim Tinkham, Jr., ancestor of Dr. Asaph Thompson of Norridgewock
Joseph Hosmer, the uncle of Silas Wood, of Norridgewock
Silas Wood of Norridgewock
James M. Wilder, of North Anson, Maine
Francis L. Wilder, of North Anson, Maine