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Robertson, Cadmon D. (1863-1914)

Name:
Robertson, Cadmon D. (1863-1914)
Title:
Alderman, Ward 4, City of Keene, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1914
Surveyor of Wood, City of Keene, 1904, 1908
Member, New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1909
Other Names:
Robertson, Cadmon D.
Born:
11/23/1863
Birthplace:
Chesterfield, NH
Died:
05/20/1914
Death Location:
Keene, NH
Residence:
Chesterfield, NH
Fitchburg, MA
Keene, NH
Nationality:
American
Occupation:
Machinist -- 1889 Keene, NH, marriage record.
Superintendent of Pottery -- Joined Hampshire Pottery in 1904, as Superintendent. Robertson was brother-in-law of Hampshire Pottery's founder, James Scholly Taft. Robertson was especially known for the development of Hampshire Pottery's popular matte green glaze.
Father:
Robertson, Noyes
Mother:
Cobb, Helen M.
Relations:
Brother-in-law of Joseph S. Taft
Spouse:
Emoretta M. Taft (1849-1935), 1889
Notes:
For Photo of Cadman Robertson, see accession file, 1958.79.

Paul Evans, Art Pottery of the United States: An Encyclopedia of Producers and Their Marks. (New York: Scribner, 1974), 128-132.

Oran E. Randall, History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, N.H., from the Incorporation of "Township Number One," by Massachusetts, in 1736, to the Year 1881; Together With Family Histories and Genealogies. (Brattleboro, Vermont: D. Leonard, 1882), 421.

Woodland Cemetery, Keene, NH
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