• Born: 1818, Worcester MA
• Marriage (1): Adelia Amidon on 3 Nov 1842 in Southbridge MA

  General notes:

Jeweler and manufacturer

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: William Beecher, about 1833, in Southbridge MA.

• Partnership: Lucius Holdridge Amidon, in 1850-1853, in Southbridge MA. As AMIDON & Co.

• Partnership: Holdridge Amidon, in 1853-1860, in Southbridge MA. As AMIDON & Co.

• He appeared on the census in 1855 in Southbridge MA. Listed as a spectacle manufacturer.

• Partnership: E. Merritt Cole and William Beecher, in 1860-1862, in Southbridge MA. As BEECHER & COLE.

• Partnership: E. Merritt Cole, in 1862-1866, in Southbridge MA. As ROBERT H. COLE & Co.

• Partnership: E. Merritt Cole and Alpha Morse Cheney, in 1866-1869, in Southbridge MA. As ROBERT H. COLE & Co.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Southbridge MA. Listed as a spectacle manufacturer.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Southbridge MA. Listed as a spectacle manufacturer.

Robert married Adelia Amidon, daughter of Holdridge Amidon and Thankful Newell, on 3 Nov 1842 in Southbridge MA. (Adelia Amidon was born on 11 Jul 1823 in Southbridge MA.)