• 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 about 1833 to William Beecher in Southbridge MA
  

• He was a partner in 1850-1853 with Lucius Holdridge Amidon in Southbridge MA as AMIDON & Co.

• He was a partner in 1853-1860 with Holdridge Amidon in Southbridge MA as AMIDON & Co.

• He appeared on the 1855 census taken at Southbridge MA, listed as a spectacle manufacturer.

• He was a partner in 1860-1862 with E. Merritt Cole and William Beecher in Southbridge MA as BEECHER & COLE.

• He was a partner in 1862-1866 with E. Merritt Cole in Southbridge MA as ROBERT H. COLE & Co.

• He was a partner in 1866-1869 with E. Merritt Cole and Alpha Morse Cheney in Southbridge MA as ROBERT H. COLE & Co.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Southbridge MA, listed as a spectacle manufacturer.

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at 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.)