Background
Cowdery, Robert Holmes was born on October 20, 1881 in Ashtabula, Ohio, United States. Son of Warren Hervey and Harriet (Kelley) Cowdery.
Cowdery, Robert Holmes was born on October 20, 1881 in Ashtabula, Ohio, United States. Son of Warren Hervey and Harriet (Kelley) Cowdery.
Bachelor of Science, Case School Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio, 1903.
Water boy, later shipping clerk, machinist apprentice Ashtabula (O.) Tool Company, 1893-1903. Draftsman Wellman, Seaver Engine Company, Cleveland, 1903-1904. Draftsman, later foreman, assistant factory manager American Fork & Hoe Company, manufacturers hand farm tools, sporting goods, railroad supplies, Cleveland, Ohio, 1904-1906, factory manager, later advertising manager, engineer, Cleveland 1906-1918, manager Geneva (O.) factory from 1918, vice-president and director sporting goods division from 1930-1939.
Vice-president and director Champion Hardware Company, Geneva, from 1937.
Director Geneva Savings & Trust Company.
Member Phi Delta Theta. Clubs: Rotary (Geneva, O.).
Married Mabel Ordelia Belden, June 18, 1907. Children: Edith, Robert, Richard, Betty.