Hawthorn’s Corporate Officers After 1900

 

The mix of individuals serving as Corporate Officers at Hawthorn changed over the years.  The following sources and dates show some of the transition in management and ownership that took place from the founding of Hawthorn to its final sale and dissolution in the late 1920s.

 

E. A. Hamilton, President.  A Hawthorn Pottery Co. invoice dated October 2, 1900 shows Hamilton listed as “Manager” and M. J. Mateer as President.  By 1903, Hamilton had apparently become president.  A deed dated September 10, 1903, transferring a portion of the pottery’s property to the Allegheny Valley Railway Company (“A. V. Railway Co.) for the purposes of building a railway siding at the pottery lists Hamilton as President.

 

F. M. Ransbottom, President.  On February 22,, 1928, the Clarion County recorder of deeds shows a Deed from Hawthorn Pottery Company to A.J. Dean AL.  The deed was signed by F. M. Ransbottom, President.  The transfer was attested to by Nelson McCoy, listed as Secretary.  Ransbottom appears to be the same as Frank Ransbottom of the Ransbottom Brothers Pottery of Ohio.  More information about Ransbottom can be found at:

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Nelson McCoy, Secretary.  See the paragraph above, for F. M. Ransbottom.  A subsequent deed, dated February 18, 1929 from Hawthorn Pottery Company to F. M. Ransbottom was signed by Ransbottom, President and attested to by McCoy – listed this time as Wilson McCoy.