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Other graves
of note
Hawley family
unusual cast iron gravestone in the
non-conformist area of the cemetery
Martha Hawley of Sun
Street, Shelton; d. Dec 23 1886
Richard Hawley of Broad Street, Hanley; d. Aug 12 1903
Martha Hawley of Hawkesmore Street, Hanley; d. Sept 23 1917
John Livesley
bronze plaque to
the memory of John Livesley
who died in the American Civil War
JOHN LIVESLEY/ PVT CO L 6 NY CAVALRY/
CIVIL WAR/ OCT 12 1838 OCT 23 1867
The memorial is a standard simple
plaque provided by the US Government - the plaque was unveiled by Mr
Huth Troth
Dudson family
the Duson family of potters
James Dudson was born
in Shelton on 12 March 1812, James's grandfather, Richard Dudson
(1768-1833) had begun the family pottery business with a factory in
Broad Street in 1800. A second works, in Hope Street, was opened in
1809 with Thomas Dudson in charge. Thomas(1786-1845) ran the factory
until his death in 1845, when James took it over. The pottery
produced jasperware and stoneware in various colours.
James Dudson
exhibited at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 and again in
1862. The works employed 33 persons in 1851. He was an
improvement commissioner for Hanley, but failed to secure election
to the council in 1857.
His son James
Thomas Dudson married Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Robert Scrivener,
the ceremony being performed at Bethesda Methodist New Connexion
church in September 1864 James Thomas took over the family business
on his father's death.
The firm continues
today, in the control of the eighth generation of the Dudson family,
and specialises in the production of wares for the hotel and
restaurant market.
the Duson gravestone - next to that of Jesse Shirley
Jesse Shirley
Jesse Shirley of Etruscan Villa Etruria
Jesse was born in Etruria on 17 November
1848. He was educated at Alfieri's Academy,
Northwood, Hanley, and by 1880 was in
partnership with his brother,
H. B. Shirley in the firm of Jesse
and H. B. Shirley, bone and flint
mills, Etruria.
The
mill still
stands at the junction of the
Trent and Mersey and
Caldon canals and is a
listed
building.
He was elected to Hanley council in 1880,
served as mayor in 1885 and became an alderman in 1892. As chairman
of the parks committee he promoted the scheme for the purchase and
laying out of
Hanley
park, 1892-7 sited on 63 acres of Stoke fields, waste ground on
each side of Victoria Road.
In
Etruria park there is a
fountain
donated in 1904 by Henry and Jessie Shirley.
Jesse Shirley was
also elected to the local bench of
justices of the peace. He married twice
and had at least six children. He lived
at
Etruscan Villa (Etruria Cottage), Etruria.
He died on 8 August 1927.
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