John A. Roberts (1873-1961)

John A. Roberts (August 24, 1873 - July 8, 1961) was the owner and president of the Smith Worthington Saddlery Company.

Roberts was born in Pennsylvania on August 24, 1873. While he was a boy, his family moved to New Jersey. In 1890, after two years of high school, he went to work in the New York office of the Smith Worthington Company as an ofifce boy. After attending night school and the Pratt Business College, he became assistant bookkeeper and an accountant, and later became head of that department. In 1915, he was transferred to the Hartford office and factory as manager, buying the business in 1930 and changing the name to the Smith Worthington Saddlery Company. Because of poor health, he sold the company in 1957.

Family
Roberts married Jessie G. Weston on October 26, 1898 in New Jersey.
 * Dorothy A. Roberts - m. Stanley B. Illingworth
 * David W. Roberts
 * Marian Roberts - m. William Willette

Real Estate

 * Moved to West Hartford from New Jersey and rented the home of George F. Scarborough (46 South Main Street), on December 9, 1915.

Personal

 * Went to Chicago in the winter of 1920 and vacationed in Orange, Connecticut, in February 1921.