From May 1889 The Wood-Worker

Cordesman Machine Co. was established in 1886 by Henry J. Cordesman, Sr., following his departure from Cordesman & Egan Co. In 1905 the name was changed to the Cordesman-Rechtin Co.

Information Sources

• Ad in the May 1887 Carpentry and Building. The address was given as 43, 45, and 47 Butler Street.
• Ad in the May 1889 The Wood-Worker. The address was given as 27-31 Butler Street.
• Listed in 1889 Cincinnati phone book (online at rootsweb.com).
• Brief article in the February 1890 issue of Carpentry and Building about this company's new post boring machine.
• Brief article in the July 1890 issue of Carpentry and Building about this company's new sash clamp.
• Ad in the September, 1890 of issue of Carpentry and Building magazine: "Cordesman Machine Co., Butler St, Cincinnati, OH (No 4 Band Re-Saw, No. 3 Band Saw, New Double Cut-Off Saw, Universal Wood-worker". The same issue had an ad for Cordesman, Meyer & Co.
• April 1893 Carpentry and Building.

  WITH REGARD TO THE REPORT that they were interested in the J. A. Fay & Egan Company, the Cordesman Machine Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. announce that the story is untrue, and that they will continue as in the past to supply the trade with machines strictly of their own manufacture. The Cordesman Machine Company also state that they are now getting out some large machines, the completion of which will be duly announced.

• Ad in the September 1894 issue of Carpentry and Building on their new "patent planer and matcher". The address was given as 43, 45, and 47 Butler Street.
• Listed in Planers, Matchers & Molders in America as active in 1897.
• Ad in the may 1898 issue of The Wood-Worker. The address was given as 25 to 35 Butler Street.
• The name was registered with the State of Ohio in 1903. The name was de-registered on 25 May 1908.
• H. J. Cordesman, Sr.'s obituary in the January 1919 The Wood-Worker explains the relationships between the various Cordesman companies.
• Listed in Kenneth Cope's American Cooperage Machinery and Tools. Cope says that this firm was formed in 1888 following the breakup of "Cordesman and Egan". This cannot be quite right since we have a May 1887 ad from this company. Cope mentions a "bolt and stave equalizer", introduced in 1891, as their only known barrel-making machine.