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was conveyed to Cheadle on pack horses, later by 

 waggons, until 1778, when the Trent and Mersey 

 Canal was finished, and the copper was then for- 

 warded by it to Stoke and thence by cart to 

 Cheadle. " 



Mr. Keates made for himself a position that 

 placed him among the leaders of the Copper Trade 

 in this country; his name will be associated as a 

 worthy compeer with the Vivians, the Williams, 

 the Grenfells, and the Nevills. 



Tall and erect, strong and active, of dignified 

 presence, his was a striking personality. His 

 features were those of a soldier and had he lived 

 in days of yore he would doubtless have been 

 found holding his own with shield and spear. 



The device and motto, would not have been 

 unfitting to the characteristics of vigilance and 

 courage, of enterprize and fidelity. The family 

 crest is, "a tiger proper, charged with three 

 bezants, resting the dexter paw upon an escutcheon 

 sable, thereon a cake of copper proper" and with 

 the words, "Esto memor." ! 



Mr. Joseph Andrew Keates has very kindly 

 supplied me with many of the facts for this 

 reminiscence. 



J. F. A. 



