FRANK H. ALLISON.
Mr. Allison is widely known in Colorado as the editor of the Georgetown Courier
; he was born in Cromwell, Conn., Nov. 3, 1846 ; he attended school until his
18th year, when he began clerking in a grocery store, and continued in that
capacity a year; then he returned to his father, who was a hammer manufacturer,
and remained with him until 21 years of age ; in the spring of 186S, Mr. Allison
and a gentleman, Elisha Stevens, bought out a shear-factory at Rocky Hill,
Conn., about nine miles from Hartford, and continued the business under the firm
name of Stevens & Allison; in the fall of 1869, they consolidated with a
Forestville, Conn., concern, and formed a stock company under the name of “The
Stevens & Brown Manufacturing Co.;" Mr. Allison was Superintendent and
Treasurer; he remained with the company until July 1, 1873, at which time he
dissolved his connection with the company and became a member of the firm of
Hubbard & Curtis Manufacturing Co.; in 1875, owing to the condition of his
health (having been afflicted with asthma from boyhood), Mr. Allison disposed of
his business, and removed to Colorado, arriving in Denver June 5; he remained in
Denver, and was also a time on a stock ranche, twenty miles from Denver, during
the summer and winter following ; in March, 1876, he came to Georgetown, where
he has since resided. He was married at Cromwell, Conn., May 1, 1873, to Miss
Isabel M. Cornwell; he did not remove his family to Colorado until 1878. At
Georgetown Mr. Allison engaged in mining until May 1878, when he assumed the
editorship of the Georgetown Courier, which position he has since continued to
occupy ; the Courier has a wide circulation, and its superior success and
reputation is largely attributable to the labor and abilities of Frank H.
Allison. Mr. Allison has all the time been more or less interested in mining,
and is now a stockholder and Director in the Blue Jacket Mining Co.; the company
have valuable property on Red Elephant Mountain, in Clear Creek County; Mr.
Allison's prospects are exceedingly flattering, and promise him fine results for
the near future.
ANTHONY J. AUGUST.
Mr. August was born in Buffalo, N. Y. Sept. 13, 1843. After receiving a
common-school education, he entered the Geneva College, from which institution
he graduated in 1859; then he returned to Buffalo, where he followed contracting
and building until 1863, when he started to the field of wealth with a stock of
goods. Landing in Denver, and finding the market rather dull, he placed his
goods in the hands of a commission merchant, and returned to Buffalo in 1864 ;
but, determining to make Colorado his home, he came back in the spring of 1865
and located at Georgetown, where he was connected with the Steward Reduction
Works until July, 1877, when the works shutdown, then he took a trip to
California, when, after a few months' stay, he returned to Colorado, and, in
June, 1878, moved his family to Lawson, where he is now dealing in feed, flour
and miners' tools. He also owns some good mining property near Georgetown and
Silver Plume. Mr. August was married, in 1863, to Miss Mary Gate, of Buffalo, to
which union there are six children born.
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