Frank Augustus Allen
Frank Augustus Allen (January 29, 1835 – May 22, 1916) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Frank Augustus Allen | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1][2] | |
| In office January 1877 – January 1878 | |
| Preceded by | Isaac Bradford |
| Succeeded by | Samuel L. Montague |
| President of the Common Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1] | |
| In office December 1876[3] – January 1877 | |
| Preceded by | George F. Piper[4] |
| Succeeded by | Perez G. Porter[4] |
| Member of the Common Council of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1] | |
| In office 1875[5] – January 1877[5] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 29, 1835[1] Sanford, Maine[1] |
| Died | May 22, 1916 Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Spouse | Elizabeth M. Scribner[3] |
Personal life
Frank was born in Sanford, Maine. His father died when he was two years old. He worked in various businesses, but retired after fourteen years. In 1867, he and others formed the Oriental Tea Company in Boston. He and his family moved to Cambridge in 1870, where he was elected Mayor in December of 1876. He died in Cambridge in 1916.[6]
Notes
- Waters, Henry Fitz-Gilbert (1918), The New England historical and genealogical register, 1918 Volume LXII, Yarmouth, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. xxxiii
- Paige, Lucius Robinson (1877), History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630-1877: With a Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: H. O. Houghton And Company, p. 469
- Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1913), "A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1913", The Cambridge Tribune, Cambridge, MA, p. 159
- Paige, Lucius Robinson (1877), History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630-1877: With a Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: H. O. Houghton And Company, p. 471
- Paige, Lucius Robinson (1877), History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630-1877: With a Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: H. O. Houghton And Company, p. 475
- Emery, Edwin (1901). The History of Sanford, Maine, 1661-1900. p. 400. ISBN 9780961815103.
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