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Frank Augustus Allen

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Frank Augustus Allen
Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1][2]
In office
January 1877 – January 1878
Preceded byIsaac Bradford
Succeeded bySamuel L. Montague
President of the
Common Council
of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1]
In office
December 1876[3] – January 1877
Preceded byGeorge F. Piper[4]
Succeeded byPerez G. Porter[4]
Member of the Common Council
of Cambridge, Massachusetts[1]
In office
1875[5] – January 1877[5]
Personal details
BornJanuary 29, 1835[1]
Sanford, Maine[1]
DiedMay 22, 1916
Cambridge, Massachusetts
SpouseElizabeth M. Scribner[3]

Frank Augustus Allen (January 29, 1835 – May 22, 1916) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Personal life

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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

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  1. ^ a b c d e Waters, Henry Fitz-Gilbert (1918), The New England historical and genealogical register, 1918 Volume LXII, Yarmouth, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. xxxiii
  2. ^ Paige, Lucius Robinson (1877), History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630-1877: With a Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: H. O. Houghton And Company, p. 469
  3. ^ a b Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1913), "A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1913", The Cambridge Tribune, Cambridge, MA, p. 159
  4. ^ a b Paige, Lucius Robinson (1877), History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630-1877: With a Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: H. O. Houghton And Company, p. 471
  5. ^ a b Paige, Lucius Robinson (1877), History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630-1877: With a Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: H. O. Houghton And Company, p. 475
  6. ^ Emery, Edwin (1901). The History of Sanford, Maine, 1661-1900. p. 400. ISBN 9780961815103.
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
January 1877 – January 1878
Succeeded by
Preceded by
George F. Piper
President of the
Common Council
of Cambridge, Massachusetts

January 1876 – January 1877
Succeeded by
Perez G. Porter


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