Person Information

Biography

He was a lawyer working in Auburn, and the 1859 city census lists his firm as Porter, Allen, & Beardsley. He married Sarah Palmer Allen in 1856 and they had two (possibly more) children together. He owned several properties in Auburn, and it seems likely that it was his house on Genesee St that partially burned down in a 1859 fire. He was appointed postmaster of Auburn from 1861 to 1869.

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 18, 1861

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, July 28, 1859

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Biography: 
He was a lawyer working in Auburn, and the 1859 city census lists his firm as Porter, Allen, & Beardsley. He married Sarah Palmer Allen in 1856 and they had two (possibly more) children together. He owned several properties in Auburn, and it seems likely that it was his house on Genesee St that partially burned down in a 1859 fire. He was appointed postmaster of Auburn from 1861 to 1869.
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https://www.cayugagenealogy.org/directry/1860/images/26_27.jpg
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BOYD'S DIRECTORY OF AUBURN CONTAINING THE NAMES OF THE CITIZENS, A BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF CAYUGA COUNTY (NY) AND AN APPENDIX CONTAINING MUCH USEFUL INFORMATION 1859 - 60
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The Original 1860 Directory Book is now in the public domain: CopyrightDigital Images Copyright 2002 Bernard J. Corcoran
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https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=cov80&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&qh=xrJqkykV6k3ImlFNeVcsYQ%3D%3D&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=William&gsfn_x=1&gsln=Allen&gsln_x=1&msypn__ftp=Auburn,%20Cayuga,%20New%20York,%20USA&msypn=1
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Ancestry, 1880 United States Federal Census
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Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Auburn, Cayuga, New York; Roll: 813; Page: 241C; Enumeration District: 004 Source Information Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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Find a Grave MEMORIAL ID 65430913
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BURIAL Fort Hill Cemetery Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, USA PLOT Forest Lawn Lot 4 Grave 3