Robert A. Allured

Robert A. Allured, of the Evart Hardware Company, was born March 7, 1849, in the City of London, Eng. His father, John Allured, was a native of England and a bookmaker by trade. He married Elizabeth Daggs and died in the land of his birth. In 1855 his widow, with one son and two daughters, and her parents, emigrated to the State of New York, and settled in Monroe County near the city of Rochester, where the subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, and later was in the employment of a butcher in the beautiful city of the Genesee Valley, where he passed three years.

Emma, youngest sister of Mr. Allured, is the wife of William Wallace of Rochester. Her sister Elizabeth is an inmate of her home.

In 1868 he came to Flint, Mich., and entered the hardware house of Newton & Hubbard as salesman. He remained an employee in the business until July, 1873, the firm changing four times within that period. In that year he came to Evart and, associated with O.M. Brownson, founded a trade in hardware. The relation was in existance five years, when the business and its connections became the sole property of Mr. Allured. The establishment where the business was instituted was built by Mr. Brownson, and consisted of a single structure 24 x 60 feet in extent. He made two additions, 20 x 60 feet, at a later date. The dimensions were increased by Mr. Allured in 1881, the building now being 44 x 132 feet, with a cellar, and two stories in height. The incorporated company originally comprised R.A. Allured, M.E. Parkinson and Elmer F. Birdsall. Mr. Parkinson withdrew from the firm Aug. 20, 1884. The stock in trade is valued at an estimate of $15,000, and includes all articles common to that branch of business, besides agricultural implements, among which the Champion Mower and Reaper us made a specialty.

Mr. Allured was married March 23, 1876, in Evart, to Alice L. Brownson. Two children have been born to them, one of whom died in infancy. Karl B. was born March 10, 1883. Mrs. Allured was born May 25, 1852, in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Mich., and is the daughter of Oscar M. and Lucy M. Brownson. she and her husband are members of the Presbyterian Church.

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