History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . ultiva-tion of the material required for his factory. This business Mr. Allis carried on successfully, in connec-tion with farming, until 1855, when he turned his attentiontoward the tobacco trade, and not only devoted his farmlargely to the cultivation of the plant, but was one of thelargest purchasers thereof in the Connecticut Valley. This jiursuit was the chief business interest of the remainderof his life, and, after an active, honorable, and useful
History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . ultiva-tion of the material required for his factory. This business Mr. Allis carried on successfully, in connec-tion with farming, until 1855, when he turned his attentiontoward the tobacco trade, and not only devoted his farmlargely to the cultivation of the plant, but was one of thelargest purchasers thereof in the Connecticut Valley. This jiursuit was the chief business interest of the remainderof his life, and, after an active, honorable, and useful career,he died May 23, 1860, aged sixty-three. His wife survived him but a few months, dying Aug. 9,1866, at the age of sixty-five. Six children were born to them, three of whom, Justin , Silas W. D., and Mary Eliza White, still reside upon theold Allis farm in Whately. Lewis Edward Sikes died April7, 1860, aged twenty-eight; Edmund B. died at the age ofsix months ; and the last son, also Edmund B., born Dec. 11,1835, died Oct. 12, 1861, just after he had graduated at Yale. In public life Mr. Allis acquired considerable prominence,.
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