Person:Alonzo Sias (2)
Alonzo Whitefield Sias
b.30 May 1832 Derby, Orleans, Vermont, United States
d.24 Dec 1906 Olden, Howell, Missouri, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 6 Dec 1828
  1. Charlotte Sias1830 - 1882
  2. Mary M Sias1831 - 1902
  3. Alonzo Whitefield Sias1832 - 1906
  4. Daniel Boody Sias1834 - 1920
  5. Ira Evans Sias1836 - 1878
  6. Nancy Boody Sias1838 - 1919
  7. Roxanna Miller Sias1841 - 1842
  8. Roxanna Miller Sias1842 - 1903
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Alonzo Whitefield Sias1832 - 1906
  • W.  Mary C Toan1833 -
  1. Gertrude Sias1867 - 1867
  2. Edgar Daniel Sias1869 -
  3. Sarah Corinee Sias1871 - 1934
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Facts and Events
Name Alonzo Whitefield Sias
Alt Name Alonso _____
Gender Male
Birth[1] 30 May 1832 Derby, Orleans, Vermont, United States
Census[2] 1850 Derby, Orleans, Vermont, United States
Marriage to Mary C Toan
Census[3] 1880 Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, United Statesnurseryman
Death[1] 24 Dec 1906 Olden, Howell, Missouri, United States

BIOGRAPHY: The Nurseryman's directory: a reference book of nurserymen, florists, seedsmen, tree dealers, etc., for the United States, 1883 : alphabetically arranged by States and post offices. Page 174 Name -- Post Office and County -- Business A.W. Sias -- Rochester, Olmstead -- Nursery

BIOGRAPHY: Waugh, Frank A. 1869-1943. Plums and plum culture: a monograph of the plums cultivated and indigenous in North America, with a complete account of their propagation, cultivation and utilization. Orange Judd Co. NY 1901 Page 166 Wildrose - fruit round, medium to large, red over yellow, stone cling, season medium. A Minnesota wild seedling introduced in 1880 by A.W. Sias, Rochester, Minnesota. Not generally commended

BIOGRAPHY: Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA). Ithaca, NY: Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University. http://chla.library.cornell.edu (Version January 2005).

BIOGRAPHY: Leonard, Joseph A. Hisotry of Olmstead County, Minnesota. Goodspeed Historical Association Chicago 1910 Page 134 As a feature in the diversification of crops resulting from the failure of wheat, the cultivation of sorgham cane and the manufacture of syrup was engaged in by enterprising farmers throughout the county. Mills were set up in 1879 and 1880 by ...A.W. Sias and O.W. Masson, of Rochester.... Page 155 At the annual meeting of the Olmstead County Horticultural Society, held at Rochester, January 1888, it was reorganized as the Southern Minnesota Horticultural Society. A.W. Sias, of Rochester, the president of the association, one of the most enthusiastic fruit growers of the state and on of the orginators of the society, stated in his annual address, that it had then been existence fifteen years, was the first horticultural society started in the state and had maintained its existence longer than any other. He also stated that Rochester was the birthplace of the State Horticultural Society. Mr. Sias was elected president of the new association.

BIOGRAPHY: There are now growing, on College Hill, in Rochester, on the farm of Mrs. Margaret Aiseth, formerly the farm and nursery of Mr. Sias, two trees that were highly prized by him as of historic interest. When J.A. Leonard was United States Consul at Edinburgh, he sent to Mr. Sias a few saplings of the mountain ash, known in Scotland as the rowan tree and celebrated in poems of Burns.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Diana Gale Matthiesen. Genealogy of New England SIAS Descendants of John SIAS & Sarah Ann PITMAN. (http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/0/NE-Sias/NE-SiasHome.htm).
  2. ↑ Diana Gale Matthiesen. Genealogy of New England SIAS Descendants of John SIAS & Sarah Ann PITMAN. (http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/0/NE-Sias/NE-SiasHome.htm)
    Census Pg 169B.
  3. ↑ Church of Latter Day Saints. 1880 US Census Transcriptions. (http://familysearch.org)
    T9-0628 Pg 382B.
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