1865 - 1954

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• Birth	3 Mar 1865	Plessis, NY
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Dec 1954
  Person ID	I391	All
  Last Modified	06 May 2007 10:39:30
  Father	AUGSBURY Morgan, b. 14 Oct 1827, Pamelia, NY
  Mother	SHURTLEFF Minerva, b. 8 Nov 1829, Theresa, NY
  Family ID	F237	Group Sheet
  Family	STERNE Bessie W., b. 28 Sep 1888, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, NC
  Married	24 Nov 1920	Charlotte, Mecklenburg, NC
  Children	1. AUGSBURY Frank Addison, Jr., b. 4 Sep 1924, Ogdensburg, NY
  Family ID	F51	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Lived in Ogdensburg. Owned Algonquin Paper Mill? Our beautiful beach had a short life, however, since about this time, old Frank Augsbury had opened his newly-built sulphite mill and soon, disgusting blobs of floating stock were competing with the kids. Since this was a bay, everything on this side of the river that floated came to rest here. The beach was soon ruined. One thing that amuses me is the fact that since the time Frank Augsbury took over the company from George Hall, the city fathers would lick his boots at every opportunity, even to the extent of having him the guest of honor at common council meetings. If anyone complained of the pollution of the river, it was done in whispers. It must have tickled him toward the end that unlike his predecessors, he never left a nickel to our fair city. So they groveled in vain. There was one mayor, Ralph J. Morrisette, however, who held old Frank in little esteem. But more about him later. From the Syracuse Herald on 11/26/1920: The marriage of Frank A. Augsbury, president of the George hall Coal company of Ogdensburg and Miss Bess Strene of Charlotte, NC took place Wednesday at the home of the bride. Following the wedding journey, Mr. and Mrs. Augsbury will come to Ogdensberg to make their home. Mr. Augsbury having leased Mrs. V.B. Nellie's apartments at 50 Caroline Street for the Winter. Miss Sterne is a trained nurse, being a graduate of Presbyterian Hospital, New York. She acted as nurse for Mr. Augsbury while he was receiving treatment at the Presbyterian Hospital following a surgical operation last spring. Mr. Augsbury will take posession of their home at 14 Caroline Street which Mrs. Augsbury recently purchased from S.L. Dawley. The house will be entirely refurnished during the winter.