1847 - 1894

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• Birth	28 Feb 1847	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Jan 1894	Denver,, Colorado
  Person ID	I47279	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Jabesh GALLUP, b. 23 Aug 1794, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Mother	Louise AVERY, b. 30 Apr 1812, Preston, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F19660	Group Sheet
  Family	Charlotte R. PIERCE
  Family ID	F19682	Group Sheet

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  [S34] [BOOK] Groton Avery Clan, Avery, Elroy McKendree, (Cleveland, 1529 pgs, Published in 1912), Vol. 1, by Avery & Avery, page 706 & 707. Avery Gallup, born Feb. 28, 1847, graduate of Western Reserve College, 1855, m. Charlotte R. Pierce, dau. of the president of the college. Died Jan. 4, 1894, at Denver, Col. [S544] [BOOK] Portrait and Biographical Record - Denver, Colorado, (Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois 1898), Pg 227-229. AVERY GALLUP. Of the citizens of Denver who have contributed to its advancement and have assisted in making it one of the most attractive cities in our country to-day, conspicuous mention belongs to Avery Gallup. A love for the beautiful, both in nature and art, was always one of his prominent characteristics. He selected for his home a block on South Broadway, where in 1879 he bought twenty acres of land. Two years later he built a residence in the midst of a large lawn adorned with velvety grass, rare shrubs and the choicest shade trees. Nor was his taste for the harmonious and beautiful apparent only in his own home, but it was evidenced throughout the city, in the beautiful shade trees in courthouse and school grounds, in the parks of the city and the lawns of private residences. Love of travel was another of Mr. Gallup's prominent characteristics. Three times he made a tour of Europe, and he also traveled extensively through the United States, Mexico and the borders of Alaska. His powers of close observation and graceful narrative made his trips a pleasure to his acquaintances, by reason of the interesting descriptions of peoples and governments that he sent to friends and the papers. In 1869, when twenty-two years of age, he made a tour of the Orient and Palestine, and when returning home he stopped in Paris, then the scene of great excitement incident to the Franco-Prussian war. While there the German siege began, and he was among the last to leave the capital. Mr. Gallup was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Jabesh and Louisa (Avery) Gallup, native of New London, Conn. His father, who served in the war of 1812, engaged in the nursery business throughout his active life, and on retiring came to Denver, where he built two business blocks, one of which still bears the family name. He died in this city at the age of eighty-four. In 1871 our subject married Miss Charlotte R. Pierce and immediately afterward they came to Denver, where he bought a dollar store on Fifteenth street and embarked in the fancy goods business. On the erection of a block by his father, he removed his store to that location. Unfortunately he had bought when prices were high and a subsequent decline forced him to make an assignment. Prior to this he had started a small greenhouse, and after the failure he turned his attention to the florist's business. Later he bought twenty acres on the south side and laid them out in blocks, which he sold, being the first one to sell lots in this part of the city. For his twenty acres he paid $160 per acre. Two years later he bought an adjoining tract of twenty acres for $400 per acre, all of which he laid out in blocks and lots. He platted four additions to the city, viz.; South Broadway, Broadway Highlands, Bryn Mawr and Lake View. About 1887 Mr. Gallup became interested in the Orchard Mesa Land Company at Grand Junction, of which he was made president, and which owned eight hundred acres, three hundred planted to fruit trees. After his death the company was dissolved. He bought and platted seven hundred and twenty acres at Littleton, comprising the addition called Windermere, and one-half of this he sold in tracts of five and ten acres, while the remainder he devoted to his own use. The whole tract is under cultivation, and seventy-five acres are in orchards. In 1887 he and his wife started greenhouses at University Park, where they leased fifteen acres. Ten acres are planted to nursery products and there are twelve greenhouses. At Littleton ten acres are planted to a nursery, and irrigation has been provided for this tract, as it has also for the land in University Park. He also owned one hundred and sixty acres of farm land ten miles northeast of Denver. While Mr. Gallup gave his attention largely to real-estate matters, his wife carried on the greenhouses, the harmonious management and excellent business qualifications of both resulting in financial success. For years he was a trustee of South Denver, which he and three others succeeded in having incorporated, and from which the same citizens cleared out the disreputable rum shops. He also assisted in securing water works for the place, having the Holly system at Petersburg. Through his efforts the cable street railroad was secured, the people furnishing $50,000 bonds, and he also put up a bonus to secure the electric road. South Denver was finally incorporated with the city of Denver, in whose municipality its own was merged. In 1893 he added to his possessions by the purchase of forty acres near Petersburg. Mr. Gallup continued actively engaged in real-estate transactions until his death, January 4, 1894. He left two sons, Perry C. and Rockwell L. The elder son graduated from Mohegan Lake Military School, and has since engaged in landscape gardening; he superintended the laying-out of the forty-acre park around Mineral Palace in Pueblo. Politically the family adheres to Republican principles. While taking an interest in public affairs, Mr. Gallup's happiest hours were spent in the midst of his family in their comfortable home, where his many friends were always given a hospitable welcome. He was a man of genial manners, with the elegance of physique and the intellectual appearance that made him a noticeable figure in any gathering. MRS. C. R. GALLUP. One of the successful business organizations in Denver is the Gallup Floral Company, Incorporated, of which Mrs. C. R. Gallup is president, Perry Gallup secretary, and W. R. Long treasurer. The success of this enterprise is due almost wholly to the indefatigable efforts of the president, who is a lady of great business capabilities and remarkable quickness of insight, qualities which are essential to the prosperous management of any project. The original site of the greenhouses was Champa and Twenty-first streets, where she owned nine lots, but in 1880 she began to build greenhouses on South Broadway and Alameda avenue and two years later located on this spot, the present site of the greenhouses, while the uptown office is at Fifteenth and Cleveland place. In all of this work, which of course required the expenditure of much time and thought, she was ably assisted by her husband, whose devotion to the business and interest in its success were not less than her own. Mrs. Gallup is a descendant of an old Connecticut family that was identified with the early history of that state. Her father, Rev. George F. Pierce, D. D., the son of Capt. Samuel Pierce, was born in Soutbury, Conn., graduated from Yale College, and for a time was pastor of a Congregational Church in Connecticut, but later went to Ohio, where for twenty years he was president of the Western Reserve College. The last ten years of his life were spent in retirement from active work, and he passed away when seventy-eight years of age. His wife, Susan, was born in Connecticut, being the daughter of Martin Rockwell, who was a large steel manufacturer near Winsted. In the family of Dr. and Mrs. Pierce there were four sons and one daughter, namely: Charles R. Pierce, M. D., who was a surgeon in the Union army and died during the war; John, who for eight years was surveyor-general of Colorado and Utah and is still living in Denver; George, a surveyor, who died in Denver; Henry, also a surveyor; and Charlotte R., of this sketch. In 1866 our subject visited Denver, making the trip westward by stage from Atchison. Three years later she again made a visit to Colorado, this time coming to Denver by stage from Cheyenne. In 1871 she was married in her native county of Summit, Ohio, to Avery Gallup, and immediately afterward came to Denver, where she has since resided. After engaging in business for a time, her husband started a greenhouse, and since his death she has ably managed the business. Her attention is given almost wholly to the details of her business affairs, and aside from her identification with the Woman's Club and honorary membership in Clio Club and Round Table she is not connected with any societies or organizations. She makes shipments from her greenhouses through the state and also to Wyoming. She continues to manage the Gallup estate, carrying out the plans adopted by her husband. The connection of herself and husband with the real-estate interests of Denver has been fruitful of most excellent results and they may rightly be classed among the pioneers in the development of south side property.