Mumford History....page 24
Stephen Sailsbury came to Mumford in 1826 and among other business ventures, built a saw mill back or north of the old Garbutt Plaster Mill. This saw mill was in operation until 1881 when Mr. Salisbury died. In 1882 W. D. Strobel, Jr. from Astoria, Long Island and L. L. Allen bought the Sailsbury property and opened the "Trout Brook Woolen Mills" in a newly constructed building. The installed the most modern equipment and employed as many as fifty people. Mr. Allen remained in the business for only two years......the business closed in 1899.


Data from Rochester City Directory @ Rochester Public Library:

1886 No listing for Leonard L. Allen or The Allen Woolen Mill
1887......... Allen, Leonard L. Allen Woolen Goods Mfg. @ 48 Platt Street, House @ 40 Goodman St. N
1888......... Allen, Leonard L. Allen Woolen Goods Mfg. @48 Platt St. h @ 40 Goodman St. N
1889 ........ Allen,Leonard L. Allen Pres. of Allen Woolen Mill @ 6 Union Place,
1890-1891.Allen, Leonard L. & Bros. (E. & H. Allen).) Flannel Manufactures, 6 Union Place,
House @ 30 Merriman Street
1892-1893 Allen, Leonard L. & Bros. (E. & H. Allen).) Flannel Manufactures, 6 Union Place,
House @ 30 Merriman Street
1897-1898 Allen, Leonard L. & Bros. (E. & H. Allen).) Flannel Manufactures, 6 Union Place,
House @ 30 Merriman Street
1900-1901 Allen, Leonard L. & Bros. (E. and H.) woolen Mfgs. @ 6 Elton Street, 114 Merriman St.
1905 Allen, Leonard L. Vice-President of Allen Woolen Mill @ 6 Elton Street, House @ 21 Argyle
1914 Allen, Leonard L., President, Allen Woolen Goods Mfg. @ 6 Elton Street, House @ 1 Argyle
1916 Allen, Leonard L., President, Allen Woolen Goods Mfg. @ 6 Elton Street, House @ 1 Argyle
1930 Leonard L. Allen President of Allen Woolen Mill @ 6 Elton Street, House @ 1 Argyle
1931/32 Leonard L. Allen President of Allen Woolen Mill @ 6 Elton Street,
House @ 593 Park Av. ( no Wife listed )
1933 No listing for Leonard L. Allen or The Allen Woolen Mill

so from1887 to 1932......The Woolen Mill existed in Rochester = (43 years).
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Rochester Maps of 1888, 1900, 1910 & 1918 show the Allen Mill located
on Union Place which changed to Elton Street, in 1900.
called L.L. Allen Brothers Mfg....in 1888
called Allen Brothers Mfg....in 1900
called Allen Woolen Mills....in 1910
called Allen Woolen Mill....in 1918
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in the book " The Industeries of Rochester" # R r974.789 1421 published in 1888, at Rochester Library. The following is listed.

" Members of the Chamber of Commerce......Allen L. L. 48 Platt Street,
Manufacturer of Fine Flannels"
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So the Allen Mill must have just been getting started in its new location when they hired Simon & James Dodd in 1901 ? Look up obiturary of Leonard L. Allen @ Public Library & in Newspaper, none to be found.
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Found a Reference to a Woolen Mill in Mumford, called " O. Allen & Son"
in the 1880 Western N. Y. Gazetteer & Business Directory @ Main Library.
Is this where James went when he left Rochester in 1896 ?
Is O. Allen related to Leonard L. Allen who ran Woolen Mill in Rochester ?
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1900...U. S. Census, Monroe, County, Rochester N.Y., Ward 6, 33 Merriman Street:
Allen, Leonard L. Head age 45, married 15 years, Born: N.Y.S., Occupation: Woolen Mills
Allen, Mary, Wife age 38, married 15 years, Mother of 1 child, Born: N.Y.S.,
Allen,Atkinson, Son age 13,, Born: N.Y.S., Occupation: @ School
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