Pueblo County CO Archives Biographies.....Olin, Fred E. 1861 - 
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Author: Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918)

FRED E. OLIN.

   Fred E. Olin, president of the board of city commissioners, is numbered among
that class of office holders who strongly promote public stability and uphold
the legal status by their endorsement of every plan and measure that seeks the
upbuilding of the community along lines of permanent worth and value. Pueblo
classes him among its foremost representatives and honors him as a
public-spirited man. Mr. Olin is a native of the state of New York, his birth
having occurred in Canton, St. Lawrence county, on the 22d of November, 1861. He
is a son of William M. and Charlotte (Smith) Olin. The father was a farmer by
occupation and was descended from one of the old Puritan families of New
England, established in that section of the country in pioneer times.

   Fred E. Olin is the youngest in a family of eight children. The Empire state
afforded him his educational privileges, for he attended the public schools
until he had mastered the branches of learning taught in the high school of
Madrid, New York. He was a young man of twenty-three years when in 1884 he
severed home ties that bound him to New York and made his way to the west,
attracted by the opportunities offered in this great and growing section of the
country. He took up his abode in Pueblo and for twelve years was engaged in the
dairy business, which he successfully and intelligently handled, gaining a
liberal patronage in that connection. At length, however, he disposed of his
dairy and turned his attention to the undertaking and livery business, which he
later also sold. He then became connected with the grocery trade at No. 503
Abriendo avenue, where he has been located for the past sixteen years. In the
meantime he has built up a trade of large and extensive proportions. He has ever
been straightforward, honorable and progressive in his dealings and his earnest
desire to please his patrons has brought to him a patronage which is well
deserved. His business is now managed by his son, C. Howard Olin.

    In 1882 Mr. Olin was united in marriage to Miss Ettie E. Gates, a daughter
of Arba Gates, and to them have been born three children, but Fred E., the
second child, passed away at the age of nineteen years, his death being the
occasion of deep and widespread regret to his youthful friends and to all who
knew him. The others are Mabel L. and C. Howard.

    Mr. Olin has made for himself a favorable place in public regard during the
long years of his residence in Pueblo. Aside from his connection with the
grocery trade he is known in business circles as a director of the Bank of
Pueblo and is a self-made man who deserves much credit for what he has
accomplished. He has never allowed obstacles or difficulties to bar his path,
but has regarded them rather as an impetus for renewed effort on his part, and
by reason of close application and earnest purpose has won a substantial measure
of prosperity. Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias and is
very prominent in the order, having held the office of grand inner guard and
master of arms of the grand lodge of the state. He is now a past chancellor of
Pueblo Lodge, No. 52. His religious faith is that of the Congregational church,
to the teachings of which he has been most loyal, and for several years he has
served as one of the trustees of the church. His political allegiance has always
been given to the republican party and in the fall of 1915 he was elected to the
office of city commissioner for a four years' term and is serving as president
of the board. In this connection he is endeavoring to save all needless
expenditure to the taxpayers by a businesslike administration and at the same
time his official service is marked by a progressiveness that accomplishes
results beneficial to all. For more than a third of a century he has been a
resident of Pueblo, during which time he has witnessed a remarkable growth and
development and at all times has borne his part in the work of general
improvement and progress. His memory forms a connecting link between the
primitive past and the progressive present and the worth of his work as a
business man and as a citizen is widely acknowledged. He has never made the
attainment of wealth the sole end and aim of his life, hut has ever found time
for cooperation in those interests which affect the general welfare and which
promote individual uplift.


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HISTORY OF COLORADO

ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1918


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