Sawyer, Alvin M., 1839-1914.

According to the History of Clear Creek and Boulder Valleys, (1880, p. 687), Alvin M. Sawyer, who by 1880 was "at the head of the book and stationery business of Boulder," was born in Fitchburg, MA., on 8 August 1839. He served in the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War, and after years of work as a teacher and lumber merchant moved from the Bay State to Colorado in 1877. He and his wife Sarah A. took over the book and stationery business of W. G. M. Stone.

References to Sawyer can be found in the Rocky Mountain News (11 May 1881, p. 6, c. 1; 4 Oct. 1881, p. 8, c. 2; 17 Dec. 1881, p. 4, c. 4; 24 Jan. 1882, p. 8, c. 4; 8 Jan. 1883, p. 7, c. 4; 12 Jan. 1883, p. 8, c. 3; 22 July 1883, p. 2, c. 4; and 15 Jan. 1884, p. 3, c. 2 and p. 4, c. 4. His obituary appeared in the Denver Times on 25 March 1914, p. 7.