Colvin, Addison Beecher, 1858-1939.

Addison Beecher Colvin (1858-1939) was a Glens Falls, New York newspaper publisher, banker, industrialist, businessman, civic leader, and politician active in the Republican Party, serving as New York State Treasurer from 1894 to 1898. In 1879 Colvin established the Glens Falls Times, the first daily newspaper in Glens Falls. He was involved in numerous other business ventures in printing, real estate, banking, street railways and railroads, and telegraph and electric utilities. He organized the Empire Real Estate and Theatre Company and was president of the Glens Falls Trust Company and a director of other area banks. Colvin was a leader in numerous Glens Falls civic organizations, especially fire companies, and he also served as a trustee of Crandall Library. He was an avid golfer and a founding member of the Glens Falls Country Club.