Harriet Ann Pratt was born in Hornellsville, N.Y. on February 15, 1827. She married James Ross Brink in 1842 and the couple became the owners of hotels located in Sioux City, Iowa, and Pueblo, La Veta, Ft. Garland and Alamosa, Colo. Their daughter, Ellen Anna Brink was born in Mankato, Minn. in 1860. Ellen Brink later married Henry Ventress Ausburn in Cortez, Colo. (1888), where the couple operated the Clifton Hotel. Harriet and Henry Ausburn later opened the Ausburn Hotel in Mancos, Colo., and Henry was also co-publisher of the Mancos Times newspaper. Ellen Ann Brink's daughter, from her first marriage to George McCoy, was Blanche McCoy (1881-1968). Blanche McCoy was married to Abraham Lincoln Fellows.
From the description of Harriet Brink and Ella Brink Ausburn papers, 1869-1960s [manuscript]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 36378208
