Allen, Charles H
merchant, state senator, congressman, was born April 15, 1848, in Lowell, Mass. He received his early education in the public schools; graduated from Amherst college in 1869; and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He received the degree of A. M. from Amherst college in 1872. He held several local offices in Lowell; was a representative in the Massachusetts legislature in 1881 and 1882; was a state senator in 1883; in 1884 was elected a representative from Massachusetts to the forty-ninth congress, and received the re-election to the fiftieth congress.
ALLEN, CHARLES WELLINGTON, physician, surgeon, was born July 17, 1855, in North Hero, Vt. He graduated from the Toledo, Ohio, School of Medicine and from the university of Vermont. He was mayor of Story City, Iowa, for two terms; president of the Central District Medical association of Iowa; and president and secretary of the Story County Medical society.