Allen, Don Alonzo
soldier, clergyman, evangelist, was born Oct. 23, 1844, in Ellisburgh, N. Y. At eleven years of age he became a cabin boy on a propeller; and was a sailor on the lakes in summer, and attended school in winter. At the age of sixteen years he enlisted in the twenty-fourth regiment New York volunteer infantry, and served gallantly throughout the war.
He then served as a sailor until 1877; and since 1883 has been a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church. He has attained prominence as an evangelist of note in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and several other western states. He is also a prominent prohibitionist, and was tendered the nomination for congress, but has steadfastly declined all political honors. He now fills a pastorate in Randolph, Iowa.