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Allen, Henry Watkins

the fifteenth governor of Louisiana, was born April 29, 1820, in Prince Edward county, Va. He taught school, practiced law, and became a gallant soldier. In 1842 with his brother he enlisted in the war of.

Texas against Mexico; and in 1846 was elected to the state legislature of Mississippi. He ran away from school, had a roving disposition, and finally settled in West Baton Rouge; and in 1853 was elected to the Louisiana house of representatives. In 1861 he joined the confederate army, was elected lieutenantcolonel, and became military governor of Jackson, Miss. He was desperately wounded at Shiloh and at Baton Rouge, and was appointed brigadier-general. In 1864 he was inaugurated governor of Louisiana, and died April 22, 1866, in the city of Mexico.