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Allen, Robert – Allen, William Temple
Allen, Robert
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born July 20, 1794, in Woodstock, Va. He was educated at Dickinson and Washington colleges; studied law, and practiced in his native place. For a time he held the office of prosecutor for the commonwealth; served five years in the senate of Virginia; was a representative in congress from that state from 1827 to 1833.
Allen, Samuel
patentee of New Hampshire, was born in 1636 in England.
He was a London merchant, and in 1691 purchased from the heirs of John Mason their grant of land from the English crown. The purchase included Portsmouth and Dover, and extended sixty miles from the sea coast. He died May 5, 1705, in Newcastle, N. H.
Allen, Samuel Ward King
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Jan. 2, 1842, in North Kingstown. He received his education at the East Greenwich academy, the New York Conference seminary, and the Boston university. He served as a soldier in the civil war, and attained prominence as an able lawyer; served six terms in the Rhode Island state legislature; and was speaker of the house of representatives three successive terms.
Allen, Stephen
business man, public official, was born in July, 1767, in New York city. While commissioner for visiting prisons, he proposed the erection of the state prison at Sing Sing, and was one of the principal originators of the project for supplying New York city with water from the Croton river. He perished in the steamer Henry Clay, which was burned in July, 1852.
Allen, Stephen
state senator, was born about 1772. He was elected mayor in 1821 and 1822. and for several years was a state senator; and a member of the court of errors, at that time the highest court of appeal in the state.
Allen, Stephen Merrill
merchant, banker, author, was born in 1819 in New Hampshire. He was a banker and merchant of Boston; and the author of Fibrilia and Fibrous Manufactures, Ancient and Modern; Theories of Light; and Religion and Science. He died in 1894.
Allen, Thomas
clergyman, patriot, was born Jan. 17, 1743, in Northampton, Mass. He was the first minister of Pittsfield, Mass., where he was ordained in 1764. He died Feb. 11, 1810, in Pittsfield, Mass. His son William is the well-known D. D. and author, who for nineteen years was president of Bowdoin college.
Allen, Thomas
landscape and animal painter, was born Oct. 19, 1849, in St. Louis, Mo. He was president of the Paint and Clay club of Boston; Boston Society of Water Color Painting, and the Boston Art club. In 1894 he was judge of awards, department of fine arts, at the World's Columbian exposition, Chicago.
Allen, Timothy Field
physician, author, was born April 24, 1837, in Westminster, Vt. He is a physician of New York city, and has been dean of the Homœopathic Medical college since 1882.
He is the author of Characcæ Americanæ; and General Symptom-Register of Homœopathic Materia Medica. He has edited Encyclopædia of Pure Materia Medica.
Allen, William Francis
educator, author, was born Sept. 5, 1830, in Northborough, Mass., and was a brother of J. H. Allen. He was a professor in the university of Wisconsin, and published Outline Studies in the History of Ireland; Monographs and Essays; and edited a collection of Slave Songs. He died in
Allen, William Temple
clergyman, was born on Dec. 15, 1855, in Virginia. He is a clergyman of St. Peter's, Talladega. He built the church at Boeme, Texas, and also the church at Gadsden, Ala.