Allen, Solomon
soldier, missionary, was born Feb. 23, 1751, in Northampton, Mass. He was a brother of Moses and Thomas Allen, who were chaplains in the revolutionary army, while he fought as a soldier and rose to the rank of major. As lieutenant he commanded the guard that took Major André to West Point. After the war he was engaged in suppressing Shay's rebellion. At the age of forty he became a religious convert, and at fifty began the life of a missionary preacher.
A Sketch of the Last Hours of Solomon Allen was written by J. N. Danforth. He died Jan. 28, 1821, in New York.