Allen, Ira – Allen, Malaciah
Allen, Ira
soldier, author, was born April 21, 1751, in Cornwall, Conn. He was an officer in the American army during the revolutionary war, and was afterwards instrumental in settling the disputes between Vermont and its neighbors. He was the author of Natural and Political History of Vermont. He died Jan. 7, 1814, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Allen, James
clergyman, author, was born 1692 in Roxbury, Mass. He was ordained in 1718 and became the first minister of Brookline, remaining in that charge until his death. His remarks concerning the religious revival of 1743 drew upon him severe animadversion. He published a Thanksgiving sermon; a discourse on Providence; a discourse entitled The Doctrine of Merit Exploded, and Humility Recommended; a Fast Sermon on the Earthquake, and other works. He died Feb. 18, 1747, in Brookline, Mass.
Allen, James C
lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 28, 1823, in Shelby county, Ky. In 1846 he was elected prosecuting attorney in the seventh judicial district of Indiana for two years; and in 1850 and 1851 was elected a member of the state legislature. He was chosen a representative in congress from Illinois, from 1853 to 1855, and re-elected to the thirtyfourth congress. In 1862 he was elected to the thirty-eighth congress as a representative.
Allen, James Lane
educator, author, was born in 1849, in Kentucky. He was at one time a teacher, now devoted to literature. A writer of short stories, notable for literary excellence. He is the author of Flute and Violin; The Blue Grass Region and Other Sketches of Kentucky; John Gray: a Novel; The Kentucky Cardinal; Aftermath; A Summer in Arcady; and The Choir Invisible.
Allen, Jeremiah Mervin
underwriter, was born May 18, 1833, in Enfield, Conn. Since 1867 he has been president of the Hartford Steamboat Inspection and Insurance company; and is also trustee and director of a number of business corporations.
Allen, Jerome
educator, author, was born in 1830 in Vermont. He was an educator of New York, dean of the school of Pedagogy; and author of Handbook of Experimental Chemistry; Methods for Teachers in Grammar; Mind Studies for Young Teachers; and Temperament in Education. He died in 1894.
Allen, Jesse C
educator, lawyer, author, was born Jan. 31, 1832, in Muskingum county, Ohio. For nearly twenty years he was engaged in educational work; was then admitted to the bar, and attained success as an eminent lawyer of Van Wert, Ohio. He now devotes most of his time to literature, and is the author of a work entitled Modern World View.
Allen, Joel Asaph
naturalist, author, was born July 19, 1838, in Springfield, Mass. He is a naturalist who since 1885 has been curator of orinthology and mammalogy in the American Museum of Natural History in New York city. He is the author of History of North American Pinnipeds; and Monographs of North American Rodentia.
Allen, John
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1763, in Great Barrington, Mass. He was a lawyer by profession; and was a member of the state council of Connecticut for several years. He was a representative from that state during the last congress which was held in Philadelphia, from 1797 to 1799. He died July 31, 1812, in Litchfield, Conn.
Allen, John
lawyer, soldier, was born Dec. 30, 1772, in Rockbridge, Va.
He was the son of an early settler in Kentucky, and began the practice of law at Shelbyville in 1795. In 1812 he raised a regiment of riflemen which was engaged in the battle of Brownstown and formed the left wing at the river Raisin, and was killed in battle at that place, Jan. 22, 1814.
Allen, John
lawyer, state senator, was born Aug. 17, 1796, in Augusta county, Va. In 1824, in company with E. W.
Rumsey, he located the site of Ann Arbor, Mich. He engaged in land speculation and at one time owned thousands of acres of land in the western part of the state, much of which was lost in the panic of 1837. In company with Samuel W. Dexter, he published for a time the Western Emigrant, the first paper in Washtenaw county. He studied law with James Kingsley, and was admitted to the bar in 1832, but gave little time to the profession. He was state senator of Michigan in 1845-48. He went to California in 1850 and died there March 11, 1851.
Allen, John
dental inventor, was born May 26, 1823, in Meriden, Conn.
After numerous experiments he succeeded by artificial means in restoring the sunken portion of the face to its original position. He was largely instrumental in organizing the Ohio Dental college, and was professor for many years in this college. He died March 12, 1892.
Allen, John Beard
lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born May 18, 1845, in Crawfordsville, Ind. He was educated in Wabash college, Crawfordsville; was a private soldier in the one hundred and thirty-fifth regiment of Indiana volunteers; removed with his father's family. to Rochester, Minn., where he resided until 1870; here he read law, and was admitted to practice. He removed to Washington territory in 1870, and entered upon the practice of his profession. He was appointed United States attorney for Washington territory April, 1875, by President Grant, and continued in that office until July, 1885; and was reporter of the supreme court of Washington territory from 1878 to 1885. He was elected to the fifty-first congress as a republican from the territory of Washington; was elected to the United States senate under the provisions of the act of congress admitting Washington territory into the union; and took his seat Dec. 2, 1889. His term of service expired March 3, 1893.
ALLEN, JOHN J. congressman, jurist, was born in Virginia. He was a resident of Harrison county; and was elected a representative in congress from Virginia, from 1833 to 1835. Subsequently he held the office of chief justice of the supreme court of Virginia.
Allen, John M
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born July 8, 1847, in Tishomingo county, Miss. He received a common-school education; and served in the confederate army throughout the civil war. He attended the law school of Cumberland university, Tennessee, and in 1870 graduated in law. from the university of Mississippi; in the same year was admitted to the bar, and commenced the practice of law at Tupelo, Miss. In 1875 he was elected district attorney for the first judicial district of Mississippi, in which position he served four years; and in 1884 was elected a representative from Mississippi to the forty-ninth congress, and received the re-election to the fiftieth, fifty-first, fifty-second, fifty-third, fiftyfourth, and fifty-fifth congresses.
Allen, John W
state senator, congressman, was born in 1802 in Litchfield, Conn. He settled in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1825; was a member of the senate of that state from 1835 to 1837; also mayor of Cleveland; and was elected a representative in congress from 1837 to 1841. He was a son of John Allen, of Great Barrington, Mass.
Allen, Joseph
merchant, congressman, was born Sept. 2, 1749, in Boston, Mass. He was a merchant in Leicester, and benefactor of the academy there; twice elector for president; and was a clerk of the county court and a state councilor. He was a representative in congress from Massachusetts, from 1810 to 1811. He died Sept. 2, 1827, in Worcester, Mass.
Allen, Joseph
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 15, 1790, in Medfield, Mass.
He was graduated at Harvard in 1811, and was ordained pastor of the congregational church at Northborough in 1816, which relation he sustained until his death. He was a delegate to the peace congress at Paris in 1849; and the author of Historical Account of Northboro; Centennial Discourse; Memoir of Rev. Dr. Lathrop of Springfield; History of the Worcester Association; and Allen Genealogy. He died Feb. 23, 1873, in Northborough, Mass.
Allen, Joseph Henry
clergyman, lecturer, author, was born Aug. 21, 1820, in Northborough, Mass. He attended the district school till the age of thirteen years, and graduated from Harvard college in 1840. During 1843-47 he filled a pastorate in Jamaica Plain, near Boston; in Washington, D. C., 1847-50; in Bangor, Maine, 1850-57. During 1857-69 he was editor of the Christian Examiner; from 1887-91 was editor of the Unitarian Review; and during 1878-82 was lecturer on ecclesiastical history in the Harvard university. He was associate editor of the Allen and Greenough series of classical text-books. He is the author of Hebrew Men and Times; Fragments of Christian History; Christian History, in three volumes; Outline of Christian History; Positive Religion; Historical Sketch of Unitarianism; and other works.
Allen, Judson
congressman, was born in Connecticut. He removed to New York, and was elected a representative in congress from that state, from 1839 to 1841.
Allen, Lewis Fally
author, was born in 1799 in New York. He was once a prominent cattle broker, and the author of Rural Architecture; The American Herd Book; and American Cattle.
Allen, Lyman Whitney
clergyman, poet, was born in 1854, in St. Louis, Mo. He graduated from Washington university in 1878, and prepared for the ministry at Princeton Theological seminary. This eminent presbyterian clergyman is chiefly known as the author of many gems of religious verse, which have appeared in standard publications.
Allen, Malaciah
soldier, farmer, public official, born April 1, 1841, in Georgia. After graduating from Madison college, Miss., he taught school for awhile; he then became a soldier in the Tennessee division of the army; he served four years and held the position of captain at the close of the war. He was in every battle fought by the army of the Tennessee, and was wounded three times. After the war he engaged in farming; and since 1887 has been clerk of the circuit court of Madison county, Miss.