Allen, Mary Wood – Allen, Thomas
Allen, Mary Wood
physician, lecturer, author, was born Oct. 19, 1841, in Delta, Ohio. After graduating she taught music, French, and German in a collegiate institute in Battle Ground, Ind., until her marriage to Mr. Chillon B. Allen, now a noted lawyer. In 1875 she graduated in medicine from Ann Arbor, Mich., subsequently practiced medicine in Newark, N. J.; and is now a successful lecturer of Toledo, Ohio. She is the author of Man Wonderful and the House Beautiful, an allegorical physiology; and her poem, entitled Motherhood, won for itself immediate fame.
Allen, Moses
clergyman, patriot, was born Sept. 14, 1748, in Northampton, Mass. In 1777 he took charge of the church at Midway, Ga. The British force under Gen. Prevost burned his church and devastated the district in 1778. He officiated as chaplain to the Georgia brigade, and was captured when Savannah was reduced by the British in December.
His eloquent, patriotic appeals and energetic exertions in the field had rendered him obnoxious to the British, and they refused to release him on parole with the officers. He was confined in a loathsome prison-ship, and was drowned in attempting to escape. He died Feb. 8, 1779.
Allen, Nathan
physician, author, was born April 13, 1813, in Princeton, Mass. He was a physician of Lowell; and the author of The Law of Human Increase; The Opium Trade; and Physical Development. He died in 1889.
Allen, Nathaniel
congressman, was born in Dutchess county, N. Y. He served in the assembly of that state in 1812; and was a representative in congress, from 1819 to 1821.
Allen, Nathaniel Topliff
educator, was born Sept. 29, 1823, in Medfield, Mass. In 1848 he was appointed to the charge of the model department in the Normal school of West Newton, Mass., which position he filled with marked ability for six years.
In connection with Cyrus Pierce, father of American normal schools, he then established the West Newton English and Classical school. For nearly half a century he has taught in this school, which he purchased in 1853; and with his three brothers has created for the institution a national reputation in the educational world. Here the first pure kindergarten in the United States was started in 1863. He has always advocated the liberal and thorough co-education of the sexes, and is one of the most prominent educators in the United States.
Allen, Orrin Peer
educator, pharmacist, author, was born Sept. 30, 1833, in Wallingford, Vt. He finished his education at Chester academy, Vt.; he taught school in several Vermont towns; for two years was superintendent of schools in Vernon; and subsequently was principal of the Toanack institute of Hackensack, N. J. Since 1859 he has resided in Palmer, Mass., and successfully conducting a pharmacy. He was one of the founders of the Palmer Public library in 1878, and has since been a member of its board of management, and is a member in various societies. He is the author of the Lee, Doolittle, and Allen Genealogies; and of many historical and miscellaneous papers.
Allen, Paul
journalist, poet, was born Feb. 15, 1775, in Providence, R. I.
He was a journalist of Philadelphia; and the author of Poems: Noah, a poem in five cantos; Life of Alexander I; and Lewis and Clark's Novels. He died Aug. 18, 1826, in Baltimore, Md.
Allen, Philip
manufacturer, governor of Rhode Island, United States senator, was born Sept. 1, 1785, in Providence, R. I. He graduated at Brown university in 1803; was elected to the state legislature in 1819, 1820, and 1821; and devoted much attention to the business of manufacturing; he was governor of Rhode Island during the years 1851, 1852, and 1853; and was elected a senator in congress from his native state, from March 3, 1853, for six years. He constructed the first Watt and Boulton steam engine in Providence. He died Dec. 16, 1865, in Providence, R. I.
Allen, Richard
revolutionary soldier, was born Nov. 26, 1741, in Maryland. In 1775 he joined the continental forces as sergeant, and later was promoted captain. After the war he held several civil offices. He died Oct. 10, 1832.
Allen, Richard
clergyman, bishop, was born in 1760. He became a local methodist preacher about 1782, and in 1793, at Philadelphia, organized the first church for colored people in the United States. He was ordained in the methodist ministry in 1799, and was elected bishop of the newly formed African methodist episcopal church in 1816. He died March 26, 1831, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Allen, Richard C
jurist. He was a citizen of Florida, and was one of the earliest United States judges appointed for the district embracing that state.
Allen, Richard Lamb
journalist, author, was born in October, 1803, in Hampton county, Mass., and was a brother of L. F. Allen, with whom, in 1842, he founded the American Agriculturalist.
He was the author of Domestic Animals; Diseases of Domestic Animals; and New American Farm Book. He died Sept. 22, 1869, in Stockholm, in Sweden.
Allen, Robert
soldier, congressman, was born in 1777 in Augusta county, Va. He was a colonel in the army under General Jackson; and a representative in congress from Tennessee, from 1819 to 1827. He died Aug. 19, 1864, in Carthage, Tenn.
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, Robert
general, was born in 1815 in Ohio. He was graduated at West Point in 1836, and was second lieutenant in the Seminole war. In the Mexican war he received the brevet rank of major. He was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers in 1863, and was brevetted brigadier-general in the regular army in 1864. He received the brevet rank of majorgeneral in 1865. After the war he served again as chief quartermaster of the Pacific, and was retired March 21, 1878. He died Aug. 6, 1886, in Geneva, Switzerland.
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 C
clergyman, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 5, 1772, in Franklin county, Mass.
He graduated at Dartmouth college in 1794; was a representative in the Massachusetts legislature from 1806 to 1810; a state senator from 1812 to 1815, and in 1831; a member of the executive council in 1829 and 1830; and a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1817 to 1829. He was at one time a congregational preacher, but subsequently turned his attention to law and literature. He died Feb. 8, 1842, in Northfield, Mass.
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, 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.
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
lawyer, journalist, railroad president, congressman, was born at Pittsfield, Mass. He was educated at Union college; studied law, and was admitted to the bar. In 1837 he removed to Washington, D. C., and engaged in the printing and newspaper business. In 1842 he removed to St. Louis, Mo. He was a state senator in 1850 and 1854; became largely interested in railways, and was, for many years, president of railway corporations. He was elected a representative from Missouri to the forty-seventh congress. He died April 7, 1882.
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.