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Allen, Timothy Field, physician, author, was born April 34, 1837, in Westminister, Vt. In 1882-1902 he was dean of the Homoeopathic medical college of New York City. He was the author of Characcae Americanae, and The General Symptom-Register Homoeo-

Maine.

pathic Materia Medica. He edited Bncyolopsedia of Pure Materia Medica. He died in

Allen, Stephen Haley, lawyer, jurist, was born March 19, 1847, in Pleasanton, Kan.; and was county attorney of Linn county. In 1890-99 he was district judge; and in 1892-99 was associate-justice of the state supreme court of Kansas. Allen, Stephen Merrill, merchant, banker, author, was born in 1819 in New Hampshire. He was a merchant and banker of Boston, Mass. He was the author of Fibrilla and

Fibrous Manufactures, Ancient and Modern; Theories of Light; and Religion and Science. He died in 1894 in Boston, Mass. Allen, Thomas, lawyer, journalist, railroad president, congressman, was born in Pittsfield, Mass. He was a member of the state senate of Missouri 1853-54; and for many years was president of railway corporations. In 1881-83 he was a representative from Missouri to the forty-seventh congress. He died April 7, 1882, in St. Louis,

Mo. Allen, Thomas, clergyman, patriot, was born Jan. 17, 1743, in Northampton, Mass. He was the first minister of Pittsfield, Mass. He died Feb. 11, 1810, in Pittsfield, Mass. His son William is the well-known clergyman and author, who for nineteen years

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AUen, Stephen, clergyman, author, was born in 1810 in Maine. He was an eminent clergyman of Brunswick and of Winthrop, Maine. He was the author of History of Methodism in Maine; and The Life of Rev. John Allen. He died in 1888 in Winthrop,

years was president of Bowdoin college. Allen, Thomas, painter, artist, was born Oct. 19, 1849, in St. Louis, Mo. He was president of the Paint and clay club of Boston, Mass.; 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. Allen,

Thomas

was born April

B., soldier, agriculturalist,

1791, in England. served under Wellington in the battle 28,

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Waterloo. From 1825 he was engaged in farming in West Virginia; and served in the union army during the civil war. In 1891 he celebrated his one hundredth birthday near Flemington, N.J.; where he died a few years later. Allen, Thomas Hampton, merchant, founder, was born March 8, 1810, in Wilkes county, N.C. He was a successful cotton merchant of Memphis, Tenn.; he aided in the establishment of the first insurance company in Memphis, Tenn.; and was president of the first telegraph company opened in that city. He died in Memphis, Tenn. Allen, Thomas Scott, soldier, was born in New York. In 1861 he was captain in the second regiment Wisconsin infantry ; became lieutenant-colonel in 1862; and colonel of the fifth regiment of the Wisconsin infantry in 1863. In 1865 he was brevetted brigadiergeneral of volunteers for gallant and meritorious services during the civil war.

New York City. Allen, Viola, actress, was born in the south. She has attained note for her successful rendition of Gloria Quayle in The Christian. 1902 in

Allen, Walter, journalist, author, was born March 21, 1840, in Boston, Mass. In 1864-65 he was acting assistant paymaster in the United States navy. In 1866-69 he was engaged in journalistic work with the Cincinnati Gazette; and then for seventeen years with the Boston Daily Advertiser. In 1886 he became one of the editors of Webster's

International Dictionary.

He

is

the

author of Governor Chamberlain's Administration in South Carolina; and Life of General Ulysses S. Grant.

man, genealowas born May 12, 1841, in Eastford, Conn. He was engaged in real estate in Allen,. Williard S., business

gist,

East Boston, Mass.; has been clerk of the district court; and for fifteen years has been a member of the Boston school board. He is the author of Genealogy of the Allen Family. Allen, William, lawyer, jurist, was born about 1710 in Philadelpiha, Pa. He succeeded his father-in-law, Andrew Hamilton, as recorder of Philadelphia in 1741; and in 1750-74 was chief justice of Pennsylvania. Benjamin West was aided by him; and Dr. Franklin was enabled to establish the college of Philadelphia with his co-operation. He was a loyalist; and in 1774 went to England, where he published The American Crisis, setting forth a plan for restoring the dependence of the American colonies. His son Andrew became attorney-general and was afterward a member of congress and of the committee of safety, but deserted the national cause in 1776. William, an-

other son, served as lieutenant-colonel in the continental army, but raised a regiment of loyalists in 1778. 1780, in England.

Allen,

William,

He

died in September,

chemist,

philanthropist,

was born in 1770 in London, England. His life was published in two volumes, copies of which are in the congressional library at Washington, D.C. He died in 1843. His son, Walter Allen, for thirty years has been engaged as patent attorney of Washington, D.C. Allen, William, clergyman, genealogist, author, was born in 1780 in Maine. He was the author of The History of Norridgewock and several published Sermons and Genealogical works. He died in 1873 in Norridge-

wock, Maine.