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100 Allen, William, clergyman, college president, author, was born Jan. 3, 1784, in Pittsfleld, Mass. In 1804-10 he was a regent of

Harvard college. For two years he was the president of the Dartmouth university ; and in 1820-39 was presi-

dent of Bowdoin college. He resigned in 1839, and moved to Northampton, Mass., where he devoted himself to literary work. He was the author of An Account of Remarkable Shipwrecks;

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seventh congresses. He was a delegate to the Chicago convention in 1864; and also tion of 1866. He died July 6, 1881, in Greenville, Ohio.

Allen, William, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1822. He was judge of the Massachusetts state supreme court in 1881-91. He died June 4, 1891, in Massachusetts.

Allen, William Alonzo, pioneer, dentist, inventor, was born Sept. 2, 1848, in SummerHe is an expert in scientific field, Ohio. dentistry; and is part proprietor of Billings dental parlors of Billings, Mont. In 1877 he crossed the plains

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Allen, William, lawyer, congressman. United States senator, governor, was bom in 1806 in Edenton, N.C. He received a good education. He was connected by family ties with Allen G. Thurman; was an early emigrant to the state of Ohio; and adopted the profession of the law. In 1833-35 he was a representative from Ohio to the twenty-third congress. He was United States senator from Ohio in 1837-49; and in 187476 was governor of Ohio. He refused to accept any office except such as was conferred upon him by the election of the people. He died July 11, 1879, in Ohio.

Allen, William, journalist, philanthropist, 33, 1810, in Windham, Conn. For a while he was editor of the Rhode Islander; about 1830 became editor of the

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Ohio State Journal; and subsequently was editor of the Cincinnati Gazette. He then in agriculture; was active in advocating the establishment of a home-

became interested

stead law; and such a law was subsequently adopted by congress. He died Nov. 29, 1891, 1890, in Columbus, Ohio.

Allen, William, lawyer, jurist, was born March 31, 1822, in Brunswick, Maine. In 1842 he graduated from Amherst college. In 1845-73 he practiced law in Northampton, Mass. In 1873-81 he was judge of the superior court; and in 1881-91 was judge of the He state supreme court of Massachusetts. died June 4, 1891, in Northampton, Mass.

Allen, William, lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 13, 1827, in Butler county, Ohio. In 1850-54 he was county prosecuting attorney. In 1859-63 he was a representative from Ohio to the thirty-sixth and thirty-

Deadwood and had

charge of an outfit of one hundred and fifty

Psalms and Hymns, many of which were original; Biographical and Historical Dictionary; and a work entitled Junius Uumasked. He died July 16, 1868, in Northampton, Mass. Collection of

men; and was one the the

first

settlers

Yellowstone

of of val-

He

built the first shingle roof house and built the first flouring mill on the Yellowstone. He started the town site of Allendale, Mont.; and was a national delegate of the prohibition party in 1892 and 1900. He has had a series of adventures; was four times wounded by Indians on the plains; and was on Custer's battlefield when every soldier laid where he was killed. He is engaged on a book entitled Twenty Years in the Rocky Mounley.

tains.

Allen, William Francis, educator, author, Sept. 5, 1830, in Northborough, Mass. He was a professor in the university of Wisconsin. He was the author of Outline Studies in the History of Ireland; Monographs and Essays; and edited a collection of Slave Songs. He died Dec. 9, 1889, in Madison, Wis.

Allen, William Frederick, civil engineer, meterologist, author, was born Oct. 9, 1846, in Bordertown, N.J. He was educated at the Model school of Bordentown, N.J. ; and at the Episcopal academy of Philadelphia, Pa. He is editor of the

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railway guide; secretary of the American railway asso

Official

ciation; and manager of the National rail-

way pany

publication comof New York

City.

He took

a leading part in securing the adoption of the present system of standard time. He was a delegate of the United States to the international meridian conference; and he was the delegate of the American railway congresses at London in 1884, at Paris in 1900 and in Washington in 1905. He is the author of Standard Time in North America.