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 ALLEN. ALLEN. His first connection with commercial life was in the lumber business, in which he has ever since been engaged, under the firm name of Otis Allen & Son. Mr. Allen was married in Manchester, N. H, Nov. 10, 1870, to Harriet C, daughter of James and Sarah B. (Chase) Dean. Of this union were two children : Bertha and Louise Allen. Mr. Allen is a member of the Masonic order; has been a member of the Lowell school board ; was a member of the House of Representatives in 1881 and '82, serv- ing in the two years on the committee on railroads, rules and orders, and bills in the third reading (chairman) ; he was a member of the state senate in 1883, serv- ing on the committee on prisons (chair- man) and street railways; he was elected to the national Congress in 1884, and re- elected in 1S86. In 1888 he declined a re-nomination. In the forty-ninth Congress Mr. Allen served on the committee on Indian affairs; in the fiftieth Congress served on com- mittee on post-office and post roads — an important committee having at its disposal sixty millions of money. He was the only member from New England on this com- mittee. It is unfortunate that the demands of private business should deprive the Com- monwealth of the public services of Mr. Allen. Gifted by nature with an address and disposition calculated to engender and retain friendship, qualified by training in college and social life to perform intelli- gent public service, blessed with an instinct to seek and pursue only honorable methods, he is a loss to the State when he refuses to accept the honors which his fellow-citizens would be only too glad to continue to be- stow upon their popular representative. ALLEN, FRANK DEWEY, son of Charles Francis and Olive Ely (Dewey) Allen, was born in Worcester, August 16, 1850. He was educated in the Worcester high school ; was graduated from Yale in the class of 1873, and from the Boston Univer- sity law school in 1S75 ; was managing clerk in the offices of Hillard, Hyde & Dickinson, Boston, remaining with them until 1 87 8, when he was admitted to the Suffolk county bar. Upon severing his connection with Hillard, Hyde & Dickinson, he opened an office for himself in Boston, where he has ever since been located as attorney and counselor-at-law. Mr. Allen was married in Lynn, Janu- ary 9, 1878, to Lucy, daughter of Trevett M. and Eliza (Munroe) Rhodes. They have no children. In 18S4 Mr. Allen organized the Massa- chusetts Temperance Home for Inebriates, which is located at Lynn. He was made its president, which position he still holds. He served one year as clerk of the Wash- ington Street Baptist church, Lynn, when he resigned from pressure of other duties. He was elected from Lynn to the House of Representatives in 1881 and '82, serving on the judiciary committee and acting as its clerk, also on the committee on the removal of Judge Day, the congressional FRANK D ALLEN. re-districting committee, and the commit- tee on banks and banking. He served on the Republican state central committee from the 1st Essex senatorial district for the years 1884, '85 and '86, and was on the executive com- mittee of the same ; was member of the governor's Council, 1886, '87 and 'S8. Mr. Allen is well known throughout the Commonwealth as a leader in the Republi- can party. He has always been a firm believer in the "young Republican" ele- ment. His political sagacity and judg- ment are held in high esteem by men who are to-day authority in a political cam- paign. He is an able speaker, and has been often called to deliver Memorial Day ad-