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ALLEN.ALLEN. on agricultural topics, and published "History and Description of Domestic Animals" (1848); "The American Farm Book" (1849); "The Diseases of Domestic Animals" "American Farmer's Muck Book"; and "American Agriculture." He died in Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 22, 1869. ALLEN, Robert, soldier, was born in Ohio about 1815 He was graduated from the United States military academy in 1836, served in the Seminole war, and also in Mexico, acting as assistant quartermaster in the march to Monterey. He distinguished himself at Vera Cruz, and received the brevet rank of major for his conduct at Cerro Gordo. He saw service at Contreras and Churubusco, and at the taking of the city of Mexico. He was chief quartermaster of the Pacific division until the opening of the civil war, when he was transferred to the department of the Missouri, in charge of supplies and transportation for the armies in the Mississippi valley. He was raised to the rank of major, 1861; colonel, 1862; brigadier general of volunteers, 1863; brigadier-general U.S. army, 1864. He fitted out Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina expeditions, and Gen. Sherman's army for the march to Chattanooga, acting as chief quartermaster of the Mississippi from 1863 to 1866, and was brevetted major-general in 1865. On the cessation of hostilities he was made chief quartermaster of the Pacific, and was placed on the retired list in 1878. He died in Switzerland, Aug. 6, 1886. ALLEN, Robert, representative, was born in Virginia in 1777. About 1804 he settled in Carthage, Tenn., where he engaged in business pursuits. He was elected clerk of Smith county in 1804, commanded a regiment under Jackson in the Creek war and at New Orleans. He served as a representative in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th congresses. He died at Carthage, Tenn., Aug. 19, 1844. ALLEN, Samuel, pioneer, was born in England in 1636. In 1691 he immigrated to America, where he bought a grant of land embracing about sixty miles, including the seacoast between Portsmouth and Dover, N.H., from the heirs of John Mason, who had been granted the land by the English crown. Mr. Allen, soon after his purchase, became involved with the original settlers respecting his titles. He was in litigation at the time of his death, and his sons, who inherited the property, carried on the suits until 1715, when the Allen family relinquished the claim. (See Belknap's "New Hampshire.") Mr. Allen died in Newcastle, N.H., May 15, 1805 [sic]. ALLEN, Solomon, itinerant preacher, was born at Northampton, Mass., Feb. 23, 1751. He was a brother of Thomas and Moses Allen, noted chaplains in the patriot army. Entering the Continental army as a private, he attained the rank of major. He was one of Andre's guards after his capture, and assisted in suppressing Shays's rebellion in Massachusetts. In 1801, he became an itinerant preacher, and for twenty years rode among the settlements of western New York. (See "Last Hours of Moses Allen," by J. N. Danforth.) He died in New York city, Jan. 28, 1821. ALLEN, Thomas, landscape painter, was born in St Louis, Mo., Oct. 19, 1849. He was educated in the public schools and at Washington university, St. Louis; was graduated in art at the Royal academy, Dusseldorf, Germany, in 1877, and continued his art studies in France three years. He exhibited first at the National academy of Design in New York in 1877, and at the Paris Salons of 1882, 1887, and 1889. He established a studio in Boston, became a member of the Society of American Artists in 1880, and an associate of the National Academy in 1884. He was also president of the Paint and Clay club, and of the Boston Society of Water Color Painters; vice-president of the Boston Art Students' association, and a member of the permanent committee of the School of Drawing and Painting of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He was a judge of awards at the World's Columbian exposition in 1898. ALLEN, Thomas, financier, born in Pittsfield, Mass., Aug. 29, 1813, son of Jonathan Allen, a captain in the war of 1812, and grandson of Thomas Allen, the "fighting parson" of the revolution. He was graduated from Union college, N.Y., in 1832, and without money or friends he went to New York city, where he was employed as an attorney's clerk at a salary of three hundred dollars per year. He was an occasional contributor to the press, and in September, 1833, became editor of the Family Magazine, a monthly journal. He then aided in compiling a digest of the New York courts from the earliest period, and for his labor received a small but select law library. In 1835 he was admitted to the bar, but devoted his time almost wholly to journalism. On Aug. 16, 1837, he established the Madisonian in Washington, through the columns of which he exerted