George, Lucius, Samuel and William Allen

Regions: Hoosick, NY; Jefferson Co., NY; Walworth Co., WI

From the book History of Walworth County Wisconsin, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, publ. 1912 - page 483 GEORGE RUE ALLEN, son of Samuel ALLEN and Maria HIGH, was born at Hartford, Washington county, New York, August 9, 1838; came to Bloomfield in 1841; married Mary, daughter of James GRIER; was thirteen terms a member of the county board and six times its chairman; served in the Assembly in 1880, having defeated Cyril R. ALDRICH, a rock-rooted Democrat of Spring Prairie. He died at Lake Geneva, January 1, 1901.

LUCIUS ALLEN, son of Daniel and wife Olive ENGLISH, was born at Hamburg, New York, February 13, 1816; came in 1838 from Geauga county, Ohio, to section 31, East Troy (his parents to section 6, Spring Prairie); moved to latter town and served as town officer and as assemblyman in 1864; elected over William R. BERRY; came about 1870 to Elkhorn as building contractor and furniture dealer; member of county board in 1877; died January 12, 1895. His first wife, Mary A., a sister of Adolphus SPOOR, married May 27, 1837, died November 15, 1838, left a son Augustus Carlton, who was a soldier of the Eighth Illinois Infantry. July 10, 1842, he married Sarah Ann daughter of Hosea BARNES, who died July 10, 1842, leaving two children. Her son, Fayette Lucius, died in service at Little Rock in 1865. Mr. ALLEN married Juliet BARNES, his sister-in-law, in August, 1848. She died March 11, 1878, leaving five children. September 4, 1890, he married Mrs. Hephsibah (TOMLINSON), widow of Charles BABCOCK. Three of these marriages were at Auburn, Ohio, and the last at Elkhorn. Mr. ALLEN was a clear-headed man, and stood firmly by his political and moral convictions, which in his later life led him to Prohibitionism.

SAMUEL ALLEN, born at Gloucester, England, June 30, 1789, came with his parents about 1800 to New York. From his majority till 1839 he was an innkeeper at various places in the state. In 1839 he made his claim to land in sections 20, 30, Bloomfield, and brought his family in 1841. In 1844 and at a few later elections he was chosen a justice of the peace, and a member of the county board in 1845. He built one of the first framed houses in the town. His wife, married in 1822, was Maria, daughter of Charles and Christine HIGH, of Kingsbury, New York. He died at home, November 20, 1866. Mrs. ALLEN died in June, 1880. Their children were Charles, George R., William H., Samuel and Susannah.

Page 483-484 WILLIAM CHENEY ALLEN, born at Hoosick, New York, February 2, 1814; married, October 7, 1840, Mary A. McCONKEY at Voorheesville - a town or hamlet now not easily to be found in New York geography. He came in the same year, as a lawyer, to Delavan, and in June, 1843, became probate judge, holding that post till January, 1847. In 1850 he became county judge, and resigned in 1856, in which year he became president of the Walworth county bank. He was a member of Assembly in 1866 and 1867, having been chosen successively over Joseph F. LYON and Julius A. TREAT. He removed to Racine, where he died January 12, 1887. He was a brother-in-law of Hon. Alanson H. BARNES.

Page 484 WILLIAM P. ALLEN, son of John and Mary ALLEN, was born in Jefferson county, New York, in 1821. In 1842 he was a teacher at Portageville, Wyoming county, New York. He came to Sharon in 1845, and for fourteen years served that town as clerk and as assessor, and for twenty years, nearly continuously, as justice of the peace. In 1873 he became postmaster at the village, at which place he was a dealer in general goods. He was chosen over Samuel W. VOORHEES as assemblyman for 1854. He died July 25, 1901. His wife was Sophronia L. LYMAN.

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