Walter Allen

Regions: Lebanon, Madison Co., NY; Walworth Co., WI

From History of Walworth County Wisconsin by Albert Clayton Beckwith, Vol. II, Publ. 1912 - Page 913-914 WALTER ALLEN. Success in one of the most exacting of professions has been worthily attained by Walter ALLEN, representative of an excellent and well-known old Walworth county family, for he has been ambitious from the first and has labored arduously to attain the goal of his ambitions, and his career is a worthy example of what may be accomplished through earnestness, coupled with sound common sense and right principles. Mr. ALLEN was born in Lebanon, Madison county, New York, March 28, 1850. He is the son of George ALLEN and wife, a complete sketch of whom appears on another page of this work. The subject was graduated from the State Normal School at Whitewater with the class of 1873, and he has engaged in teaching during most of his life, attaing a high rank among the able educators of the state. He taught two years at Ripon, Wisconsin, after his graduation, and later he was principal of the Geneva public schools for several years. He taught seventeen terms in Walworth county, being popular with both pupils and patrons and his services were in great demand. Mr. ALLEN was married to Ella M. JOSLIN, daughter of Albert M. and Marcia Elizabeth (NOURSE) JOSLIN. Mrs. ALLEN was born in Cook county, Illinois; her death occurred on December 12, 1892, leaving one daughter, Nella. In 1882 Walter ALLEN went to Milwaukee to teach in the pubic schools and for eleven years was assistant superintendent of the schools of that city, giving eminent satisfaction in that responsible position. He is at present principal of the largest district school in Wisconsin, having under him thirty-three assistant teachers and over twelve hundred pupils. He has always been a student himself and has kept well abreast of the times in matters pertaining to his profession. Mr. ALLEN is past master of Lafayette Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at Milwaukee, the largest lodge of Masonry in Wisconsin. He is eminent commander of Ivanhoe Commandery No. 24, Knights Templar. Religiously, he is a member of the Congregational church at Milwaukee. Nella ALLEN, mentioned above, married Percy A. HIMES and lives at Wauwatosa, near Milwaukee, and they have one son, Allen Munger HIMES. Albert M. JOSLIN, mentioned above, died on July 18, 1899, and his wife now makes her home wtih Mr. ALLEN, of this sketch, in Milwaukee The subject still owns a good farm in Linn township, Walworth county, and he keeps in touch with his old home and neighbors. He is a methodical, scholarly man, of exceptional executive and business ability, a man of highest integrity and honor, both an instructor and an entertainer in the classroom, courteous and obliging. Submitted by Carol

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