The Buchanan County histories sketch four separate Allen households in St. Joseph, and they never say that one is related to another, so each is kept apart here. R. K. Allen, a Massachusetts carpenter who came in 1859, opened a planing mill on Francis Street in 1872 and was building the city's Union Depot in 1881. C. W. Allen, born in London, England, in 1845, served three years in the 16th Illinois Infantry and came to St. Joseph in the spring of 1880 to sell Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines. Thomas Buford Allen, born at Fredericktown, Missouri, in 1868, clerked in the office of the judge advocate general at Washington before opening a law practice in St. Joseph in 1893. Every fact below is cited to a public-domain Buchanan County history.
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Pioneer hotelkeeper in St. Joseph
Retail grocer, St. Joseph
SAMUEL S. ALLEN, St. Joseph's seph, but elsewhere in the West. Mr.
leading retail grocer, is a native of Allen was married January i, 1861, in
Mumfordsville, Ky., born January 24, St. Joseph, to Miss Eveline Dillon, a
1835. His father, Samuel S. Allen, native of Ohio. Politically Mr. Allen also, was a pioneer hotelkeeper in St. is affiliated with the Prohibitionist
Joseph. His mother's maiden name party, and has several times been honwas Sarah Amus. Both of Mr.
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Carpenter, builder and planing-mill owner
R. K. ALLEN.
Among those who contributed a just share in giving this city the reputation which it has attained as the metropolis of the Northwest, is R. K. Allen, who for twenty-two years has been identified with its growth and prosperity. He is a native of Massachusetts, and came to St. Joseph in 1859. "< engaged in working at his trade, that of carpenter and builder, which from that time has been steadily and largely on the increase. Many of the finest structures of St. Joseph, both in store edifices and residences, are specimens of his handiwork. In 1872, he opened his planing mill on Francis Street, which is the largest in the city. In the manufacture of doors, sash and blinds, etc., his business is the largest in the Northwest, extending into Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. His long experience and skillful management makes him more proficient than the average in his line. In this respect his standing may be inferred from the fact that the Union Depot of St. Joseph, one of the finest in the United States, is being built by Mr. Allen. The cost of this is $150,000. Few residents of St. Joseph are more widely and popularly known.
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Sewing-machine and organ dealer; Civil War veteran
C. W. ALLEN.
manager of the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Agency and dealer in Taylor & Farley organs, was born in London, England, in 1845, and when two years of age came to America with his parents, who located in Pelta County, Illinois, where his father, William, engaged in agricultural pursuits. Here C. W. was educated and raised to manhood. At the breaking out of the rebellion, he enlisted in Co. K, Sixteenth Illinois Infantry, and participated in many notable engagements, among which were Chickamaugua, Island No. 10, in the Sherman campaign and others. He was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term (three years.) He came to Missouri and located in Atchison County, and engaged in the sewing machine business. Thence to DeKalb County, and for a time was at Maryville. He came to St. Joseph in the spring of 1880. Mr. A. was married in 1866, to Miss E. A. Burk. of Illinois. By this union they have six children: Lorena, Minnie F., C. W., B., L. E. and James. Mr. Allen is a Master Mason.
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Of Madison County, Missouri
Attorney at law, St. Joseph
THOMAS BUFORD ALLEN, attorney at law, Hughes.building, was born at Fredericktown, Mo., March 26, 1868. He is the son of Judge N. B. Allen, a native of Madison county, Missouri, and who has been judge of the probate court of that county for twenty years. His mother, whose maiden name was Sarah Bollinger,
1889, to August, 1893, he was a law clerk in the office of the judge advocate general, war department, at Washington, appointed after competitive examination under the civil service law. This position he resigned to begin the active practice of his profession in St. Joseph. He was a member of the firm of Sherwood and Allen was born in Bollinger county, Missouri. Mr. Allen was educated in the public schools of Fredericktown and at the State University at Columbia. After teaching school in Madison county and reading law with Hon. B. B. Cahoon at Fredericktown he entered the Georgetown University Law School at Washington, D. C, graduating in the class of 1891 and the post graduate class of 1892. From October, from August, 1893, to July, 1898. He has achieved both fame and a lucrative practice since coming to St. Joseph. Since 1897 he has been attorney for the county collector and is connected with the faculty of Ensworth Medical College as lecturer on medical jurisprudence. He is a Democrat and tekkes active part in politics. Mr. Allen was married at New Madrid, Mo., Nov. 10, 1892, to Miss Emma Hunter, daughter of Joseph Hunter. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Allen: Fay B., who died at the age of four years, and Joseph Hunter, living, aged about one year.
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