Alfred Allen (1814 - 1892)

Born 14 Sep 1814 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ellen (Jennings) Allen — married 29 Jun 1854 in Breckinridge county, Kentucky

Died 9 Apr 1892 at age 77 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States

Biography

Alfred Allen was born September 25, 1814, in Breckinridge county, Kentucky, the fifth child of Joe Allen and Margaret Crawford, represented Breckinridge county in the legislature in 1838-39; was then appointed by Governor Clark commonwealth attorney for that district, in which position he was continued, by successive appointments and an election, until 1856; in 1859, was the Whig candidate for lieutenant governor; was re-elected to the legislature in 1861, and continued in that capacity until 1866, when he resigned in order to accept the consulship to Foochoo, China, where he remained until recalled at his own request. Mr. Allen, in 1853, married Mary E. Jennings. ^[1]

HON. ALFRED ALLEN, a statesman by nature and a lawyer by profession, is a master spirit of the age in which he lives. His intellectual gifts are of a high order, and his social qualities have called about him troops of sincere and admiring friends. Of the many lawyers that have adorned by their genius and intellect the bar of Kentucky, Mr. Allen will go into history a conspicuous and preeminent figure. He was born September 25, 1814, in Hardinsburg, and is a son of Joseph and Margaret (Crawford) Allen. He was married, June 28, 1853, to Mary E. Jennings, a daughter of Jefferson and Mary (Allen) Jennings, of this county; the former a prominent lawyer of the Breckinridge bar. Six children were born to this marriage, viz.: Stewart, Anna G., Jennings, Graham, Horace and Mary E. Mrs. Allen died in 1864. Mr. Allen is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Methodist Church. He was originally a Whig but now votes with the Republican party. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Historic Families of Kentucky , by Thomas Marshall Green R. Clarke, 1889
2. ↑ Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 1, Kentucky: A History of the State by Battle - Perrin - Kniffin, 3rd edition 1886.

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