William Allen

Birth Date

1824

Death Date

1875-10-03

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, resident and soldier. Berkshire County, Massachusetts, native. Son of Jonathan Allen and Elizabeth Williams Allen. Married to Augusta B. Allen. Father of Jennie M. Allen, William Allen, Thomas Allen, Louis Allen, and Ernest Lee. Resident of Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, in 1860. Served in the Pay Department of the United States Army as a major and additional paymaster of volunteers from June 1, 1861 to October 4, 1865. Resigned on October 4, 1865. Subsequently brevetted lieutenant colonel of volunteers with rank to date from March 13, 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Iowa, Scott County, Davenport, p. 520.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Iowa, Scott County, Davenport Ward 4, p. 277A.
Births, Marriages and Death, Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Pittsfield, p. 69.
Francis B Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903 vol. 1, pt. II (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1903), 160.
"William Allen (1824-1875)," Find A Grave, Memorial #32588957, accessed August 26, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32588957.
"Louis Lee Allen (1863-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial #32588823, accessed September 1, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32588823.

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