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Owensboro, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Isham R. Allen and Lucinda Allen. Farmer in Owensboro in 1850. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as quartermaster sergeant, fifth sergeant, and second lieutenant from February 3, 1862, to October 16, 1863.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, Owensboro, p. 350B.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 948-49.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 298.

Citation

Allen, Robert J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196695 (November 12, 2026).

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Correspondence
W. Anthony et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1864-05-19

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