William Allen
Born: August 13, 1827
Birthplace: Hamilton, Ohio
Father: John Allen 1800 – 1858
(Buried: Otterbein Cemetery, Otterbein, Ohio)
Mother: Elizabeth Ash 1806 – 1862
(Buried: Otterbein Cemetery, Otterbein, Ohio)
Wife: Priscilla Wallace 1827 – 1905
(Buried: Greenville Union Cemetery, Greenville, Ohio)
Children:
Sarah E. Allen 1853 – 1861
(Buried: Greenville Union Cemetery Greenville Ohio)
John W. Allen 1855 – 1861
(Buried: Greenville Union Cemetery Greenville Ohio)
William H. Allen 1857 – 1861
(Buried: Greenville Union Cemetery Greenville Ohio)
George W. Allen 1859 – 1861
(Buried: Greenville Union Cemetery Greenville Ohio)
Priscilla J. Allen 1861 – 1861
(Buried: Greenville Union Cemetery Greenville Ohio)
Mary L. Allen 1864 – 1865
(Buried: Greenville Union Cemetery Greenville Ohio)
Benjamin Matthew Allen 1868 – 1930
(Buried: Greenville Union Cemetery Greenville Ohio)
Augustus C. M. Allen 1870 – 1872
(Buried: Greenville Union Cemetery Greenville Ohio)
Political Party: Democratic Party and Republican Party
Occupation before War:
1850: Attorney in Greenville Ohio
1850 – 1854: Drake County Ohio Prosecuting Attorney
1859 – 1863: United States Congressman from Ohio
1859 – 1861: Member of House Accounts Committee
Civil War Career:
1859 – 1863: United States Congressman from Ohio
1861 – 1863: Chairman of House Interior Department Expenditures
1861 – 1863: Member of House Military Affairs Committee
1862: Declined to be a candidate for re-nomination to U.S. Congress
1863 – 1865: Attorney in Greenville, Ohio
Became a member of the Republican Political Party
Judge of Court of Common Pleas, Second Ohio Judicial District
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Greenville Ohio
1878: Declined Republican Nomination for U.S. Congress
Died: July 6, 1881
Place of Death: Greenville, Ohio
Age at time of Death: 53 years old
Burial Place: Greenville Union Cemetery, Greenville, Ohio
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