Samuel Allen

SAMUEL ALLEN, farmer, lives ten miles east from Hatton. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio, September 16, 1850, the son of Josiah B. and Frances (Herrick) Allen. The mother was a daughter of General Herrick, who fought in the Revolutionary War. The father was a native of Connecticut, and with the mother, settled at Janesville early in life, where they lived the remainder of their lives, rearing a family of ten children. The children are Edward H., Mary, Margaret, Maggie, Lizzie, Charles, Emma, Fannie, Josiah, and Samuel.

At the age of sixteen Mr. Allen, after having received a fair common school education in his native town, went to Kansas City, and there learned the art of telegraphy. He followed this profession until arriving at his majority, when he engaged in railroad work, and in 1887 he came to Adams county, Washington. Here he took a homestead and timber culture, which he has continued to cultivated down to the present time. He also has purchased enough land to make a full section, all of which is under cultivation and improved. His farm is well supplied with live stock.

In 1872 Mr. Allen was married to Rena Moore, daughter of George W. and Melana (Boren) Moore, the mother a native of Virginia and the father of Tennessee. The parents of Mrs. Allen settled in Illinois early in life, removed to Kansas in 1856, and 1875 went to Indiana Territory, where both died. They were parents of seven children, George M., Ezra B., Dillon, Rena, James K., and two who died in infancy.

Mr. Allen is a Republican in political belief. He is an enthusiastic worker in school matters, and at different periods of his residence he has served on his local school board. Mrs. Allen is a member of the Christian church.

To Mr. and Mrs. Allen have been born six children, five of whom are living, George J., S. Francis, Pearl A., Charles M., and Ethel M. All are at home but S. Francis, who is at Kahlotus, Washington.

Souce: "An Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country; Embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin Counties; State of Washington". Spokane, Western Historical Publishing Company, Publishers, 1904. p. 835.