Calaveras County CA Archives Biographies.....Allen, Hosea G. 1836 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co.

HOSEA G. ALLEN, the obliging Postmaster at San Andreas, California, is a native
of the Empire State, born in Orleans county, April 7, 1836. His parents were
Isaac and Marietta (King) Allen, natives respectively of Maine and New York.
They had eight children, four sons and four daughters. The father was a school
teacher for several years, and later a farmer. Hosea was educated in the
district schools of his native State, also taking a high-school course there.
The first work he did for himself was to clerk in a general merchandise store.
He followed that occupation three years.

   April 5, 1853, Mr. Allen left New York city for California, via Nicaragua, on
board the steamer Star of the West. On the Pacific he took passage for San
Francisco in the Sierra Nevada, landing May 5, thirty days after leaving New
York. Like the majority of new-comers to this coast, he at once sought the
mines, and followed mining until 1860. Then he engaged in farming in Salt Spring
valley, where he remained six years. At theexpiration of that time he came to
San Andreas and began merchandising with Mr. Whitlock. In 1868 he sold out and
was appointed Postmaster of San Andreas, which office he has held continuously
ever since. During the war he served in the State militia.

   Mr. Allen was married June 28, 1871, to Miss Lucy McDuffee, a native of
Rochester, New Hampshire. Their children are: Seddie B., James B. and Louisa
(twins), Hosea G., Jr., Maud S. and John. Socially Mr. Allen is an Odd Fellow;
politically, a Republican. He is a man who stands high in the estimation of all
who know him. His residence is on Main street, San Andreas.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from 

Memorial and Biographical History
Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties California

Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co. 1892


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