Unknown County CA Archives Obituaries.....Allen, Ethan W. November 5, 1904
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Morning Oregonian November 20,1904
Well Known Grand Army Man Dies At Pasadena
At Pasadena,Cal., on Saturay morning, November 5,1904, died Ethan W.Allen, 
well known in Grand Army circles and among men of  affairs and business in the 
Pacific Northwst.
E.W.Allen was born in Kendall County,Illinois,July 24,1842;with his widowed 
mother and an only brother emigrated to Minnesota in 1856 and settled on a pe-
emption claim in Winona County of that state. He enlisted August 16,1862, in 
Company B,Seventh Mionnesota Infantry, and was honoraby dishcarged August 
17,1865, by reason of expiration of term of service.
From 1867 to 1883 he was engaged in the sale of agricultural implements in 
Owatanna,Minn.,Marshall Town,Ia., and in this city. Her served later as 
superintendant of the Merchants Fair and of the Industrial Exposition of this 
city, and of several Oregon exhibits in other states.
With many others of far greater wealth he suffered reverses in the crash of 
1893, from which he could not recover, which led him about three years since 
to seek a residence in Calfornia where he found remunerative employment to the 
time of his death.
Comrade Allen joined Geo.Wrigth Post of the Gran Army in 1882, serving 
faithfully in various offices in the order,including one term each as post 
commander and department commander, and fulfilled his oft repeated promise to 
die in full membership in Geo.Wright Post. He is kindly remembered by his 
surviving comrades.

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