Baldwin County GaArchives History .....History of Baldwin County - Allen Biographies 1925 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 October 6, 2004, 11:50 pm p. 267-269 ALLEN Dr. Henry Dawson Allen and Judge John T. Allen are the sons of James Troup Allen and Temperance Moran Allen. They were born in Hancock County, but moved to Baldwin County in early manhood. For twelve years after graduating in medicine Dr. H. D. Allen practiced his profession in East Baldwin County. During this time he became interested in standard bred trotting horses. In 1884 he bought in Kentucky, Hambrino Pilot, a beautiful standard bred trotter, the first to be brought to Baldwin County. In 1881 he married Miss Carrie E. Jordan, daughter of Elisha Jordan of Washington County. She died in 1884 leaving one daughter, May Temperance, who married Charlie L. Moore, of Milledgeville. They are the parents of four children: Dawson Allen, Charles Leighton, May, and Floride. In 1886, Dr. Allen married Miss Sarah Cantey Whitaker, daughter of Samuel E. Whitaker of Baldwin County. In 1890 he bought the old Oglethorpe University property in Midway near Milledgeville. On the site of this University he established a sanitarium for the care and treatment of nervous and mental diseases known as Allen's Invalid Home, the first private institution of this kind south of the Ohio River. The following year he bought the Talmadge property and added to his institution, using the home of Dr. Talmadge as a residence. The children of Dr. and Mrs. Allen are: Henrietta Floride, Edwin Whitaker, Jessie Van, Henry Dawson, Jr., Theophilus Powell, and Sarah Cantey. The daughters: Floride, Jessie, and Sarah live with their parents at their home in Midway. Edwin Whitaker Allen graduated in medicine in 1914 at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Atlanta and spent two years in the Post Graduate Hos-itpal of New York. He volunteered for service in the World War and was Captain of the 325th Ambulance Company, 82nd Division. He was oversees twelve months and participated in the following battles: Marbache, Mause, Argonne, and St. Mihiel. After two years general practice he is now assisting his father at the Sanitarium. He married Miss Catherine Tait, of Brunswick, Ga., in 1921. They have two children: Edwin Whitaker, Jr., and Elizabeth Cantey. Henry Dawson Allen, Jr. graduated from the University of Georgia and in 1918 from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University New York. He volunteered for service in the World War and was placed in the Medical Reserve Corps to finish his hospital course at the New York Hospital. He returned to Milledgeville and for three years was County Health Physician for Baldwin County. He gave up this work and is now assisting his father in the Sanitarium. In 1921 he was married to Miss Carrie Reynolds of Norcross, Ga. They had two sons, Henry Dawson III, who died Jan. 20, 1925, and Johnson Reynolds, born July 28, 1925. Theophilus Powell Allen, while attending the University of Georgia, volunteered as a private in the World War and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Coast Artillery. He was in service a year but was not sent overseas. He graduated in medicine in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, in 1923, and is now an interne at St. Luke's Hospital, New York. Judge John T. Allen, after graduating from the University of Georgia, came to Milledgeville to practice law in 1884. He was made Judge of the County Court and was a member of the law firm of Whit-field and Allen. Judge Allen represented Baldwin County in both the House and Senate for a number of years. For the last twenty-five years his law firm has been Allen and Pottle. He has an extensive law practice and large farming interests in Baldwin County. He married Miss Hattie Hendrix, daughter of Mr. H. E. Hendrix, of Milledgeville. Their children are: Marion Hendrix, Isabelle, Benita, and Harriett. Mrs. Allen died in 1922 after a devoted and useful life in her family. Isabelle lives with her father in their home on Montgomery Street in Milledgeville. Marion Hendrix Allen chose the profession of his father, graduating in law from the University of Georgia in 1913. He married Miss Jennie DuBose, ef Athens, Ga. For several years he lived in Atlanta where he was Secretary to one of judges of the Court of Appeals. He now lives in Milledgeville and is connected with the law firm of Allen and Pottle. They have one son, Marion, Jr. Benita married Captain Lloyd Brown of the U. S. Army and is now living at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. Harriett married Wililam T. Garrard, Jr., and they live in Milledgeville. Written by, MRS. CHARLES L. MOORE. Additional Comments: From: Part V HISTORY of BALDWIN COUNTY GEORGIA BY MRS. ANNA MARIA GREEN COOK ILLUSTRATED ANDERSON. S. C. Keys-Hearn Printing Co. -1925— File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/baldwin/history/other/gms253historyo.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.3 Kb