Obrien-Lyon County IA Archives Biographies.....Allen, Ruel W. 1835 - 
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Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909)

Allen, Ruel W. Resides at North Yakima, Wash.; born February 22, 1835, Antrium,
N. H., a son of Alvin Allen (born April 2, 1804), and Charlotte Brown Allen
(born at Rochester, N. Y., October 28, 1802). Married August 4, 1860, to Sarah
Elizabeth Allen; seven children: Ethan, Flora, Hattie, Verna, Alice, Elfie,
Lottie. Enlisted at Brandon, Vt., October 7, 1861; Second Battery Vermont Light
Artillery; was promoted Sergeant January 1, 1863; engaged at Siege of Port
Hudson; arrived home on crutches after discharge, which occurred at New Orleans,
February 20, 1864. Settled in O'Brien County, at Sheldon, in 1894. Member
McKenzie Post No. 72, Sheldon, Iowa; Relief Corps; Mead Post No. 9, North
Yakima. Settled in Lyon County, Iowa, in 1871.

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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND ARMY RECORD OF OLD SOLDIERS
Who Have Lived in O'Brien Co. Iowa
COMPILED BY
Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer
Published Privately PRIMGHAR, IOWA
1909


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