Vermilion county Illinois, HON. CHARLES A. ALLEN ==================================================================== Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Joy Fisher ==================================================================== p. 222, 225 HON. CHARLES A. ALLEN, member of the Thirty-sixth General Assembly, from the Thirty-first District, comprising Vermilion and Edgar counties, was elected on the Republican ticket, first in 1884, and re- elected twice thereafter, having entered now upon his third term, lie has been a member of the Judicial Committee and several other important committees, including Insurance, and has served as Chairman of the Railroad and Warehouse Committee, also of Corporations and Educational Institutions. During the Logan fight he was the first man on the roll call, at that time a very important position, he has frequently represented his district in State and other conventions and is in all respects a very prominent man in Eastern Illinois. Mr. Allen was born in Danville, July 6, 1851, and removed with his parents when a child of two years to the Ridge where they were the earliest settlers. Charles A., upon leaving the district school prepared himself to become a student of Michigan University from the Law Department of which he was graduated in 1875. He commenced the practice of his profession at Rossville where he remained until 1881, then changed his residence to Hoopeston, which has since remained his home. In addition to a lucrative law practice, he has been largely engaged as a real estate dealer, and has occupied many positions of trust and responsibility among his fellow citizens. Socially, he is a charter member of the K. of P. and is identified with the I. 0. 0. F. and Masonic fraternity. The marriage of our subject with Miss Mary, daughter of L. M. Thompson, of Rossville, was celebrated April 4, 1878. .A sketch of Mr. Thompson appears elsewhere in this volume. Of this union there have been born two children—John N. and Lawrence T. The father of our subject was William I. Allen, one of the first settlers of Vermilion County, and a sketch of whom appears on another page.