Bio of Allen, William C. (b.1867) Wabasha Co., MN
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Allen, William C. (page 319), a retired farmer living in Plainview, was
born in this township, April 11, 1867, son of Alfred R. and Elizabeth
(Bignell) Allen. He was trained to agriculture on his parents' farm, and
on January 2, 1888, he was married to Minnie, daughter of Napoleon and
Fianna Hessig, of Whitewater, Winona County, Minn. Previous to his
marriage he had worked for his father, but he now started in for himself,
for two years living on the John Beiter farm. Then he abandoned
agriculture for awhile, and going to St. Paul, was employed successively
by the North St. Paul Motor Line and the Wisconsin Railway. At the end of
three years he returned to Plainview Township and rented his father's
farm, on which he remained two years, in the meanwhile buying 75 acres of
wild land in the vicinity, to which he subsequently moved. On this tract
he erected a good set of buildings, and lived there three years, during
which time he followed general farming and threshing. Then in 1907, having
acquired a competence, he sold out and took up his residence in the
village, where he owns a nice house, and is enjoying a period of
comparative rest, carrying on a produce business as a dealer in butter,
eggs, poultry and cream. In politics he is a Republican, while his
religious instincts have turned in the direction of Spiritualism, a
subject now being investigated by some of the leading minds in Europe and
America. On November 8, 1917, he sustained a bereavement in the death of
his wife. Five children were born to them: Alfred N., March 19, 1889, now
living in Plainview; Etta G., May 28, 1891; Elmer W., April 21, 1895; Lee
E., February 14, 1898; and Iva, September 15, 1902. The four younger
children are living at home with their father, Iva being a student in the
high school. Mr. Allen is fraternally affiliated with the Modern Woodmen
of America and with the Yeomen at Plainview.
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