Colfax County NeArchives Biographies.....Allen, William Irving 1869 - 
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William Irving Allen

William I. Allen, who has resided in Nebraska for the past 45 years, was born at
Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, August 19, 1869, the son of David Jonathan
and Mary Ann (Wall) Allen. His father, who was born at Camden, New Jersey, in
1833, and died at Washington, District of Columbia, in 1895, fought in the
Mexican War, the Indian Wars, and the Civil War; he was imprisoned in Libby
prison during the Civil War; at the time of his death he was superintendent of
the Soldiers Cemetery at Washington, D. C.; his Scotch and English ancestors
came to America in Colonial days and fought in the Colonial Wars in the
Revolution and the War of 1812. His mother was born at Liverpool, England, March
12, 1845, and died at Washington, D. C., September 28, 1883. She was of
Scotch-Irish and English descent; her grandfather served with Wellington at
Waterloo.

Mr. Allen attended the public schools in Virginia and was graduated from the
Richmond Academy in 1895. Later he was a student at Fremont College, Fremont,
Nebraska, the University of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, and the University of
Virginia. He taught in rural schools for three years; was principal of the
schools at Gretna, Nebraska, Elkhorn, Nebraska, and Dundee, Nebraska; served as
professor of English and mathematics at Dexter Normal College, Dexter, Iowa,
1892-93; was engaged in the practice of law in Omaha, 1894, as a member of the
firm Pratt, Allen & Walkup; and in 1895 came to Schuyler, Colfax County,
Nebraska, where he has since practiced law.

A Democrat, Mr. Allen has held various public offices in his community and
county, among them: city attorney of Schuyler, 1898 to 1903; county attorney of
Colfax County, 1904-06, and 1910-14; and county judge, 1906-08. During the
campaigns of 1912 and 1916 he was an ardent supporter of Wilson for president.

In the World War he was government appeal agent for Colfax County; was defense
council attorney; was a four minute man; and was distinguished by his patriotic
addresses which he made all over the state of Nebraska. He is a member of the
State Historical Society; the Nebraskana Society; the American Judicature
Society; the Izaak Walton League; the Nebraska State Bar Association, and the
American Bar Association. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, serving as
Grand Chancellor in 1911, and Supreme Representative, 1915-24; is an Odd Fellow;
and is a 32nd degree Mason, and member of the Shrine, having been president of
the William McKinley Scottish Rite in 1922. Mr. Allen was president of the
County Attorneys’ Association, 1913-14; and is at present serving his second
year as chairman of the advisory committee of the State Bar Association.

He was united in marriage with Eva Marston Perrine at Omaha, July 7, 1890; she
was born of English, French, and Scotch ancestry in Kentucky, October 20, 1870,
and died at Omaha, March 2, 1928. To this marriage three children were born, of
whom only one is living: Irene, born July 5, 1891, who died December 10, 1893;
Ruth born July 7, 1897, who died June 20, 1912; and Esther, born April 20, 1899,
who married William G. Hubbard. Esther received her B. S. degree in 1922 at the
University of Nebraska where she was awarded Pan Hellenic honors and Phi Beta
Kappa membership. She was graduated from the Institute of Musical Art in New
York City; received her Bachelor of Music degree at Columbia, and the A. M.
degree at the latter. During 1925-26 she was head of the piano department at
East Stroudsburg. She now resides in San Capristano, California.

William Irving Allen married Nellie Arvilla Tagg, nee Imbody, on May 1, 1930.
Her father, a soldier in the Civil War, was Lewis Imbody. Mrs. Allen had a
brother in the Spanish-American War and two sons in the World War. Dr. Harold E.
Tagg, now of Schuyler, served in France as did Lowell Tagg, who died of illness
as the troops were being mustered out. Mrs. Allen is a member of the O. E. S.,
the Rebekahs, the Pythian Sisters. She is past president of the Ladies’
Auxiliary and belongs to the Episcopal Church. Residence: Schuyler. 


Additional Comments:
Extracted from 
Nebraskana
Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932


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