Dawson County NeArchives Biographies.....Allen, Charles Edgar 1865 - 
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Charles Edgar Allen

Charles Edgar Allen, prominent in the business and political world for many
years, was born at Russell Iowa, January 8, 1865 and came to Nebraska in 1886,
primarily in search of a homestead. His first experience was a homestead in
Cheyenne County. He located in Cozad, in 1890, and has since resided there. His
father, Tandy Allen, a farmer and stockman, was born at Mount Sterling Kentucky,
June 3, 1832, and died at Russell, Iowa, June 2, 1922. His great grandfather,
William Allen, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, and came to America, in 1729.

Joanna Smith Van Nice, wife of Tandy Allen, was born in New Winchester, Indiana,
February 28, 1835, and died at Russell, December 18, 1923. Primarily a wife and
mother, she reared a family of six sons and six daughters to maturity. She and
her husband lived together sixty-six years without a death in their home. Her
first ancestor in America, Janse Van Nuys, came from Holland in 1651, and in
1673, was appointed magistrate by Governor Clove of New York.

Charles Edgar Allen attended public school and for thirty-seven years was
engaged in the retail business and as a banker in Cozad. He is now retired. A
Republican, he was for twenty-seven years a member of the local board of
education; served as mayor of Cozad, several terms, as councilman, and was state
senator from the 30th district two terms.

His marriage to Susan Morrow was solemnized at Gibbon, Nebraska, August 29,
1889. She was born at Hillisboro, Ohio, February 11, 1868, and died at Colorado
Springs, July 15, 1919. She was the daughter of Wilson H. and Narcissis Isabel
(Patterson) Morrow.

To this union seven children were born: Edith I., born June 7, 1891; Dorothy,
born February 9, 1895, who married Dale B. Murphy; Ralph M., born March 7, 1897,
who married Marjorie Currant; Edgar Van Nuys, born June 22, 1900, who married
Margaret Wise; Hortense L., born July 30, 1902; and Frank P., September 6, 1904,
who married Helen Reynolds. Ralph volunteered on May 27, 1917, for service in
the United States Army, and was promoted to second lieutenant. Edgar is a member
of the staff of internal medicine at Mayo Clinic of Rochester, Minnesota.

On June 14, 1925, Mr. Allen was married to Katherine F. Worley, at Omaha. Mrs.
Allen was born in Cass County, Nebraska, in 1876.

Mr. Allen is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Cozad, is a 32nd
degree Mason and Shriner, and an Odd Fellow. He is a member of the Red Cross,
Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club, and was recently made a life member of
The Nebraskana Society. His favorite sport is golf. Residence: Cozad. 


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

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932


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