Washington County NeArchives Biographies.....Allen, Clyde Mills 1878 - 
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Source: Nebraskana
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Clyde Mills Allen

Clyde M. Allen, prominent farmer of Washington County, Nebraska, was born there,
May 28, 1878, the son of William Henry and Ruth Emily (Bottorff) Allen, His
father, who was a farmer, was born at Paris, Illinois, February 10, 1845, and
died in Washington County, August 17, 1922. Five Allen brothers came to America
from Scotland, in 1600. His mother, who was born in Clark County, Indiana, May
20, 1844, died at Omaha, Nebraska, April 2, 1916. She was a country school
teacher and held membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution; an
ancestor, Martin Bottorff, came to America from Switzerland, in 1710.

Mr. Allen attended the country schools of Washington County, and later was a
student at the Fremont Normal College. He has lived in Nebraska all his life and
has always been a farmer. In the past few years he has written several
noteworthy poems, which were published in 1930-31. He is a member of the
Washington County Pioneer Association and the Nebraskana Society, and holds
membership in Solomon Lodge Number 10, of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
at Fort Calhoun, Nebraska. Politically, Mr. Allen is a Republican.

He was united in marriage with Helen Margaret Pierce at Blair, October 22, 1902.
Mrs. Allen, who is descended from eight proven lines of Revolutionary ancestors,
was born at Blair, November 22, 1882. Seven children were born to them: Stanley
Pierce, born August 2, 1903, who married Margaret Walford; Helen Marr, born May
23, 1905, who died October 13, 1905; Winifred Cora, born February 4, 1908; Ruth
May, born May 14, 1911; Margaret, born October 7, 1914; Emily Ann, born October
24, 1917; and Alice Elizabeth, born July 16, 1922. Residence: Blair.


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

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932


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