Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Allen, Enos H. 1843 - 
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Author: Warner, Beers & Co.

   ENOS H. ALLEN, farmer, P. O Kenton, is the second son of Abel H. and Rebecca
Allen, and was born in Pleasant Township, Hardin County, Ohio, December 25,
1843. He was raised on a farm and remained on the homestead until he married. In
1864, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Regiment of the
Ohio National Guards, but was subsequently transferred to Company G, of the same
regiment. He served in the Shenandoah Valley, and took part in the skirmish with
Gen. Early's troops at John Brown's Schoolhouse. He was discharged August 1,
1864. On December 24, 1868, he was married to Susan A. Lee, widow of Lewis Lee,
and daughter of Alexander and Grace Morrison Mrs. Allen was born in Muskingum
County, Ohio, May 4, 1846, and had one child by her former husband-Princess A.,
born August 1, 1864. Mr. Allen had charge of his father's farm from 1868 to
1874, when his father gave him 125 acres of land, and he located on it the same
year. He now owns 227 acres, 101 of which are located in Goshen Township. Mr.
Allen is engaged in farming and rearing thoroughbred short-horn cattle,
Southdown and Spanish merino sheep. He is a regular exhibitor at the Hardin
County fairs, and is now serving his second term as member of the Agricultural
Board. He and his wife are connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Politically, he is a Republican; has served twice as Township Trustee, and is a
man of public spirit and enterprise.

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"The History of Hardin County, Ohio"
           containing
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES,
 SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY
   RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT
         MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY;
             HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS
                  MATTERS, ETC., ETC.

              CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO.
                          1883

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