Hopkins Co., TX - Obit - Judge Robert Dixon Allen 1941 ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: June E. Tuck USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** From the files of June Tuck ALLEN, ROBERT DIXON, JUDGE - Age 80, who began the practice of law back in the early days of Sulphur Springs, succumbed at Long-Longino Hospital Monday afternoon following injuries received the past Thurs. when struck by car on Connally Street near the Post Office. He was for over fifty years a practicing lawyer in Sulphur Springs. His grandfather, Lee Allen, made five trips to Texas back when the Lone Star State was under Spanish rule and staked out land in Hopkins County. Later, the Judge's father, Dr. Z .A. M. Allen, and family moved to Texas and settled on the claim near Brashear. Once the claim held 960 acres. Eighty acres is still in the family's possession, with a sister, Mrs. S .L. Wright, and husband living on the homestead at present. Judge Allen came to Texas in 1884 before the family decided to move to Hopkins County, and began the study of law in Judge J. K. Milam's office here. After being admitted to the bar, he was appointed Assistant County Attorney on October 24, 1892. He ran and was elected in 1894 and was the first to serve in the present courthouse in Sulphur Springs. He held the county attorney's office for two terms, served in the legislature as a member one term, worked as State Senator John Cranford's secretary for a while, and then ran and was twice elected District Attorney. He was born the son of Dr. Z. A. M. Allen & Frances Harris Allen in Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky, on December 6, 1860. His parents, who came from Virginia, lived in Kentucky before the state was divided into counties. He was educated in public and private schools in Kentucky and was graduated from Lebannon (Ohio) University, receiving a degree in literature and law. Then he came to Texas and read law in Judge Milam's office until passing the state bar examinations. He served for many years as president of the Hopkins County Bar Association and had belonged to K. P and I .O. O. F. fraternal organizations. He was a bachelor. Immediate survivors are a brother, F. B. Allen, Sulphur Springs; and sister, Mrs. S.L. (Maud) Wright, Brashear. A cousin, Lee Clark, of Greenville and other relatives. Funeral services will be conducted at Murray's Funeral Home with interment in the City Cemetery. (Daily News-Telegram, Nov. 7, 1941)