CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: E. S. ALLEN - Smith County, TX 

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Submitted by Doris Peirce - ginlu@charter.net
26 January, 2002 
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson 
E. S. ALLEN

Elijah S. Allen was born in Fayette county, Ga., Dec. 27th, 1833.  
He married Miss Julia M. Longford, who was a native of Henry county, 
Ga. born Sept. 26th 1838; the marriage taking place Dec. 5, 1855, 
and moved to Texas in Dec. 1858.  Enlisted in Co. C., 17th Texas 
Cavalry in Mar. 1862, and afterward transferred to the 35th cavalry, 
remaining with that command until the surrender in 1865.  He was in 
the campaigns of his commands during the war, gallant, a loyal 
confederate soldier that met the strong approbation of his officers 
and comrades.  Mr. Allen has always been a prominent planter and is 
listed with the few remaining of the old South.  Prominent as a 
citizen and loyal in every sense of the word to the history and 
glories of the Southland.  His post office is Tyler, Texas.