BIOGRAPHIES:  W. H. ALLEN, Menomonie, Dunn County, WI

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W. H. ALLEN, Menomonie. Born in the State of Maine.  Removed with his 
parents, when nine years of age, to Lawrence, Mass., where he lived about 
three years, and thence to Saginaw, then to Byron, where he enlisted 
August, 1861, in the 5th Regiment, Mich. V.I.  He served till the close of 
the war, and was in active service during the whole time.  He was in 
McClellen's Peninsula campaign, second Bull Run, battle of Gettysburg, and 
in Grant's final campaign of the war.  After the close of the war, he went 
to Detroit, where he remained till 1874, when he came to Menomonie and 
engaged with Knapp, Stout & Co.  He now has charge of the land department 
of that firm.  He was married to Helen Barber, a native of Michigan, 
January 1865.  They had one daughter, Grace, born Aug. 29, 1866, and died 
June, 1880.


-- From "History of Northern Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth,
Development and Resources; an Extensive Sketch of its Counties, Cities, 
Towns and Villages." Volume 1.  Chicago: the Western Historical Company, 
A.T. Andreas, Proprietor, 1881, page 283