BIOGRAPHIES:  James ALLEN, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, WI

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James Allen, raft contractor, Empire Lumber Co., Eau Claire, came to Wisconsin 
in 1850, and located in Sheboygan County, and was engaged in lumbering for 
nine years.  Came to Eau Claire in Fall of 1859; was contractor for booms, etc.,
for two years, and has been employed in present capacity since 1861.  Was born 
in Halifax, N. S., 1821, and came to United States in 1833.  Was married at
Calais, Me., 1842, to Emily G. Pond, who was born in Maine. They have five 
children -- Edward M., who served in the war, and is now in sewing machine
business in Eau Claire;  Fred, served in the war, and is now in orange business
in Florida; Cora, now Mrs. Frank Ellis; Chas. S., school teacher, and Willie.

--Transcribed from "History of Northern Wisconsin,"  The Western Historical 
Company, A. T. Andreas, Proprietor, Chicago, IL, 1881.  Page 314