William Allen

Full Name: William Allen
Date of birth: March 18, 1832
Date of death: August 12, 1908

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Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	17	Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 13, 1891	20th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Unaffiliated	Rock Hill / Collin		Collin, Denton

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) List of Senators of the 21st Legislature, "The State Senate: Members-Elect in the Different Districts - Austin Local Notes," Galveston Daily News, 11/20/1888, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "There are two independents in the list. The rest are democratic nominees." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(4) 20th Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/11/1887, p. 1. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 17
Jan 11, 1887 - Jan 13, 1891
Legislatures: 20th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Unaffiliated
Home City/County: Rock Hill / Collin
Counties in district: Collin, Denton

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Biographical Sketches

Mentioned in biographical sketch of son A.B. Allen, William Allen, p. 439. ". . . his birthplace was Kosciusko [Mississippi]. He was a man of prominence and repute, a successful planter and, later in life, a banker; and after serving with honor through the late war, was rewarded upon his return with a seat in the Legislature, which he held for two consecutive terms, and then retired from public life." Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas and Adjacent Territory, 1895.
Poem, pp. 25-26; photo and biographical sketch, p. 47, birth date 3/18/1834, death date 8/12/1908; election results, p. 365. History and Reminiscences of Denton County, 1918.
Biographical sketch, William Allen, pp. 62-63. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
Portrait and biographical sketch, William Allen, pp. 155-156. Born 3/18/1835 in Barren County, Kentucky. "A Jeffersonian Democrat of the real old kind." Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Biographical sketch, Rev. William Allen, pp. 365-367. Birth date 3/18/1834, "died recently at Frisco, Collin County, Texas" (book published 10/27/1908). Sixty Years in Texas, 1908.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, military chaplain. Sixty Years in Texas, 1908.

Other Resources

Rev. Wm. Allen, birth date 3/18/1832, death date 8/12/1908, burial in Pecan Springs Cemetery, Collin County. Find a Grave.
"Mortuary, William Allen Dead," 8/13/1908, p. 3. Denton, Texas, 8/12/1908. Died at home in Collin County "this morning . . . aged nearly 88 years." "Although a staunch Democrat, he made the race as an independent for the State Senate . . ." Galveston Daily News.

Photographs

Photograph. Wm. Allen, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Wm. Allen, 20th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

20th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
21st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.

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21st R.S. - 1889 Commerce and Manufacture Constitutional Amendments Education Federal Relations (Chair) Finance Internal Improvements Penitentiaries Retrenchment and Reform Road Legislation Roads and Bridges State Asylums Stock and Stockraising
20th R.S. - 1887 Agricultural Affairs (Chair) Constitutional Amendments Education Finance Internal Improvements Penitentiaries Public Debt Roads and Bridges State Asylum Stock and Stock Raising

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