Age 26 years enlisted at New Lebanon, Indiana October 5, 1861 with Co. I. 2nd Indiana Cavalry/41st Regiment as 1st Lieutenant he was Commissioned an officer on September 27, 1861 Promoted to Full Captain October 31, 1863 mustered out on October 4, 1864.
Published: Springfield Missouri Republican, Springfield, MO, Wednesday, April 8, 1925, p. 10, Col. 1.
LAST RITES ARE PAID VETERAN
Funeral Services Held for Capt. T. M. Allan, More Than 40 a Springfield Resident.
Funeral services for Capt. Thomas M. Allen, 90-year-old veteran of the Civil war, were held yesterday at the family residence, 945 North Benton avenue. Burial was in National cemetery.
Captain Allen, during the more than 40 years he resided in Springfield, had made his home across Benton avenue from the Drury campus, and was known in recent years among the Drury students as a sprightly old man who had a smile for everyone, and who strolled about the neighborhood with the knowledge that all he met were friends.
After taking a stroll to the post office Thursday, Captain Allen returned home ill, and physicians were summoned. They pronounced the aged man beyond hope of recovery, and he died Sunday morning.
The veteran was born in Nelson county, Kentucky, February 9, 1835. He was the son of John and Sarah (Knotts) Allen.
While Captain Allen still was a child, the family moved from Kentucky to Sullivan county, Indiana. There the young man attended the public school and, at the age of 16, went to St. Louis, where he was apprenticed to learn the trade of harness maker.
After learning his trade, young Allen returned to Sullivan county.
When the Civil War began, the young man organized a company, and was elected captain. The company, a part of the 2nd Indiana Cavalry, went through many of the most important battles of the Civil war, and, at the close of the struggle, the survivors merely a fraction of the number that had enlisted, returned to their homes.
Resuming his residence in Sullivan county, in Sullivan, the county seat, , Captain Allen wooed and won Miss Mary Catherine Dodds of New Lebanon, Ind. They were married, and, after a residence in Sullivan for some time, moved to Shelbyville, Ill. From there they moved to Springfield.
Captain Allen and his family moved to Springfield in 1883, and he established a shoe store store on the west side of the public square. After having made a success of this business at the intersection of Boonville avenue and Phelps street, from which he retired after that business had been built to considerable proportions.
For the past several years, he has devoted himself to his friends and neighbors.
Captain Allen was a member of various organizations, including the Masons and the G. A. R.
While the family name was spelled Allan, member of the family said Captain Allen adopted the spelling Allen, and it was by that name that he was known in Springfield.
A representative attendance of Springfield citizens, including many Civil War veterans, paid their respects yesterday to Captain Allen. Many were his personal friends, others had been associated with him in business.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Dr. W. R. McCormack, pastor of Grace M. E. church, of which the decedent has been a member more than 40 years, and burial was directed by Ely Paxson, a close acquaintance of the veteran during the entire time he resided in Springfield.
Music at the service comprised vocal solos by Harry T. Nelson, long a friend of the family.
The survivors include Mrs. H. S. Merritt of the home address; Mrs. R. R. Hammond of Evanston, Ill.; Allen T. Early of Collinsville, Ill.; Nelson Hammond of Barrington, Ill., and Harry Hammond of Minneapolis, Min., grandsons.
R. R. Hammond was present yesterday, as was Allen Early. Mrs. Hammond, who is in Paris, France, was notified last week of the serious illness of her father, and sailed for the United States Saturday.
Published: Springfield Missouri Republican, Springfield, MO, Wednesday, April 8, 1925, p. 10, Col. 1.
LAST RITES ARE PAID VETERAN
Funeral Services Held for Capt. T. M. Allan, More Than 40 a Springfield Resident.
Funeral services for Capt. Thomas M. Allen, 90-year-old veteran of the Civil war, were held yesterday at the family residence, 945 North Benton avenue. Burial was in National cemetery.
Captain Allen, during the more than 40 years he resided in Springfield, had made his home across Benton avenue from the Drury campus, and was known in recent years among the Drury students as a sprightly old man who had a smile for everyone, and who strolled about the neighborhood with the knowledge that all he met were friends.
After taking a stroll to the post office Thursday, Captain Allen returned home ill, and physicians were summoned. They pronounced the aged man beyond hope of recovery, and he died Sunday morning.
The veteran was born in Nelson county, Kentucky, February 9, 1835. He was the son of John and Sarah (Knotts) Allen.
While Captain Allen still was a child, the family moved from Kentucky to Sullivan county, Indiana. There the young man attended the public school and, at the age of 16, went to St. Louis, where he was apprenticed to learn the trade of harness maker.
After learning his trade, young Allen returned to Sullivan county.
When the Civil War began, the young man organized a company, and was elected captain. The company, a part of the 2nd Indiana Cavalry, went through many of the most important battles of the Civil war, and, at the close of the struggle, the survivors merely a fraction of the number that had enlisted, returned to their homes.
Resuming his residence in Sullivan county, in Sullivan, the county seat, , Captain Allen wooed and won Miss Mary Catherine Dodds of New Lebanon, Ind. They were married, and, after a residence in Sullivan for some time, moved to Shelbyville, Ill. From there they moved to Springfield.
Captain Allen and his family moved to Springfield in 1883, and he established a shoe store store on the west side of the public square. After having made a success of this business at the intersection of Boonville avenue and Phelps street, from which he retired after that business had been built to considerable proportions.
For the past several years, he has devoted himself to his friends and neighbors.
Captain Allen was a member of various organizations, including the Masons and the G. A. R.
While the family name was spelled Allan, member of the family said Captain Allen adopted the spelling Allen, and it was by that name that he was known in Springfield.
A representative attendance of Springfield citizens, including many Civil War veterans, paid their respects yesterday to Captain Allen. Many were his personal friends, others had been associated with him in business.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Dr. W. R. McCormack, pastor of Grace M. E. church, of which the decedent has been a member more than 40 years, and burial was directed by Ely Paxson, a close acquaintance of the veteran during the entire time he resided in Springfield.
Music at the service comprised vocal solos by Harry T. Nelson, long a friend of the family.
The survivors include Mrs. H. S. Merritt of the home address; Mrs. R. R. Hammond of Evanston, Ill.; Allen T. Early of Collinsville, Ill.; Nelson Hammond of Barrington, Ill., and Harry Hammond of Minneapolis, Min., grandsons.
R. R. Hammond was present yesterday, as was Allen Early. Mrs. Hammond, who is in Paris, France, was notified last week of the serious illness of her father, and sailed for the United States Saturday.
Age 26 years enlisted at New Lebanon, Indiana October 5, 1861 with Co. I. 2nd Indiana Cavalry/41st Regiment as 1st Lieutenant he was Commissioned an officer on September 27, 1861 Promoted to Full Captain October 31, 1863 mustered out on October 4, 1864.
Published: Springfield Missouri Republican, Springfield, MO, Wednesday, April 8, 1925, p. 10, Col. 1.
LAST RITES ARE PAID VETERAN
Funeral Services Held for Capt. T. M. Allan, More Than 40 a Springfield Resident.
Funeral services for Capt. Thomas M. Allen, 90-year-old veteran of the Civil war, were held yesterday at the family residence, 945 North Benton avenue. Burial was in National cemetery.
Captain Allen, during the more than 40 years he resided in Springfield, had made his home across Benton avenue from the Drury campus, and was known in recent years among the Drury students as a sprightly old man who had a smile for everyone, and who strolled about the neighborhood with the knowledge that all he met were friends.
After taking a stroll to the post office Thursday, Captain Allen returned home ill, and physicians were summoned. They pronounced the aged man beyond hope of recovery, and he died Sunday morning.
The veteran was born in Nelson county, Kentucky, February 9, 1835. He was the son of John and Sarah (Knotts) Allen.
While Captain Allen still was a child, the family moved from Kentucky to Sullivan county, Indiana. There the young man attended the public school and, at the age of 16, went to St. Louis, where he was apprenticed to learn the trade of harness maker.
After learning his trade, young Allen returned to Sullivan county.
When the Civil War began, the young man organized a company, and was elected captain. The company, a part of the 2nd Indiana Cavalry, went through many of the most important battles of the Civil war, and, at the close of the struggle, the survivors merely a fraction of the number that had enlisted, returned to their homes.
Resuming his residence in Sullivan county, in Sullivan, the county seat, , Captain Allen wooed and won Miss Mary Catherine Dodds of New Lebanon, Ind. They were married, and, after a residence in Sullivan for some time, moved to Shelbyville, Ill. From there they moved to Springfield.
Captain Allen and his family moved to Springfield in 1883, and he established a shoe store store on the west side of the public square. After having made a success of this business at the intersection of Boonville avenue and Phelps street, from which he retired after that business had been built to considerable proportions.
For the past several years, he has devoted himself to his friends and neighbors.
Captain Allen was a member of various organizations, including the Masons and the G. A. R.
While the family name was spelled Allan, member of the family said Captain Allen adopted the spelling Allen, and it was by that name that he was known in Springfield.
A representative attendance of Springfield citizens, including many Civil War veterans, paid their respects yesterday to Captain Allen. Many were his personal friends, others had been associated with him in business.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Dr. W. R. McCormack, pastor of Grace M. E. church, of which the decedent has been a member more than 40 years, and burial was directed by Ely Paxson, a close acquaintance of the veteran during the entire time he resided in Springfield.
Music at the service comprised vocal solos by Harry T. Nelson, long a friend of the family.
The survivors include Mrs. H. S. Merritt of the home address; Mrs. R. R. Hammond of Evanston, Ill.; Allen T. Early of Collinsville, Ill.; Nelson Hammond of Barrington, Ill., and Harry Hammond of Minneapolis, Min., grandsons.
R. R. Hammond was present yesterday, as was Allen Early. Mrs. Hammond, who is in Paris, France, was notified last week of the serious illness of her father, and sailed for the United States Saturday.
Published: Springfield Missouri Republican, Springfield, MO, Wednesday, April 8, 1925, p. 10, Col. 1.
LAST RITES ARE PAID VETERAN
Funeral Services Held for Capt. T. M. Allan, More Than 40 a Springfield Resident.
Funeral services for Capt. Thomas M. Allen, 90-year-old veteran of the Civil war, were held yesterday at the family residence, 945 North Benton avenue. Burial was in National cemetery.
Captain Allen, during the more than 40 years he resided in Springfield, had made his home across Benton avenue from the Drury campus, and was known in recent years among the Drury students as a sprightly old man who had a smile for everyone, and who strolled about the neighborhood with the knowledge that all he met were friends.
After taking a stroll to the post office Thursday, Captain Allen returned home ill, and physicians were summoned. They pronounced the aged man beyond hope of recovery, and he died Sunday morning.
The veteran was born in Nelson county, Kentucky, February 9, 1835. He was the son of John and Sarah (Knotts) Allen.
While Captain Allen still was a child, the family moved from Kentucky to Sullivan county, Indiana. There the young man attended the public school and, at the age of 16, went to St. Louis, where he was apprenticed to learn the trade of harness maker.
After learning his trade, young Allen returned to Sullivan county.
When the Civil War began, the young man organized a company, and was elected captain. The company, a part of the 2nd Indiana Cavalry, went through many of the most important battles of the Civil war, and, at the close of the struggle, the survivors merely a fraction of the number that had enlisted, returned to their homes.
Resuming his residence in Sullivan county, in Sullivan, the county seat, , Captain Allen wooed and won Miss Mary Catherine Dodds of New Lebanon, Ind. They were married, and, after a residence in Sullivan for some time, moved to Shelbyville, Ill. From there they moved to Springfield.
Captain Allen and his family moved to Springfield in 1883, and he established a shoe store store on the west side of the public square. After having made a success of this business at the intersection of Boonville avenue and Phelps street, from which he retired after that business had been built to considerable proportions.
For the past several years, he has devoted himself to his friends and neighbors.
Captain Allen was a member of various organizations, including the Masons and the G. A. R.
While the family name was spelled Allan, member of the family said Captain Allen adopted the spelling Allen, and it was by that name that he was known in Springfield.
A representative attendance of Springfield citizens, including many Civil War veterans, paid their respects yesterday to Captain Allen. Many were his personal friends, others had been associated with him in business.
The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Dr. W. R. McCormack, pastor of Grace M. E. church, of which the decedent has been a member more than 40 years, and burial was directed by Ely Paxson, a close acquaintance of the veteran during the entire time he resided in Springfield.
Music at the service comprised vocal solos by Harry T. Nelson, long a friend of the family.
The survivors include Mrs. H. S. Merritt of the home address; Mrs. R. R. Hammond of Evanston, Ill.; Allen T. Early of Collinsville, Ill.; Nelson Hammond of Barrington, Ill., and Harry Hammond of Minneapolis, Min., grandsons.
R. R. Hammond was present yesterday, as was Allen Early. Mrs. Hammond, who is in Paris, France, was notified last week of the serious illness of her father, and sailed for the United States Saturday.
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