In early life Zenas learned the trade of a carpenter, and later that of a paper-hanger; in the latter trade, and in the buying and selling of house papers he spent more than thirty years of his life.
He removed from the town of Ashby to Boston in 1827 and
resided there most of the time until 1866; the exceptions being about the year 1832, when he was employed by the United States Government in the mail service between Concord and Fitchburg, Mass., and the years 1859 to 1862, when he lived on his farm in Ashby.
For two years, 1853 and 1854, he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the city of Boston and it is a remarkable fact that his father (Benjamin Allen of Ashby) was a member of the same body in the last-named year.
In politics he was identified with the Whigs until the Republican party was formed, and he was ever afterward enthusiastic in the support of Republican principles. His interest in political matters is forcibly shown by the fact that, in the sixty years in which he was entitled to vote, he failed but six times to cast his ballot.
He became a resident of Hyde Park in 1866, moving into a
house that he had built, on Walnut street, in that year. He came here in the employ of the Hyde Park Woolen Company, one of the earliest of the manufacturing enterprises to be located in what is now a most prosperous town.
When the town was incorporated, he was chosen as a member
of the first board of selectmen and he was re-elected in the following year, serving with Messrs. Henry Grew, Benjamin F. Radford, William J. Stuart, Martin L. Whitcher and David L. Davis, all of whom, with the exception of Mr. Whitcher, are still living, and residents of our town.
Mr. Allen was much interested in the welfare and prosperity of Hyde Park; his advice was often sought and his judgment greatly respected by his fellow citizens.
He was a member of the Hyde Park Congregational Church;
at the time of his death, as he had been for many years, he was one of its deacons, an office that he had filled, for a long time, in the Pine Street Congregational Church in Boston.
Mr. Allen was one of the original members of the Hyde Park
Historical Society.
SOURCE: The Hyde Park HISTORICAL RECORD.
VOLUME ONE.
1891-92.
PUBLISHED BY THE
HYDE PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
HYDE PARK, MASS.
1892.
He removed from the town of Ashby to Boston in 1827 and
resided there most of the time until 1866; the exceptions being about the year 1832, when he was employed by the United States Government in the mail service between Concord and Fitchburg, Mass., and the years 1859 to 1862, when he lived on his farm in Ashby.
For two years, 1853 and 1854, he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the city of Boston and it is a remarkable fact that his father (Benjamin Allen of Ashby) was a member of the same body in the last-named year.
In politics he was identified with the Whigs until the Republican party was formed, and he was ever afterward enthusiastic in the support of Republican principles. His interest in political matters is forcibly shown by the fact that, in the sixty years in which he was entitled to vote, he failed but six times to cast his ballot.
He became a resident of Hyde Park in 1866, moving into a
house that he had built, on Walnut street, in that year. He came here in the employ of the Hyde Park Woolen Company, one of the earliest of the manufacturing enterprises to be located in what is now a most prosperous town.
When the town was incorporated, he was chosen as a member
of the first board of selectmen and he was re-elected in the following year, serving with Messrs. Henry Grew, Benjamin F. Radford, William J. Stuart, Martin L. Whitcher and David L. Davis, all of whom, with the exception of Mr. Whitcher, are still living, and residents of our town.
Mr. Allen was much interested in the welfare and prosperity of Hyde Park; his advice was often sought and his judgment greatly respected by his fellow citizens.
He was a member of the Hyde Park Congregational Church;
at the time of his death, as he had been for many years, he was one of its deacons, an office that he had filled, for a long time, in the Pine Street Congregational Church in Boston.
Mr. Allen was one of the original members of the Hyde Park
Historical Society.
SOURCE: The Hyde Park HISTORICAL RECORD.
VOLUME ONE.
1891-92.
PUBLISHED BY THE
HYDE PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
HYDE PARK, MASS.
1892.
In early life Zenas learned the trade of a carpenter, and later that of a paper-hanger; in the latter trade, and in the buying and selling of house papers he spent more than thirty years of his life.
He removed from the town of Ashby to Boston in 1827 and
resided there most of the time until 1866; the exceptions being about the year 1832, when he was employed by the United States Government in the mail service between Concord and Fitchburg, Mass., and the years 1859 to 1862, when he lived on his farm in Ashby.
For two years, 1853 and 1854, he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the city of Boston and it is a remarkable fact that his father (Benjamin Allen of Ashby) was a member of the same body in the last-named year.
In politics he was identified with the Whigs until the Republican party was formed, and he was ever afterward enthusiastic in the support of Republican principles. His interest in political matters is forcibly shown by the fact that, in the sixty years in which he was entitled to vote, he failed but six times to cast his ballot.
He became a resident of Hyde Park in 1866, moving into a
house that he had built, on Walnut street, in that year. He came here in the employ of the Hyde Park Woolen Company, one of the earliest of the manufacturing enterprises to be located in what is now a most prosperous town.
When the town was incorporated, he was chosen as a member
of the first board of selectmen and he was re-elected in the following year, serving with Messrs. Henry Grew, Benjamin F. Radford, William J. Stuart, Martin L. Whitcher and David L. Davis, all of whom, with the exception of Mr. Whitcher, are still living, and residents of our town.
Mr. Allen was much interested in the welfare and prosperity of Hyde Park; his advice was often sought and his judgment greatly respected by his fellow citizens.
He was a member of the Hyde Park Congregational Church;
at the time of his death, as he had been for many years, he was one of its deacons, an office that he had filled, for a long time, in the Pine Street Congregational Church in Boston.
Mr. Allen was one of the original members of the Hyde Park
Historical Society.
SOURCE: The Hyde Park HISTORICAL RECORD.
VOLUME ONE.
1891-92.
PUBLISHED BY THE
HYDE PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
HYDE PARK, MASS.
1892.
He removed from the town of Ashby to Boston in 1827 and
resided there most of the time until 1866; the exceptions being about the year 1832, when he was employed by the United States Government in the mail service between Concord and Fitchburg, Mass., and the years 1859 to 1862, when he lived on his farm in Ashby.
For two years, 1853 and 1854, he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the city of Boston and it is a remarkable fact that his father (Benjamin Allen of Ashby) was a member of the same body in the last-named year.
In politics he was identified with the Whigs until the Republican party was formed, and he was ever afterward enthusiastic in the support of Republican principles. His interest in political matters is forcibly shown by the fact that, in the sixty years in which he was entitled to vote, he failed but six times to cast his ballot.
He became a resident of Hyde Park in 1866, moving into a
house that he had built, on Walnut street, in that year. He came here in the employ of the Hyde Park Woolen Company, one of the earliest of the manufacturing enterprises to be located in what is now a most prosperous town.
When the town was incorporated, he was chosen as a member
of the first board of selectmen and he was re-elected in the following year, serving with Messrs. Henry Grew, Benjamin F. Radford, William J. Stuart, Martin L. Whitcher and David L. Davis, all of whom, with the exception of Mr. Whitcher, are still living, and residents of our town.
Mr. Allen was much interested in the welfare and prosperity of Hyde Park; his advice was often sought and his judgment greatly respected by his fellow citizens.
He was a member of the Hyde Park Congregational Church;
at the time of his death, as he had been for many years, he was one of its deacons, an office that he had filled, for a long time, in the Pine Street Congregational Church in Boston.
Mr. Allen was one of the original members of the Hyde Park
Historical Society.
SOURCE: The Hyde Park HISTORICAL RECORD.
VOLUME ONE.
1891-92.
PUBLISHED BY THE
HYDE PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
HYDE PARK, MASS.
1892.
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