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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography
Volume 1, Kentucky: A History of the State
by Battle - Perrin - Kniffin, 3rd edition 1886.
HON. ALFRED ALLEN, a statesman by nature
and a lawyer by profession, is a master spirit
of the age in which he lives.
His intellectual gifts are of a high order, and his social qualities have called about him troops of sincere and admiring friends. Of the many lawyers that have adorned by their genius and intellect the bar of Kentucky, Mr. Allen will go
into history a conspicuous and pre eminent figure.
He was born September 25, 1814, in Hardinsburg, and is a son of Joseph and Margaret (Crawford) Allen.
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He was married, June 28, 1853, to Mary E. Jennings,
a daughter of Jefferson and Mary (Allen)Jennings, of this county; the former a prominent lawyer of the Breckinridge bar.
Six children were born to this marriage,
viz.: Stewart, Anna G.,Jennings, Graham, Horace and Mary E.
Mrs. Allen died in 1864. Mr. Allen is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Methodist Church. He was originally a Whig but now votes with the Republican party.
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Historic Families of Kentucky
by Thomas Marshall Green
R. Clarke, 1889

Alfred Allen,

The fifth child of Joe Allen and Margaret
Crawford, represented Breckinridge county
in the legislature in 1838-39; was then
appointed by Governor Clark commonwealth
attorney for that district, in which position he
was continued, by successive appointments
and an election, until 1856; in 1859, was
the Whig candidate for lieutenant governor;
was re-elected to the legislature in 1861, and
continued in that capacity until 1866, when he
resigned in order to accept the consulship to
Foochoo, China, where he remained until
recalled at his own request.
Mr. Allen, in 1853, married Mary E. Jennings.
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