DEATH OF AN OLD BROOKLYNITE.
David Allen, a Once Noted Blacksmith,
Passes Away in His 81st Year.
David Allen, an aged blacksmith and horseshoer, who a half century ago was well known to almost every resident of Brooklyn, and a man whose opinion relative to the merits of trotting horses was sought after by the most prominent horse owners of his day, died in his 81st year at his home, 858 Herkimer Street, on Sunday morning.
Mr. Allen was a victim of an internal disorder. He had been a great sufferer for several weeks. The deceased was born, in Oxfordshire, England, in 1809. He emigrated to America and settled in Brooklyn in 1832. Immediately upon his arrival here he established a blacksmith shop on the corner of Fulton and Water streets, adjoining a tavern kept by a Captain King. He was regarded in the early history of the city as an oracle on horse matters and was patronized exclusively by the wealthy patrons of the old Union race course. He was fond of relating in his later life how he had personally looked after the shoeing of the most noted horses that contested on the old Long Island race courses a half century ago. He accumulated money rapidly and in 1865 sold out his shop, and for five years thereafter devoted his attention exclusively to overseeing the shoeing of valuable race horses. He retired from business in 1870, and had since lived quietly at his late home, on Herkimer Street.
The deceased was the oldest member of the order of odd fellows on Long Island and possibly in the United States. He assisted the organization of Nassau lodge No. 39, L.O.O.F., in Brooklyn in 1840. He leaves an aged widow and five children. His funeral services will take place this evening; the Rev. Mr. Russell of the Embury M. E. church, officiating. The interment will be in Cypress Hills cemetery.
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE Nov 11, 1890
David Allen, a Once Noted Blacksmith,
Passes Away in His 81st Year.
David Allen, an aged blacksmith and horseshoer, who a half century ago was well known to almost every resident of Brooklyn, and a man whose opinion relative to the merits of trotting horses was sought after by the most prominent horse owners of his day, died in his 81st year at his home, 858 Herkimer Street, on Sunday morning.
Mr. Allen was a victim of an internal disorder. He had been a great sufferer for several weeks. The deceased was born, in Oxfordshire, England, in 1809. He emigrated to America and settled in Brooklyn in 1832. Immediately upon his arrival here he established a blacksmith shop on the corner of Fulton and Water streets, adjoining a tavern kept by a Captain King. He was regarded in the early history of the city as an oracle on horse matters and was patronized exclusively by the wealthy patrons of the old Union race course. He was fond of relating in his later life how he had personally looked after the shoeing of the most noted horses that contested on the old Long Island race courses a half century ago. He accumulated money rapidly and in 1865 sold out his shop, and for five years thereafter devoted his attention exclusively to overseeing the shoeing of valuable race horses. He retired from business in 1870, and had since lived quietly at his late home, on Herkimer Street.
The deceased was the oldest member of the order of odd fellows on Long Island and possibly in the United States. He assisted the organization of Nassau lodge No. 39, L.O.O.F., in Brooklyn in 1840. He leaves an aged widow and five children. His funeral services will take place this evening; the Rev. Mr. Russell of the Embury M. E. church, officiating. The interment will be in Cypress Hills cemetery.
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE Nov 11, 1890
DEATH OF AN OLD BROOKLYNITE.
David Allen, a Once Noted Blacksmith,
Passes Away in His 81st Year.
David Allen, an aged blacksmith and horseshoer, who a half century ago was well known to almost every resident of Brooklyn, and a man whose opinion relative to the merits of trotting horses was sought after by the most prominent horse owners of his day, died in his 81st year at his home, 858 Herkimer Street, on Sunday morning.
Mr. Allen was a victim of an internal disorder. He had been a great sufferer for several weeks. The deceased was born, in Oxfordshire, England, in 1809. He emigrated to America and settled in Brooklyn in 1832. Immediately upon his arrival here he established a blacksmith shop on the corner of Fulton and Water streets, adjoining a tavern kept by a Captain King. He was regarded in the early history of the city as an oracle on horse matters and was patronized exclusively by the wealthy patrons of the old Union race course. He was fond of relating in his later life how he had personally looked after the shoeing of the most noted horses that contested on the old Long Island race courses a half century ago. He accumulated money rapidly and in 1865 sold out his shop, and for five years thereafter devoted his attention exclusively to overseeing the shoeing of valuable race horses. He retired from business in 1870, and had since lived quietly at his late home, on Herkimer Street.
The deceased was the oldest member of the order of odd fellows on Long Island and possibly in the United States. He assisted the organization of Nassau lodge No. 39, L.O.O.F., in Brooklyn in 1840. He leaves an aged widow and five children. His funeral services will take place this evening; the Rev. Mr. Russell of the Embury M. E. church, officiating. The interment will be in Cypress Hills cemetery.
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE Nov 11, 1890
David Allen, a Once Noted Blacksmith,
Passes Away in His 81st Year.
David Allen, an aged blacksmith and horseshoer, who a half century ago was well known to almost every resident of Brooklyn, and a man whose opinion relative to the merits of trotting horses was sought after by the most prominent horse owners of his day, died in his 81st year at his home, 858 Herkimer Street, on Sunday morning.
Mr. Allen was a victim of an internal disorder. He had been a great sufferer for several weeks. The deceased was born, in Oxfordshire, England, in 1809. He emigrated to America and settled in Brooklyn in 1832. Immediately upon his arrival here he established a blacksmith shop on the corner of Fulton and Water streets, adjoining a tavern kept by a Captain King. He was regarded in the early history of the city as an oracle on horse matters and was patronized exclusively by the wealthy patrons of the old Union race course. He was fond of relating in his later life how he had personally looked after the shoeing of the most noted horses that contested on the old Long Island race courses a half century ago. He accumulated money rapidly and in 1865 sold out his shop, and for five years thereafter devoted his attention exclusively to overseeing the shoeing of valuable race horses. He retired from business in 1870, and had since lived quietly at his late home, on Herkimer Street.
The deceased was the oldest member of the order of odd fellows on Long Island and possibly in the United States. He assisted the organization of Nassau lodge No. 39, L.O.O.F., in Brooklyn in 1840. He leaves an aged widow and five children. His funeral services will take place this evening; the Rev. Mr. Russell of the Embury M. E. church, officiating. The interment will be in Cypress Hills cemetery.
BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE Nov 11, 1890
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