Oregon Republican League "Bridging the Generations Project 400": ORL Allen Family

Oregon Republican League "Bridging the Generations Project 400": ORL Allen Family

Republican League Register of Oregon, The Register Publishing Company, 1896, page 172.

ALLEN, ETHAN W., of Portland, was born in Oswego, Illinois, July 24, 1842. In 1854 he went to Minnesota. In 1862 he enlisted in the Seventh Minnesota and served till the close of the war. He then engaged in the farm machinery business in Minnesota and Iowa till 1881, when he came to Portland as manager of the implement house of Seymour, Sabin & Co. He retired in 1883, when the business was [s]old. That year he was elected Superintendent of the Portland Mechanics’ Fair, and was re-elected in 1884. In 1884 Governor Moody appointed him to represent Oregon at the World’s Cotton Centennial Exposition at New Orleans, and in 1885 at the North, South and Central American Exposition, of which he became a member of the board of managers and vice-president. In 1886 he was commissioned to represent Oregon at the American Exposition in London. In 1889 he was elected Superintendent of the Industrial Exposition in Portland, and was made superintendent and secretary the following year, and again in 1893. He is a leader is horticultural matters, and for several years was secretary of the state board, which he was instrumental in creating. He is at present department commander of the G.A.R., has always been a Republican, and is a nominee of the Taxpayer’s League for the Legislature.
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Ethan's parents were Varanas Allen and Sophia Kellogg

Descendants of Varanas Van Allen

1 Varanas Van Allen b: 31 Oct 1799 in Killingly, Windham Co, CT d: 06 Dec 1854
.. +Sophia Kellogg b: 08 Oct 1807 in Castleton, Rutland Co, VT m: 1838 in Oswego, Kendall Co, IL d: 02 Jan 1885 in Portland, Multnomah Co, OR
........ 2 Oscar Allen b: 11 Mar 1840 in Oswego, Kendall Co, IL d: Bet. 1900 - 1910 in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa
............ +Melissa J. Drew b: 1847 in Texas m: 14 May 1863 d: in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa
................... 3 Josephine May Allen b: 1865 in Minnesota
........ *2nd Wife of Oscar Allen:
............ +Margaret Gordon b: Nov 1839 in Scotland m: 17 Mar 1874 in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa d: Aft. 1920 in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa
................... 3 Gordon G. Allen b: Feb 1876 in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa
....................... +Minnie E. b: Jan 1873 in Iowa
........ 2 Ethan Wheaton Allen b: 24 Jul 1842 in Oswego, Kendall Co, IL d: Bet. 1900 - 1910 in Portland, Oregon
............ +Josephine Jordon Blood b: Mar 1848 in Wisconsin m: 03 Jun 1868 in Minnesota d: Aft. 1930 in Los Angeles, California
................... 3 Maude Allen b: Mar 1870 in Minnesota
................... 3 Ethan R. Allen b: Jun 1874 in Iowa d: Aft. 1930 in Spokane, Washington?
....................... +Fleet b: 1886 in Iowa
................... *2nd Wife of Ethan R. Allen:
....................... +Anna b: Mar 1878 in Canada m: Bef. 1900
........ 2 Sophia Allen b: 07 Mar 1844 in Oswego, Kendall Co, IL d: 09 Jul 1845 in Oswego, Kendall Co, IL
........ 2 Sarah Allen b: 01 Sep 1847 in Oswego, Kendall Co, IL d: 19 Sep 1849 in Oswego, Kendall Co, IL