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Name

Allen, Henry

Genealogy ID

68422

Born

10 AUG 1823

Birthplace

East Smithfield, Bradford PA

Deceased

04 JAN 1888

Deceased where

Mansfield, Tioga PA

Cemetery

Prospect Cemetery

Occupation

Lawyer
District Attorney

Titles & honors

F. & A. M. Friendship Lodge No. 247
Burgess of Mansfield 1857 and 1866

Father

Ezra Allen

Mother

Lydia Chamberlain

Spouse

Jean A. Butts, Elizabeth S. Fralic

Children

Frederika Allen

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Mansfield Advertiser - d. Mansfield Jan 4th 1888, age 64 yre., 14 mos., b. E. Smithfield, Pa. Aug 10th 1823, m. 1851-2 Elizabeth Fralic, dau. Of Benjamin of Richmond twp., came to Mansfield 1855. She d. 1858, m. Jean Butts, dau. Of Loren of Mansfield – 1 dau. Mrs. George A. Clark, his brothers E. P. of Athens, Marinus N. of Titusville, W. H. of Waverly, J. W. of Coudersport.

ALLEN - Henry Allen, Esq. [SRGP 68422], of Mansfield, died last Wednesday evening of Bright's disease. The funeral was held on Saturday afternoon, and a large number of the members of the bar from this borough attended. Mr. Allen was born at East Smithfield, Bradford county, August 10, 1823. He studied law with Judge Bullock, at Smithfield, and began to practice in 1854. He was District Attorney of this county from 1859 to 1862. In 1884-5 he was a clerk in the Internal Revenue Bureau at Washington, but he resigned on account of poor health. Mr. Allen had been a resident of Mansfield for many years. - Wellsboro Agitator, January 10, 1888

1897 Tioga County History
HENRY ALLEN was born in Smithfield, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, August 10, 1823, and was the third son of Ezra Allen, who came to Pennsylvania from Halifax, Vermont, in 1819. He was of the sixth generation from James and Anna Allen, who came probably from Scotland, and settled in Dedham, now Medfield, Massachusetts, in 1639, the line of descent being as follows: Joseph, youngest son of James and Anna Allen; Nehemiah, youngest son of Joseph; David, sixth son of Nehemiah; David, Jr., first son of David; Ezra, second son of David, Jr., and Henry, third son of Ezra. The subject of this sketch studied law in Cherry, Luzerne county, under Judge Dietrick, and in Smithfield, Bradford county, under Judge Bullock, and was admitted to the Bradford county bar in 1854. He soon after came to Mansfield, Tioga county, where he continued in the practice of his profession, and filled the office of district attorney from December, 1859 to December, 1862. In March, 1860, he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and in 1870 to the United States district court. He was a law clerk in the office of the internal revenue department at Washington, D. C., from September, 1864, to October, 1865, when he resigned on account of ill health. In 1869 he was appointed notary public and held the office during the remainder of his life. On October 25, 1846, Mr. Allen married Elizabeth Fralic, a daughter of Benjamin Fralic, of Richmond township. She died January 9, 1862. He was again married March 25, 1863, to Jean M. Butts, a daughter of Lorin and Harriet Butts, of Mansfield. Her parents were natives of Canterbury, Connecticut, and came to Mansfield in 1832. Mrs. Allen became the mother of one daughter, Fredrika Bremer, now the wife of George A. Clark, of Mansfield. Mr. Allen died January 4, 1888, aged sixty-four years, and his wife May 12, 1896, aged seventy-two years. In politics, he was a Republican, and in religion a member of the Baptist church. He was also connected with the Masonic order, in which he was a Knight Templar. Mr. Allen was zealous, painstaking, industrious and persevering in behalf of his clients, and occupied a prominent place in his profession. He was the first burgess of Mansfield, was at different times a member of the school board, and was prominently identified with the borough’s history.