Ethan Allen (1842 - 1914)

Biography

Ethan Allen was born on 14 Jan 1842 at Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of John Allen and Phebe Logan, and the grandson of John ALLEN (1769-1851) and Patience LEE (1769-1839).

On 30 Jul 1861 Ethan mustered into service with the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 19 years, 6 months and 16 days old.

In Mar 1863 at Falmouth, Stafford County, Virginia, Ethan Allen was attached to the 1st Rhode Island Regiment light artillery, Battery B. (Note: The 1st. Rhode Island Battery B. fought alongside the 15th throughout the war and members of the 15th were often detached to serve the Battery.)

On 27 Apr 1863 Ethan Allen participated in the Chancellorsville Campaign with the 1st RI Light Artillery.
Further, he was at
Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3rd.
Gettysburg (PA.) Campaign June 11 – July 24.
Battle of Gettysburg July 1-4.
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17.
Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
Auburn and Bristoe October 14.
Mine Run Campaign November 26 – December 2.
At Stevensburg, VA. until May 1864.

He was wounded on 4 Jul 1863 at The Battle of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, while serving with Battery B, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery. On 21 Jan 1864 Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia Ethan was transferred from the 1st RI Artillery to the 15th MVI.

On 31 Jan 1864, Ethan was reenlisted for transfer to the 1st RI Light Artillery, having received a bounty of $325.

On 3 Feb 1864 at Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia, Ethan Allen was again attached to the 1st Rhode Island Regiment light artillery, Battery B.

Ethan was taken prisoner on 22 Jun 1864 at The Jerusalem Plank Road, Petersburg, Prince George County, Virginia. He was confined at Richmond, VA., June 24, 1864, and paroled at Occoguan, July 1, 1864 at Confederate Camp.

On 12 Jul 1864 Ethan ended military service with the 15th Massachusetts by transfer to Company E of the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.

He ended his service with the 20th MVI by mustering out on 16 Jul 1865.

On 11 Feb 1870 Ethan, 28, married Lucy Amanda Scott, daughter of Ebenezer and Urana Scott, at Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both. They had seven children, three were still living in 1900.

Ethan Allen and Lucy Amanda Scott were enumerated in the 1880 US Federal census in 1880 at Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, where he is a Coachman.

Ethan Allen died on 17 Jan 1914 at Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 72 years and 3 days old.

An obituary for Ethan Allen was published on 18 Jan 1914 in "The Fitchburg Sentinel", Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, as follows:
VICTIM OF DROPSY: Ethan Allen of Millbury Dies at City Hospital Ethan Allen, one of Millbury’s oldest veterans of the Civil War, and member of George A. Custer post, G.A.R. Millbury, died at City Hospital yesterday morning, aged 72 years and 3 days. Death was due to dropsy and he had been sick for six years, being confined to his home on Summer St., Millbury, most of the time, and was taken to the hospital a few weeks ago.
Mr. Allen was born in Millbury, Jan. 14, 1842, and most of his life was passed here. He was one of the first in town to respond to the call for men in the early days of the Civil War and served three full years in A Co., 15th Massachusetts Regiment, made up of Worcester County men. His first battle was at Ball’s Bluff Va., where with many others, he was obliged to plunge into the Potomac River and swim to the other side when the Union forces met defeat. From first to last, he was in every battle that his regiment was engaged in during the war, including Gettysburg.
At the close of the war, instead of returning home immediately, he re-enlisted and served nearly a year near Washington, making a total of almost four years of army life, which is record of service unequaled by any other veteran of the war in Millbury. He was a machinist by trade, but during the last years he was able to work, he was a night watchman at the local engine house of the Boston & Albany railroad.
He is survived by his widow, one daughter, Miss Addie Allen, and one son, George Allen, both at home.
The funeral was at the house, Summer Street, Monday afternoon and Rev. H. E. Chapman, pastor of the Baptist Church, officiated. George R. Cleveland sang two selections. The burial service of the Grand Army was read by Commander, A. G. Livermore and Chaplain, E. E. Hurd. The post attended in a body and the woman’s relief was also represented by a delegation.
There were floral tributes from both organizations and the Allen-Davis bible class of the Baptists Church. The burial was in Central Cemetery and the bearers were Harry W. Gould, Harry Nugent, John Rennells and Fred Joslin.

He was buried in Jan 1914 at Millbury Central Cemetery, Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

On 11 Feb 1914 Lucy Amanda Scott received a widow's pension based on Ethan's service; his wife received widow's pension number 774318.

Note: George is the only one of Ethan's children who had living issue. George married Helen Marion Prue (1888 – 1972) on October 15, 1919 in Worcester, Massachusetts. They had one daughter that lived, Marcia Luella born June 30, 1924 in Worcester, Massachusetts. She married Raymond Wilson Stewart (1923 - ) on June 7, 1947 in Worcester, Massachusetts. They had three children.

Sources

• Source: S1 The Story of the Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts volunteer Infantry in the Civil War 1861 - 1864 Ford, Andrew E. Publication: Higginson Book Company, Salem, Massachusetts 01970, 1997, Original Date, 1898; p. 347
• Source: S13 Correspondence, Recipient: S. Harnwell Descendant or Researcher
• Source: S2 Massachusetts Civil War Soldiers and Sailors, 1861-1865, Vol II Publication: Family Tree Maker's Family Archives, 1930
• Source: S315 Fitchburg Sentinel: Fitchburg Sentinel
• Source: S358 Index to Civil War Pension Files Compiler: National Archives (NARA) Publication: Fold3.com, online Note: These index card images online all specifically show service in the 15th MVI unless otherwise indicated. The certificate numbers and dates are sometimes difficult to read and should not be used to apply for a file at NARA. Repository: #R3
• Repository: R3 Unknown
• Vital Records of Millbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1903); p. 9
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V2-ZRP : 5 November 2017), Ethan Allen, 1842; citing Birth, Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009544.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9Z-RZR : 29 October 2019), Ethan Allen in household of John Alden, Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 22, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ46-DB8 : 11 March 2018), Ethan Allen in household of John Allen, Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,963.
• "Massachusetts State Census, 1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQHB-XT6 : 1 June 2018), Ethan Allen in entry for John Allen, 1865.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQD-HTY : 12 June 2019), Ethan Allen, 1870.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4S8-Z6W : 24 May 2018), Ethan Allen and Lucy A. Scott, 11 Feb 1870; citing Millbury, Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,029.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHFQ-B2H : 14 August 2017), Ethan Allen, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 855, sheet 27B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0565; FHL microfilm 1,254,565.
• "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8SK-P1Q : 11 March 2018), Eathen Allen, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,173.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9B7-WZR : accessed 20 September 2019), Ethan Allen, Millbury Town (east half), Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1657, sheet 4A, family 75, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,693.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M222-H9Y : accessed 20 September 2019), Ethan Allen, Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1787, sheet 15B, family 329, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 629; FHL microfilm 1,374,642.
• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4ZJ-KTL : 22 May 2019), Ethan Allen, 17 Jan 1914; citing Worcester,,Massachusetts, 322, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,404,363.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 September 2019), memorial page for Ethan Allen (14 Jan 1842–17 Jan 1914), Find A Grave: Memorial #10307462, citing Millbury Central Cemetery, Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by DaurRegt (contributor 47891223) .