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Otis Smith Allen (1873 - 1964)

Otis Smith Allen
Born in Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 19 Oct 1904 in Bloomington, ILmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , and
Died at age 90 in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United Statesmap
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Biography

Governor of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Kansas 1948-1951.

Per researcher Wayne V. Jones:

He graduated from the University of Kansas where he became a member of the Signma Nu fraternity. Flora and he established their first home in Topeka following their marriage and lived in Topeka for the rest of their lives and he practiced law there for his entire working life.

In about 1923, in association with his brothers-in-law, Albert R. and Frank E. Jones he was one of the organizers of The Shawnee Oil Company, of which he became the first president. The company never enjoyed much success in finding oil and eventually was merged into Trojan Oil and Gas Company. Otis S. Allen has served (1958) as a member of the Commission on Uniform State Law since 1932. For eighteen years he was president of the Milk Producers Association. He has been a member of the Sertoma Club (formerly Co-op Club) since its organization in Topeka. He was president of the Topeka Knife and Fork Club, 1950-1951; of the Topeka chapter of the Mayflower Society 1950-1953; [1] and of the Kansas Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1955-1956. He has had hobbies of farming and gardening.

In 1932 they built a home, 'Stone Gables', on West 10th Street in Topeka. [2]

Died of a Cardiac Arrest / Chronic Congestive Heart Failure, due to Hypertensive cardiovascular disease. Also had Pulmonary Fibrosis and emphysema at time of death. [3]

"Allen, Otis S.--Born, Pleasanton, Kan. Sept. 24, 1873; son of Stephen H. and Lucina (Smith) Allen; educated Kan. Univ. 3 years; read law under G. C. Clemens, 2 years; read under David Overmyer, 1 year; ass't surpreme court reporter 2 years; Allen & Allen, since Jan. 1899. Office: Crawford Bldg." [4]

Occupation

Attorney

Education

Kansas University

Burial

15 Jan 1964, Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, KS

Sources

  • Stoddard, Frances M. Genealogical History of the Allen Family. Privately Printed, 1891.
  • Death Certificate of Stephen Haley Allen
  • Death Cerificate of Mrs. Lucina Allen

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Topeka, Kansas: State No. 141, Gen. No. 14878
  2. ↑ Jones, Wayne V. The Bergstresser Family in America. Houston, TX: D. Armstrong Company, 1998.
  3. ↑ Death Certificate of Otis Smith Allen.
  4. ↑ Who's Who in Topeka, Kansas, 1905.




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Haviland-425 Christopher Haviland
References I used for application to Alden Kindred of America:

b. Place Pleasanton, KS, Date 24 Sept 1873, References Allen Fam 46 (no date); 1880FCKS(6); 1900FCKS(26, Sept 1873); (g.s. photo, yr only) d. Place Topeka, KS, Date Jan 1964, References g.s. photo (yr only); findagrave transcription; death certificate

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