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I *rflt;*iit:uion Col. Allen's Port rail.S n:if« r Ward presenting the* portrait of C,d. All* n said:It u esteemed a great honor that ’ an. CMinnt'.-sinned hy the family of Do late Col. William A. Allen t*. pre-m nr in :his beautiful temple of jus-i •- his hands.ni* nil portrait, painred I*” rh* di-t'ntrni'-hi d Dnpln artist « dr Marj Lytle Hick Williams.)Col. All. il was horn of a good old fa in 11 ' in Wake county, April 29th.I 2.r.. and dim in 1 884. lie was edu-• ateu at Wake Kon st College in the nam* rla'-'s with his life Ions friend. hto 1 later his law parter. the lamented i'apt W. Houston, of this roun-tlt; He ii-ai. law ui.tier the late .Indies X'.isl arid Ilt;ji .1«-\ a! Hillsbor*. Alter » l i-h !•.♦* tau'rht si liiiul ft r awhile. He martied Miss Mat'a lt;1. links. of a di*-r n_uishe 1 (Danville ronniy fam-‘ ily. Krom that union sprang the pre.sidinsj judge of this court and an j»h!e nss.M'iate justice of the Supreme• ourt, lion W. It. Allen, and Miss Kllzabeth Allen, of the faculty of I .ouisbu rg College. ail of whom are present her*' today. Many of their tin** grand children are also present. Col. Allen represented Wake county n the House of Commons in 18X2, removed to Duplin county in J HF»8 nnu became associated in the practice «*f the law with Capt. W. J. Houston. He was a Hreckenbridge and Lane elector in ls6»; was for several years t ■ •unty Solicitor: entered the Oonfed-t raft* servi. e as a lieutenant of volunteers under lt;’/d. Thos. S. Kenan ano served six months, anti when it disbanded came home and raised a company and was elected lieutenant• olonel 1st N. C. 1 Legiment and serv-ol till forced by ill health to resign, ..no upon hi'- return home becameV 1
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The Farmer And Mechanic

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

Tue, Sep 16, 1913

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