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Dr Algernon Sidney Allan

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Dr Algernon Sidney Allan

Birth
Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky, USA
Death
20 Aug 1894 (aged 71)
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
Plot
9 - 47 - SW1/2
Memorial ID
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"Dr. Algernon Sidney Allan was born in Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky, March 12, 1823, and graduated at Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1842, and at Transylvania University's Medical College in 1846, and a few weeks after he finished his medical course he married Susan T. Van Meter, second daughter of Isaac Van Meter and his wife, Rebecca Cunningham, of Clark County, Kentucky, April 15, 1846.

Dr. A. S. Allan was a son of Hon. Chilton Allan and his wife, Ann Sympson, of Winchester, Kentucky. Chilton Allan was a very noted lawyer...He represented Clark County several times in the State Legislature, and represented Henry Clay's old district for six years in the United States Congress..."

[Source: Genealogies and sketches of some old families who have taken prominent part ... By Benjamin Franklin Van Meter (google books)]

A S & Susan moved to Lexington about 1866 [ibid].

Dr. and Mrs. Allan were enumerated together in the US Census from 1850 through 1880, but never with any children.

Death Notice 20 Aug 1894
"Dr. A. S. Allan, one of the oldest and most prominent physicians of this city, died at the family residence 139 East High Street today."

[Source: Leader 20 Aug 1894 p. 8 col. 3]
"Dr. Algernon Sidney Allan was born in Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky, March 12, 1823, and graduated at Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1842, and at Transylvania University's Medical College in 1846, and a few weeks after he finished his medical course he married Susan T. Van Meter, second daughter of Isaac Van Meter and his wife, Rebecca Cunningham, of Clark County, Kentucky, April 15, 1846.

Dr. A. S. Allan was a son of Hon. Chilton Allan and his wife, Ann Sympson, of Winchester, Kentucky. Chilton Allan was a very noted lawyer...He represented Clark County several times in the State Legislature, and represented Henry Clay's old district for six years in the United States Congress..."

[Source: Genealogies and sketches of some old families who have taken prominent part ... By Benjamin Franklin Van Meter (google books)]

A S & Susan moved to Lexington about 1866 [ibid].

Dr. and Mrs. Allan were enumerated together in the US Census from 1850 through 1880, but never with any children.

Death Notice 20 Aug 1894
"Dr. A. S. Allan, one of the oldest and most prominent physicians of this city, died at the family residence 139 East High Street today."

[Source: Leader 20 Aug 1894 p. 8 col. 3]


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