First Mayor of Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS
Husband to Mary J. Garrison Allen
"EDWIN B. ALLEN, M. D., first Mayor of Wichita, is a native of Ohio, he was born near Oberlin, Lorain County, March 7, 1836, and lived in Ohio and Indiana until he was 16 years of age, when he located near Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, and remained until 1861, he then removed to Butler County, Iowa, where he engaged in the practice of medicine until 1865 at which time he emigrated to Kansas. His first location in this State was in Wabaunsee County, whence he came to Wichita, August 7, 1869 and filed a claim on west of Section 28, Town 27, Range 1 east. He commenced practice immediately and removed his family in March, 1870. The following month he was elected Coroner and served two terms. He also served two terms in succession as Mayor of Wichita, being the first Mayor of the city. In the fall of 1872, he was elected a member of the State Legislature, re-elected in 1874, and again to the Legislature in 1882. He has for the past seven or eight years taken partial charge of his farm near the city. He is now serving his second term as treasurer of South Kansas Medical Society and is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and American, Legion of Honor. He was married near Greencastle, Jasper Co., Iowa, May 25, 1857, to Eliza Sewell, a native of Indiana, who, died March 30, 1858, leaving one child, Eliza D., now Mrs. Luther Becktell, of Harlan, Iowa. On May 23, 1861, Dr. Allen married at Greencastle, Iowa, Mary J. Garrison, a native of Indiana. They have three children living - Charles C., Edith E., and Edgar P., one of their children died in infancy. "
From "History of the State of Kansas" William G Cutler
Note: bio info provided by Graves (#47171280)
Husband to Mary J. Garrison Allen
"EDWIN B. ALLEN, M. D., first Mayor of Wichita, is a native of Ohio, he was born near Oberlin, Lorain County, March 7, 1836, and lived in Ohio and Indiana until he was 16 years of age, when he located near Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, and remained until 1861, he then removed to Butler County, Iowa, where he engaged in the practice of medicine until 1865 at which time he emigrated to Kansas. His first location in this State was in Wabaunsee County, whence he came to Wichita, August 7, 1869 and filed a claim on west of Section 28, Town 27, Range 1 east. He commenced practice immediately and removed his family in March, 1870. The following month he was elected Coroner and served two terms. He also served two terms in succession as Mayor of Wichita, being the first Mayor of the city. In the fall of 1872, he was elected a member of the State Legislature, re-elected in 1874, and again to the Legislature in 1882. He has for the past seven or eight years taken partial charge of his farm near the city. He is now serving his second term as treasurer of South Kansas Medical Society and is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and American, Legion of Honor. He was married near Greencastle, Jasper Co., Iowa, May 25, 1857, to Eliza Sewell, a native of Indiana, who, died March 30, 1858, leaving one child, Eliza D., now Mrs. Luther Becktell, of Harlan, Iowa. On May 23, 1861, Dr. Allen married at Greencastle, Iowa, Mary J. Garrison, a native of Indiana. They have three children living - Charles C., Edith E., and Edgar P., one of their children died in infancy. "
From "History of the State of Kansas" William G Cutler
Note: bio info provided by Graves (#47171280)
First Mayor of Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS
Husband to Mary J. Garrison Allen
"EDWIN B. ALLEN, M. D., first Mayor of Wichita, is a native of Ohio, he was born near Oberlin, Lorain County, March 7, 1836, and lived in Ohio and Indiana until he was 16 years of age, when he located near Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, and remained until 1861, he then removed to Butler County, Iowa, where he engaged in the practice of medicine until 1865 at which time he emigrated to Kansas. His first location in this State was in Wabaunsee County, whence he came to Wichita, August 7, 1869 and filed a claim on west of Section 28, Town 27, Range 1 east. He commenced practice immediately and removed his family in March, 1870. The following month he was elected Coroner and served two terms. He also served two terms in succession as Mayor of Wichita, being the first Mayor of the city. In the fall of 1872, he was elected a member of the State Legislature, re-elected in 1874, and again to the Legislature in 1882. He has for the past seven or eight years taken partial charge of his farm near the city. He is now serving his second term as treasurer of South Kansas Medical Society and is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and American, Legion of Honor. He was married near Greencastle, Jasper Co., Iowa, May 25, 1857, to Eliza Sewell, a native of Indiana, who, died March 30, 1858, leaving one child, Eliza D., now Mrs. Luther Becktell, of Harlan, Iowa. On May 23, 1861, Dr. Allen married at Greencastle, Iowa, Mary J. Garrison, a native of Indiana. They have three children living - Charles C., Edith E., and Edgar P., one of their children died in infancy. "
From "History of the State of Kansas" William G Cutler
Note: bio info provided by Graves (#47171280)
Husband to Mary J. Garrison Allen
"EDWIN B. ALLEN, M. D., first Mayor of Wichita, is a native of Ohio, he was born near Oberlin, Lorain County, March 7, 1836, and lived in Ohio and Indiana until he was 16 years of age, when he located near Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, and remained until 1861, he then removed to Butler County, Iowa, where he engaged in the practice of medicine until 1865 at which time he emigrated to Kansas. His first location in this State was in Wabaunsee County, whence he came to Wichita, August 7, 1869 and filed a claim on west of Section 28, Town 27, Range 1 east. He commenced practice immediately and removed his family in March, 1870. The following month he was elected Coroner and served two terms. He also served two terms in succession as Mayor of Wichita, being the first Mayor of the city. In the fall of 1872, he was elected a member of the State Legislature, re-elected in 1874, and again to the Legislature in 1882. He has for the past seven or eight years taken partial charge of his farm near the city. He is now serving his second term as treasurer of South Kansas Medical Society and is a member of the A., F. & A. M., and American, Legion of Honor. He was married near Greencastle, Jasper Co., Iowa, May 25, 1857, to Eliza Sewell, a native of Indiana, who, died March 30, 1858, leaving one child, Eliza D., now Mrs. Luther Becktell, of Harlan, Iowa. On May 23, 1861, Dr. Allen married at Greencastle, Iowa, Mary J. Garrison, a native of Indiana. They have three children living - Charles C., Edith E., and Edgar P., one of their children died in infancy. "
From "History of the State of Kansas" William G Cutler
Note: bio info provided by Graves (#47171280)
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