Philip Allen Sr, a Revolutionary War veteran, and his children: Philip Jr., Harvey, Sidney, Pliny, Asa Keyes, and Persis, came from New York in May, 1845, to settle in Allen Grove, Walworth County, Wisconsin. Sixty-five Allens traveled by canal boat, steamboat, and overland from Kenosha bringing with them material to build four houses, carpenters to build them, a minister, Bibles and hymnals. The Allens organized the Congregational church in 1845. They established a preparatory school for Beloit College in 1856. Philip Junior became the first postmaster in 1846.
Philip Allen Sr, a Revolutionary War veteran, and his children: Philip Jr., Harvey, Sidney, Pliny, Asa Keyes, and Persis, came from New York in May, 1845, to settle in Allen Grove, Walworth County, Wisconsin. Sixty-five Allens traveled by canal boat, steamboat, and overland from Kenosha bringing with them material to build four houses, carpenters to build them, a minister, Bibles and hymnals. The Allens organized the Congregational church in 1845. They established a preparatory school for Beloit College in 1856. Philip Junior became the first postmaster in 1846.
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