Father: William Allen (1802-)
Mother: Sarah Ann Allen (1814-1875)
- Reared in the western part of Tennessee
- Attended Brownsville Male Academy, Brownsville, Haywood Co., TN
1855 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: Haywood
Co., TN; preceptor: Dr. John R. Allen; thesis: "Inguinal Hernia")
1855 - Began his practice of medicine, Shreveport, LA
02/13/1857 - Married, Catherine M. "Kate" Morris (1832-1894), Caddo Parish, LA
07/21/1860 - Practiced medicine, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA (lived with wife, C. M., and two children; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as T. J. Allen)
07/10/1861 - Appointed Surgeon, 3rd Regiment, 12th Brigade, 5th Division, Louisiana State Militia
06/12/1862 - "Thomas J. Allen is hereby approved to be Hospital Steward for the
Hospital at Fort Washita [near present day Durant, OK]. He will report at once for duty to the Medical Director. By Order of the Brig. General Commanding. " [Confederate Army Special Orders Dept. of Indian Territory, Fort McCulloch, AR]
06/12/1862 - In a letter written by Edmund Lewis Massie, Surgeon, CSA & Act Med
Director, Dept. of Indian Territory to Acting Hospital Steward Allen, "Sir, You will proceed to Fort Washita and report for duty to Acting Surgeon [Arthur T.] Crozier in charge of hospitals. Edmund L. Massie"
06/12/1862-09/18/1862 - Hospital Steward, Dept. of Indian Territory
11/21/1862 - "Received at Camp Hazzard Ark [near Van Buren, Arkansas] the 21st
November 1862 of Surgeon E. R. Duval Med Dirtr 2d Div 1st Corps Trans Miss Army
(1) One horse the property of the Confederate States.
Thos. J. Allen
Medical Purveyor
First Corps T M Army"
03/01/1863 - Medical Purveyor, Army of the Trans-Mississippi, Confederate Army, Little Rock, AR
04/301863 - June 25th, 1863 - Acting Clerk, Gen. Hospital, Fort Smith, AR
05/01/1863 to 06/30/1863 - Received $42/mo. as a Hospital Steward
06/07/1870 - Practiced medicine, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA (lived with wife, Kate, and three children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as "F. J. Alla")
1874 - Practiced medicine, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA
01/10/1875 - Mother, Sarah, died in Baltimore, MD
06/04/1880 - Practiced medicine, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA (lived with wife, C. M., and one daughter; indexed in the 1880 U. S. Census as T. J. Allen)
1886 - Practiced medicine, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA
1887 - Attended the Nineth International Medical Congress, Washington, DC
1890 - Practiced medicine, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA
03/05/1894 - Wife, Catherine, died suddenly at her residence in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, LA (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Shreveport, LA; FindAGrave #86952456)
1893 - Member, Pan-American Medical Congress
04/25/1895 - Married, Mary F. Conway (1860-1925), Caddo Parish, LA
1896 - Practiced medicine, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA
- Founder, Allen Infirmary, Shreveport, LA
- Member, American Medical Association
- Member, Louisiana State Medical Society
- Ex-president, Caddo Parish Medical Society
- Ex-president, Shreveport Medical Society
- Member, First Baptist Church, Shreveport, LA
02/16/1899 - Died at his residence of apoplexy, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Shreveport, LA; FindAGrave #86950371)
06/04/1900 - Widow, Mary, lived in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA, with son and step daughter)
10/15/1925 - Widow, Mary, died (buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Shreveport, LA;
FindAGrave #6921395)

Scout Finch provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
12/08/2020. Unpublished database.

The following was added by Scout Finch, the creator of this memorial:

Vandals toppled the large marble obelisk monument of Thomas Jefferson Allen. If anyone has a photo of the monument intact, I would be grateful if it were added to his memorial.

The Times-Picayune.
Saturday, February 18, 1899
Page 6

Dr. T. J. Allen.

[Special to the Picayune.]

Shreveport, La., Feb. 17. - At about 5 o'clock this evening Dr. T. J. Allen, died at his residence in this city of apoplexy. He was aged about 70 years. He was the founder of Allen's Infirmary, and began the practice of medicine in this city in 1855. He was one of the oldest physicians in this section.

The Times-Democrat.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Sunday, February 19, 1899
Page 9

Dr. T. J. Allen, Shreveport.

Special to The Times-Democrat.

Shreveport, La., Feb. 18. - The funeral services over the remains of Dr. T. J. Allen were held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the First Baptist Church. Rev. Mr. Felix, pastor of the church, conducted the service, and was assisted by Rev. Mathew Van Lear, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. The church was crowded with friends of the deceased who desired to pay the last tribute of respect to the memory of this Christian man. Dr. Allen was one of Shreveport's most prominent physicians and has been a constant resident here for the past forty-five years. In this length of time he built up one of the most lucrative practices in North Louisiana, and was regarded as a most successful physician and surgeon. He was a man of high moral standing and was a staunch member of the Baptist Church.

After the impressive funeral services were concluded at the church the remains were escorted to the old cemetery and laid to rest. The deceased leaves a devoted wife and four children, Dr. Walter Allen, Mr. T. M. Allen, Miss Katie Allen and Master Conway Allen, to mourn his sudden and untimely death.

*Dr. T. J. Allen was extremely active in the Louisiana and Shreveport Medical Society. Newspapers from the late 1800's documented the conventions and meetings where physicians met and shared ideas for treatment. Several society columns as far away as New Orleans also reported on the parties hosted by the Allen's for the clubs their children were in.