The following is from The Yale Obituary Record, 1924-1925, pp. 1451-2.
John Alban Allen, B.A. 1915.
Born October 20, 1894, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Died October 2, 1924, in Columbus, Ohio.
Father, Clarence Emir Allen (B.A. Western Reserve 1876); manager of mines for the United States Mining Company; son of Edwin Ruthven and Helen Mar (Anderson) Allen; descendant of Ira Allen and of Benjamin Colgrove, of Providence, R. I. Mother, Connne Marie (Tuckerrhan) Allen; daughter of Jacob Tuckerman (B.A. Farmers College, College Hill, Ohio, Ph.D. University of Wooster) and Elizabeth (Ellinwood) Tuckerman; ancestors on her father's side came from England to Boston in 1760; descendant of Thomas Ellinwood, one of the settlers of Brimfield, Mass. Cousin: Robert T. Roberts, '02 S.
Gordon Academy and the Collegiate Institute, both in Salt Lake City. Honors in the studies of Freshman year; first dispute appointments Junior and Senior years; contributed to Yale Courant; member College Wrestling Team in 1914; secretary Intercollegiate League of German Clubs; member Zeta Psi.
After graduation took a year's course in agriculture at Cornell; entered the Air Service, Signal Reserve Corps, as a Cadet July 30, 1917; attended the Princeton Ground School (commissioned a Second Lieutenant January 18, 1918); then stationed at Fort Omaha, Nebr., until February 21, 1918; later appointed Adjutant of the 4th Balloon Squadron and sent to the School for Adjutant Officers at Columbus, Ohio; served overseas with the 69th Balloon Company, 20th Balloon Squadron; was shot down twice, his balloon was burned once, and later he was gassed, received his discharge May 5, 1919, graduate student in letters and science at the University of California during 1920-21; had been engaged in farming near Akron, Ohio, for past few years; member First Presbyterian Church, Salt Lake City.
Married March 6, 1920, in California, Ruth, daughter of Thomas Hedges and Zeppa (Louchery) Clark. One daughter, Corinne.
Death due to gas infection, sustained in the war. Buried in Otterbein Cemetery, Westerville, Ohio. Survived by wife, daughter, parents, and four sisters, Judge Florence E. Allen, of Columbus, Esther Allen Gow, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Mills College, Mrs. Helen A. Shocky, of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Harrison G. Sloane, of San Diego, Calif. His only brother, C. Emir Allen, Jr., '13, was killed in action at Chateau-Thierry.
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The Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. 4 Oct. 1924, Sat.
Brother of Woman Judge is Summoned. John Alban Allen, Gassed During War, Dies-Funeral in Columbus, Ohio.
Funeral services were to be held Saturday for John Alban Allen, 29, former Lieutenant in the 20th Balloon squadron, who died at his home near Akron Thursday. Burial was to be made in Columbus, Ohio.
Allen is a brother of Judge Florence E. Allen of Cleveland, well known woman jurist. Besides his sister, he leaves a widow and a small daughter.
Allen was shot down twice, and gassed white in service overseas. Attending physician said that this was the direct cause of his death.
Contributor: Jean Wilson (48841367)
John Alban Allen, B.A. 1915.
Born October 20, 1894, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Died October 2, 1924, in Columbus, Ohio.
Father, Clarence Emir Allen (B.A. Western Reserve 1876); manager of mines for the United States Mining Company; son of Edwin Ruthven and Helen Mar (Anderson) Allen; descendant of Ira Allen and of Benjamin Colgrove, of Providence, R. I. Mother, Connne Marie (Tuckerrhan) Allen; daughter of Jacob Tuckerman (B.A. Farmers College, College Hill, Ohio, Ph.D. University of Wooster) and Elizabeth (Ellinwood) Tuckerman; ancestors on her father's side came from England to Boston in 1760; descendant of Thomas Ellinwood, one of the settlers of Brimfield, Mass. Cousin: Robert T. Roberts, '02 S.
Gordon Academy and the Collegiate Institute, both in Salt Lake City. Honors in the studies of Freshman year; first dispute appointments Junior and Senior years; contributed to Yale Courant; member College Wrestling Team in 1914; secretary Intercollegiate League of German Clubs; member Zeta Psi.
After graduation took a year's course in agriculture at Cornell; entered the Air Service, Signal Reserve Corps, as a Cadet July 30, 1917; attended the Princeton Ground School (commissioned a Second Lieutenant January 18, 1918); then stationed at Fort Omaha, Nebr., until February 21, 1918; later appointed Adjutant of the 4th Balloon Squadron and sent to the School for Adjutant Officers at Columbus, Ohio; served overseas with the 69th Balloon Company, 20th Balloon Squadron; was shot down twice, his balloon was burned once, and later he was gassed, received his discharge May 5, 1919, graduate student in letters and science at the University of California during 1920-21; had been engaged in farming near Akron, Ohio, for past few years; member First Presbyterian Church, Salt Lake City.
Married March 6, 1920, in California, Ruth, daughter of Thomas Hedges and Zeppa (Louchery) Clark. One daughter, Corinne.
Death due to gas infection, sustained in the war. Buried in Otterbein Cemetery, Westerville, Ohio. Survived by wife, daughter, parents, and four sisters, Judge Florence E. Allen, of Columbus, Esther Allen Gow, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Mills College, Mrs. Helen A. Shocky, of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Harrison G. Sloane, of San Diego, Calif. His only brother, C. Emir Allen, Jr., '13, was killed in action at Chateau-Thierry.
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The Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. 4 Oct. 1924, Sat.
Brother of Woman Judge is Summoned. John Alban Allen, Gassed During War, Dies-Funeral in Columbus, Ohio.
Funeral services were to be held Saturday for John Alban Allen, 29, former Lieutenant in the 20th Balloon squadron, who died at his home near Akron Thursday. Burial was to be made in Columbus, Ohio.
Allen is a brother of Judge Florence E. Allen of Cleveland, well known woman jurist. Besides his sister, he leaves a widow and a small daughter.
Allen was shot down twice, and gassed white in service overseas. Attending physician said that this was the direct cause of his death.
Contributor: Jean Wilson (48841367)
The following is from The Yale Obituary Record, 1924-1925, pp. 1451-2.
John Alban Allen, B.A. 1915.
Born October 20, 1894, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Died October 2, 1924, in Columbus, Ohio.
Father, Clarence Emir Allen (B.A. Western Reserve 1876); manager of mines for the United States Mining Company; son of Edwin Ruthven and Helen Mar (Anderson) Allen; descendant of Ira Allen and of Benjamin Colgrove, of Providence, R. I. Mother, Connne Marie (Tuckerrhan) Allen; daughter of Jacob Tuckerman (B.A. Farmers College, College Hill, Ohio, Ph.D. University of Wooster) and Elizabeth (Ellinwood) Tuckerman; ancestors on her father's side came from England to Boston in 1760; descendant of Thomas Ellinwood, one of the settlers of Brimfield, Mass. Cousin: Robert T. Roberts, '02 S.
Gordon Academy and the Collegiate Institute, both in Salt Lake City. Honors in the studies of Freshman year; first dispute appointments Junior and Senior years; contributed to Yale Courant; member College Wrestling Team in 1914; secretary Intercollegiate League of German Clubs; member Zeta Psi.
After graduation took a year's course in agriculture at Cornell; entered the Air Service, Signal Reserve Corps, as a Cadet July 30, 1917; attended the Princeton Ground School (commissioned a Second Lieutenant January 18, 1918); then stationed at Fort Omaha, Nebr., until February 21, 1918; later appointed Adjutant of the 4th Balloon Squadron and sent to the School for Adjutant Officers at Columbus, Ohio; served overseas with the 69th Balloon Company, 20th Balloon Squadron; was shot down twice, his balloon was burned once, and later he was gassed, received his discharge May 5, 1919, graduate student in letters and science at the University of California during 1920-21; had been engaged in farming near Akron, Ohio, for past few years; member First Presbyterian Church, Salt Lake City.
Married March 6, 1920, in California, Ruth, daughter of Thomas Hedges and Zeppa (Louchery) Clark. One daughter, Corinne.
Death due to gas infection, sustained in the war. Buried in Otterbein Cemetery, Westerville, Ohio. Survived by wife, daughter, parents, and four sisters, Judge Florence E. Allen, of Columbus, Esther Allen Gow, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Mills College, Mrs. Helen A. Shocky, of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Harrison G. Sloane, of San Diego, Calif. His only brother, C. Emir Allen, Jr., '13, was killed in action at Chateau-Thierry.
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The Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. 4 Oct. 1924, Sat.
Brother of Woman Judge is Summoned. John Alban Allen, Gassed During War, Dies-Funeral in Columbus, Ohio.
Funeral services were to be held Saturday for John Alban Allen, 29, former Lieutenant in the 20th Balloon squadron, who died at his home near Akron Thursday. Burial was to be made in Columbus, Ohio.
Allen is a brother of Judge Florence E. Allen of Cleveland, well known woman jurist. Besides his sister, he leaves a widow and a small daughter.
Allen was shot down twice, and gassed white in service overseas. Attending physician said that this was the direct cause of his death.
Contributor: Jean Wilson (48841367)
John Alban Allen, B.A. 1915.
Born October 20, 1894, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Died October 2, 1924, in Columbus, Ohio.
Father, Clarence Emir Allen (B.A. Western Reserve 1876); manager of mines for the United States Mining Company; son of Edwin Ruthven and Helen Mar (Anderson) Allen; descendant of Ira Allen and of Benjamin Colgrove, of Providence, R. I. Mother, Connne Marie (Tuckerrhan) Allen; daughter of Jacob Tuckerman (B.A. Farmers College, College Hill, Ohio, Ph.D. University of Wooster) and Elizabeth (Ellinwood) Tuckerman; ancestors on her father's side came from England to Boston in 1760; descendant of Thomas Ellinwood, one of the settlers of Brimfield, Mass. Cousin: Robert T. Roberts, '02 S.
Gordon Academy and the Collegiate Institute, both in Salt Lake City. Honors in the studies of Freshman year; first dispute appointments Junior and Senior years; contributed to Yale Courant; member College Wrestling Team in 1914; secretary Intercollegiate League of German Clubs; member Zeta Psi.
After graduation took a year's course in agriculture at Cornell; entered the Air Service, Signal Reserve Corps, as a Cadet July 30, 1917; attended the Princeton Ground School (commissioned a Second Lieutenant January 18, 1918); then stationed at Fort Omaha, Nebr., until February 21, 1918; later appointed Adjutant of the 4th Balloon Squadron and sent to the School for Adjutant Officers at Columbus, Ohio; served overseas with the 69th Balloon Company, 20th Balloon Squadron; was shot down twice, his balloon was burned once, and later he was gassed, received his discharge May 5, 1919, graduate student in letters and science at the University of California during 1920-21; had been engaged in farming near Akron, Ohio, for past few years; member First Presbyterian Church, Salt Lake City.
Married March 6, 1920, in California, Ruth, daughter of Thomas Hedges and Zeppa (Louchery) Clark. One daughter, Corinne.
Death due to gas infection, sustained in the war. Buried in Otterbein Cemetery, Westerville, Ohio. Survived by wife, daughter, parents, and four sisters, Judge Florence E. Allen, of Columbus, Esther Allen Gow, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Mills College, Mrs. Helen A. Shocky, of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Harrison G. Sloane, of San Diego, Calif. His only brother, C. Emir Allen, Jr., '13, was killed in action at Chateau-Thierry.
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The Akron Beacon Journal. Akron, Ohio. 4 Oct. 1924, Sat.
Brother of Woman Judge is Summoned. John Alban Allen, Gassed During War, Dies-Funeral in Columbus, Ohio.
Funeral services were to be held Saturday for John Alban Allen, 29, former Lieutenant in the 20th Balloon squadron, who died at his home near Akron Thursday. Burial was to be made in Columbus, Ohio.
Allen is a brother of Judge Florence E. Allen of Cleveland, well known woman jurist. Besides his sister, he leaves a widow and a small daughter.
Allen was shot down twice, and gassed white in service overseas. Attending physician said that this was the direct cause of his death.
Contributor: Jean Wilson (48841367)
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