'William Edwin Allen was born in Augusta county, Virginia, July, 1861. He was the son of Alphonso Samuel Allen and a grandson of James Allen, both of Botetourt county, Virginia.
[His father] Alphonso S. Allen was born in that county in 1831, died in 1904, a farmer and a soldier of the Confederacy, serving in "Stonewall" Jackson's brigade.
William's early and preparatory education was obtained in the public schools of Charlottesville, Virginia, after which he was for a time student in the law department of the University of Virginia. He could not remain at the university to complete his course and it was not until he was twenty-seven years of age that he was admitted to the Virginia bar. During this interim he engaged in mercantile business in his own name, studying at night and at all times he could spare from his business. In this way he mastered Latin and other advanced studies, and in 1888 he passed the required examinations before the state board of law examiners and was admitted to practice in the Virginia courts. It was not until 1890 that he located in Clifton Forge, Alleghany county, Virginia, and began practice, and from that date his rise was paid. In 1891 he was elected commonwealth attorney of Alleghany, serving in that responsible position four years. At the expiration of his term he returned to private practice and for eight years was thus successfully engaged. In 1903 he was again elected commonwealth attorney and has since served continually through successive re-elections.
Since his first election to that office in 1891, Mr. Allen has resided in Covington, the county seat, his private and public practice having been conducted there. He is a member of the Virginia State and Alleghany County Bar associations, attends the Protestant Episcopal church, is a leading member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a present grand officer of the order in Virginia. He is also a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, the Improved Order of Red Men and Knights of Pythias. His club is the Shenandoah of Roanoke, Virginia.
A Democrat in politics, Mr. Allen has been for many years active and influential in the party. For a number of years he has been a member of the state Democratic committee, was presidential elector from the sixteenth Virginia district in 1909, was a delegate from the tenth Virginia district to the national Democratic convention held in St. Louis in 1904, an in 1912 was alternate delegate-at-large to the national Democratic convention held in Baltimore that nominated Woodrow Wilson for President.
Mr. Allen married, in November, 1891, Lucia George Sterling, born at Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, 1868. Children: Mary Sterling, born at Covington, May 5, 1895; Francis Sterling, born in Covington, Virginia, July 24, 1904."
Bio by Find AGrave contributor, and descendant, Tamela Allison-Heim.
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Some information from death certificate.
[His father] Alphonso S. Allen was born in that county in 1831, died in 1904, a farmer and a soldier of the Confederacy, serving in "Stonewall" Jackson's brigade.
William's early and preparatory education was obtained in the public schools of Charlottesville, Virginia, after which he was for a time student in the law department of the University of Virginia. He could not remain at the university to complete his course and it was not until he was twenty-seven years of age that he was admitted to the Virginia bar. During this interim he engaged in mercantile business in his own name, studying at night and at all times he could spare from his business. In this way he mastered Latin and other advanced studies, and in 1888 he passed the required examinations before the state board of law examiners and was admitted to practice in the Virginia courts. It was not until 1890 that he located in Clifton Forge, Alleghany county, Virginia, and began practice, and from that date his rise was paid. In 1891 he was elected commonwealth attorney of Alleghany, serving in that responsible position four years. At the expiration of his term he returned to private practice and for eight years was thus successfully engaged. In 1903 he was again elected commonwealth attorney and has since served continually through successive re-elections.
Since his first election to that office in 1891, Mr. Allen has resided in Covington, the county seat, his private and public practice having been conducted there. He is a member of the Virginia State and Alleghany County Bar associations, attends the Protestant Episcopal church, is a leading member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a present grand officer of the order in Virginia. He is also a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, the Improved Order of Red Men and Knights of Pythias. His club is the Shenandoah of Roanoke, Virginia.
A Democrat in politics, Mr. Allen has been for many years active and influential in the party. For a number of years he has been a member of the state Democratic committee, was presidential elector from the sixteenth Virginia district in 1909, was a delegate from the tenth Virginia district to the national Democratic convention held in St. Louis in 1904, an in 1912 was alternate delegate-at-large to the national Democratic convention held in Baltimore that nominated Woodrow Wilson for President.
Mr. Allen married, in November, 1891, Lucia George Sterling, born at Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, 1868. Children: Mary Sterling, born at Covington, May 5, 1895; Francis Sterling, born in Covington, Virginia, July 24, 1904."
Bio by Find AGrave contributor, and descendant, Tamela Allison-Heim.
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Some information from death certificate.
'William Edwin Allen was born in Augusta county, Virginia, July, 1861. He was the son of Alphonso Samuel Allen and a grandson of James Allen, both of Botetourt county, Virginia.
[His father] Alphonso S. Allen was born in that county in 1831, died in 1904, a farmer and a soldier of the Confederacy, serving in "Stonewall" Jackson's brigade.
William's early and preparatory education was obtained in the public schools of Charlottesville, Virginia, after which he was for a time student in the law department of the University of Virginia. He could not remain at the university to complete his course and it was not until he was twenty-seven years of age that he was admitted to the Virginia bar. During this interim he engaged in mercantile business in his own name, studying at night and at all times he could spare from his business. In this way he mastered Latin and other advanced studies, and in 1888 he passed the required examinations before the state board of law examiners and was admitted to practice in the Virginia courts. It was not until 1890 that he located in Clifton Forge, Alleghany county, Virginia, and began practice, and from that date his rise was paid. In 1891 he was elected commonwealth attorney of Alleghany, serving in that responsible position four years. At the expiration of his term he returned to private practice and for eight years was thus successfully engaged. In 1903 he was again elected commonwealth attorney and has since served continually through successive re-elections.
Since his first election to that office in 1891, Mr. Allen has resided in Covington, the county seat, his private and public practice having been conducted there. He is a member of the Virginia State and Alleghany County Bar associations, attends the Protestant Episcopal church, is a leading member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a present grand officer of the order in Virginia. He is also a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, the Improved Order of Red Men and Knights of Pythias. His club is the Shenandoah of Roanoke, Virginia.
A Democrat in politics, Mr. Allen has been for many years active and influential in the party. For a number of years he has been a member of the state Democratic committee, was presidential elector from the sixteenth Virginia district in 1909, was a delegate from the tenth Virginia district to the national Democratic convention held in St. Louis in 1904, an in 1912 was alternate delegate-at-large to the national Democratic convention held in Baltimore that nominated Woodrow Wilson for President.
Mr. Allen married, in November, 1891, Lucia George Sterling, born at Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, 1868. Children: Mary Sterling, born at Covington, May 5, 1895; Francis Sterling, born in Covington, Virginia, July 24, 1904."
Bio by Find AGrave contributor, and descendant, Tamela Allison-Heim.
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Some information from death certificate.
[His father] Alphonso S. Allen was born in that county in 1831, died in 1904, a farmer and a soldier of the Confederacy, serving in "Stonewall" Jackson's brigade.
William's early and preparatory education was obtained in the public schools of Charlottesville, Virginia, after which he was for a time student in the law department of the University of Virginia. He could not remain at the university to complete his course and it was not until he was twenty-seven years of age that he was admitted to the Virginia bar. During this interim he engaged in mercantile business in his own name, studying at night and at all times he could spare from his business. In this way he mastered Latin and other advanced studies, and in 1888 he passed the required examinations before the state board of law examiners and was admitted to practice in the Virginia courts. It was not until 1890 that he located in Clifton Forge, Alleghany county, Virginia, and began practice, and from that date his rise was paid. In 1891 he was elected commonwealth attorney of Alleghany, serving in that responsible position four years. At the expiration of his term he returned to private practice and for eight years was thus successfully engaged. In 1903 he was again elected commonwealth attorney and has since served continually through successive re-elections.
Since his first election to that office in 1891, Mr. Allen has resided in Covington, the county seat, his private and public practice having been conducted there. He is a member of the Virginia State and Alleghany County Bar associations, attends the Protestant Episcopal church, is a leading member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a present grand officer of the order in Virginia. He is also a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, the Improved Order of Red Men and Knights of Pythias. His club is the Shenandoah of Roanoke, Virginia.
A Democrat in politics, Mr. Allen has been for many years active and influential in the party. For a number of years he has been a member of the state Democratic committee, was presidential elector from the sixteenth Virginia district in 1909, was a delegate from the tenth Virginia district to the national Democratic convention held in St. Louis in 1904, an in 1912 was alternate delegate-at-large to the national Democratic convention held in Baltimore that nominated Woodrow Wilson for President.
Mr. Allen married, in November, 1891, Lucia George Sterling, born at Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, 1868. Children: Mary Sterling, born at Covington, May 5, 1895; Francis Sterling, born in Covington, Virginia, July 24, 1904."
Bio by Find AGrave contributor, and descendant, Tamela Allison-Heim.
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Some information from death certificate.
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