About Edward H. Allen
Lived 1830 – 1895 (aged 65). Edward H. Allen was an American banker and politician.
Edward Herrick Allen (April 24, 1830 – December 1, 1895) was a Republican Kansas City Mayor in 1867.
Biography Allen was born in Danbury, Connecticut and claimed a Mayflower ancestry. He graduated from Marietta College and later Lane Seminary in Cincinnati. In 1859 he married Agnes Beecher, niece of Henry Ward Beecher.
He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic during the American Civil War. He came to Kansas City after the War and was one of the founders of the Kansas City Board of Trade and was president of First National Bank. He promoted the use of coal gas to light the city. In 1882, he was one of the original incorporators of the Kansas City Club.
He died in 1895 and is interred in Elmwood Cemetery.
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American politician
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Edward H. Allen was born on 24 April 1830 in Danbury.
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Edward H. Allen died on 1 December 1895 in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Edward H. Allen was a banker and politician.
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Edward H. Allen was American.
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