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William Sylvester Allen

Birth	:	26 Aug 1857 Hillsboro, Henry County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	6 Dec 1925 Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.0138600, -91.9562100
Plot	:	3rd.107
Description	:	Note: this memorial updated April 2, 2017 with birth location per edit request. Note: the following was originally transcribed by this contributor on April 22, 2010 for another project and posted to the IaGenWeb/Jefferson county obituary collection: ------ The Fairfield Daily Ledger Monday December 7, 1925 W.S. ALLEN IS DEAD AFTER AN OPERATION Funeral Services Will Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon at 3:00 O'clock From Presbyterian Church William S. ALLEN, former secretary of state and one of the best known political figures in the state for years, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at 2:30 (sic. possibly 3:30) oclock at the Jefferson County hospital where he... Read More	Note: this memorial updated April 2, 2017 with birth location per edit request. Note: the following was originally transcribed by this contributor on April 22, 2010 for another project and posted to the IaGenWeb/Jefferson county obituary collection: ------ The Fairfield Daily Ledger Monday December 7, 1925 W.S. ALLEN IS DEAD AFTER AN OPERATION Funeral Services Will Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon at 3:00 O'clock From Presbyterian Church William S. ALLEN, former secretary of state and one of the best known political figures in the state for years, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at 2:30 (sic. possibly 3:30) oclock at the Jefferson County hospital where he had undergone an emergency operation at 10 oclock Saturday night. Funeral services will be held at the Presbyterian church at 3 oclock tomorrow afternoon and will be in charge of Dr. Gilbert Voorhies, the pastor. The home, 303 East Burlington street, will be opened to friends at 2:30 oclock who may wish to pay their respects to the dead there. Interment will be at Evergreen cemetery. Senator ALLEN was in the best of health Saturday morning and went out happily to clear the walk in front of the home of snow. While he was engaged in that task he began to feel bad and had someone else finish the work. He continued to feel worse and did not go to his office at all, but later went to bed to rest. But his condition grew much worse and at 8 oclock a physician was called. Rallied From Operation He saw at once that Senator ALLEN was suffering from hernia and that the only hope was to operate quickly. He was rushed to the hospital and the operation performed. Senator ALLEN rallied from the effects of the operation and was in a cheerful frame of mind, talking to members of his family in the minutes before he passed away. He then began to sink peacefully into slumber, his heart giving way under the strain. He leaves a wife, who was most devoted to him and his interest and who for the twenty years he was in public life was a most efficient aid to him in all his activities, a son Roy, who lives on a farm south of the city and a daughter, Mrs. George JAY, Jr. of Shenandoah. He has three sisters, Mrs. John HARPER of Fairfield (sic. Belle Allen Harper ), Mrs. E.H. ALTON of Birmingham and Mrs. Cyrus NEWBOLD of Hillsboro. 20 Years in Public Life Dr. L. B. ALLEN, a brother, died under very similar circumstances at Mt. Pleasant only last summer having had an emergency operation likewise and rallying well from the effects. Senator ALLEN was a faithful member of the Prebyterian church and seldom missed a Sunday morning service. He gave twenty years of his life to the service of the state. He had a constuctive genius and built his career into his life problems meeting with unusual success. He had a deep knowledge of human nature, was sympathetic in his relationships with people, and made friends with happy facility. Floral tributes in beautiful profusion are a token of this fact. High and low today paid tribute to him. HAMMILL To Come Gov. John HAMMILL, close personal friend, expects to be here for the funeral, and other high officials may accompany him. At Denmark Academy His parents were American born, his father being of Scotch Irish lineage, and his mother of the Old Dutch stock of New Jersey. He received his early education in the graded schools of Hillsboro and then to prepare for college, entered Denmark Academy, the first institution of advanced learning founded in the state. He attended the Liberay (sic. Liberal ?) Arts and Law departments of the State University at Iowa City, from which institution he was graduated in the year 1877 at the age of 19. Upon being admitted to the bar Senator ALLEN settled down in Van Buren county. The first official position to which he was elected was that of president of the board of education, and then to the office of mayor, serving in these different places for several years. Afterwards he was a member of the House of Representatives from Van Buren county in the 25th, 26th and 26th extra general assembly. He served on some of the most important committees of the House and was chairman of the second division of the code revision committee, having in charge the recodification of the laws of Iowa, the work of this session giving to the state the code of 1897. To Fairfield in 1909 In 1903 he was a candidate for the State Senate, the first convention resulting in a deadlock and losing out in the second convention by one-half a vote. He moved to Fairfield in Sept. 1909, where he had since been engaged in the practice of law. He was elected State Senator in 1908, from the Jefferson-Van Buren district, and served in the 33rd and 34th general assemblies. At the primary in 1912 he received the republican nomination for secretary of state and was elected to that position at the following fall election. He was re-elected in 1914 and 1916 and 1918, and resigned July 1, 1919.

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William Sylvester Allen death on 6 Dec 1925 in Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.0138600
Longitude: -91.9562100

Family Members:

Parent

Dr Joseph Boyd Allen

(1822 - 1911)

Sarah J. Kimes Allen

(1838 - 1915)

Spouse

Ella McCormick Allen

(1866 - 1931)

Siblings

(1858 - 1925)

(1862 - 1942)

(1863 - 1944)

(1868 - 1869)

(1846 - 1919)

Mary Angelin Allen Newbold

(1848 - 1930)

Edwin B. Allen

(1853 - 1857)

Children

Roy D Allen

(1880 - 1963)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Evergreen Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0138600, -91.9562100

2. Old Fairfield Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0148000, -91.9598000

3. Memorial Lawn Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0068000, -91.9805000

4. Switzer Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0368996, -91.9096985

5. Bradshaw Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9766998, -91.9032974

6. Roth Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9589005, -91.9574966

7. Bethesda Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0019000, -91.8796000

8. Smith Family Cemetery
Libertyville, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9972416, -92.0362857

9. Wheeler Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0797000, -91.9185500

10. Galliher Cemetery
Glasgow, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9666892, -91.8835038

11. Upper Richwoods Cemetery
Salina, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0602989, -91.8807983

12. Jefferson County Poor Farm Cemetery
Libertyville, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9416900, -91.9996200

13. Perlee Cemetery
Perlee, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0805750, -91.8993380

14. Pattison Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9444008, -91.9049988

15. Moorman Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0452995, -92.0622025

16. Wright Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9524000, -91.8728000

17. Antioch Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1002998, -91.9147034

18. Moyer Cemetery
Fairfield, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1046982, -91.9330978

19. Cumberland Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9248000, -91.9903000

20. Gregg Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0078011, -92.0811005

21. Salina Cemetery
Salina, Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0419006, -91.8330994

22. McCleary Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9892006, -92.0805969

23. Brooks Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0635986, -92.0693970

24. Thompson Cemetery
Jefferson County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9155998, -91.9772034