Anson Allen Explained

Office:Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Birth Name:Anson Coleman Allen
Birth Date:25 February 1838
Birth Place:Rochester, New York
Termstart:1879
Termend:1879
Death Place:Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Anson Coleman Allen (February 25, 1838  - March 23, 1880) was an American businessman and politician.

Born in Rochester, New York, Allen settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was in the transportation and forwarding business between the western and eastern sections of the United States. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1879 as a Republican. He died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. 'Report and Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin for the years,' volume 9, Wisconsin Necrology-1881, pg. 447
  2. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1879,' Biographical Sketch of Anson Coleman Anson, pg. 499