Edward H. Allen
Deceased Person
1830 – 1895
Who was Edward H. Allen?
Edward Herrick Allen was a Republican Kansas City Mayor in 1867.
Allen was born in Danbury, Connecticut and claimed a Mayflower ancestry. He graduated from Marietta College and later Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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 is buried in Elmwood Cemetery.
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