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Auburn Businessman, member of the 106th NY Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War, employed at D. M. Osborne Co. in Auburn after the war, became Treasurer of the company, in 1890 became a commissioner for the Chicago World's Fair at President Harrison's request, after his first wife Caroline died, Allen married Ada R. Meyers, upon her death in 1912, Allen remarried again Florence Mary Grant Allen. Fanny Seward records his presence at a lake-side gathering in her 1862-1863 diary.

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Biography: 
Auburn Businessman, member of the 106th NY Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War, employed at D. M. Osborne Co. in Auburn after the war, became Treasurer of the company, in 1890 became a commissioner for the Chicago World's Fair at President Harrison's request, after his first wife Caroline died, Allen married Ada R. Meyers, upon her death in 1912, Allen remarried again Florence Mary Grant Allen. Fanny Seward records his presence at a lake-side gathering in her 1862-1863 diary.
Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
1894 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW THIS VOLUME CONTAINS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE LEADING CITIZENS OF CAYUGA COUNTY NEW YORK
Publisher Location: 
Boston, MA
Publisher Name: 
Biographical Review Publishing Co.
Year: 
1894
Citation Notes: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/cayuga/bios/1894/allen-gortonw.txt
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Citation Type: 
Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
1894 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW THIS VOLUME CONTAINS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE LEADING CITIZENS OF CAYUGA COUNTY NEW YORK
Publisher Location: 
Boston, MA
Publisher Name: 
Biographical Review Publishing Co.
Year: 
1894
Citation Notes: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/cayuga/bios/1894/allen-gortonw.txt
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Website
Citation URL: 
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65430883/gorton-w_-allen
Title of Webpage: 
Gorton W. Allen - Find A Grave
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