He was a son of a lawyer, William B. Allen
The Winfield Daily Free Press
Winfield, Kansas
Monday, November 29, 1915
Page 1
E.P. Allen Dead
A Well Known Banker of Independence Died at His Home Sunday.
E.P. Allen of Independence, aged 79 years, former president of the First National Bank of that city, passed away at Independence. Mr. Allen was vice president of the Caney National Bank at the time of his death. He was well known in Winfield and has a large circle of friends here who will be grieved to learn of his death.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)
THE HAND OF DEATH SUDDENLY FALLS UPON E. P. ALLEN, VETERAN BANKER AND PIONEER CITIZEN
End Came Saturday Evening Following a Brief Illness
WAS THOUGHT TO BE CONVALESCING�CAME TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN 1870 AND SETTLED ON CLAIM�PROMINENT CHURCH MAN, INFLUENTIAL MASON AND ONE OF COUNTY�S ABLEST FINANCIERS.
E. P. Allen, vice president of the First National Bank, and for 45 years an active and influential figure in the affairs of Independence and Montgomery county, died suddenly about 5 o�clock Saturday evening at the family residence, 301 South Fourth street. His death was wholly unexpected and was a shock to the entire city. The happy Saturday night crowds were saddened by the intelligence as it filtered through various channels to the public, for Mr. Allen was a genial, modest, neighborly gentleman who was a friend t6o all, and who, in the 45 years of his identification with Montgomery county affairs, had been the personal adviser and helper of thousands.
Mr. Allen, a week ago Saturday, while at work at his bank, was stricken with an attack of indigestion. He was subject to such attacks and had apparently rallied, so that no particular uneasiness was felt by his family. Saturday afternoon he had been up and about the house and yard. A few minutes before his death he had picked up a newspaper and gone to the porch. After a few minutes outside he came into the house, sat down, gasped a few times and died. Mrs. Ella Reed, his sister, saw that the was desperately ill and summoned Dr. J. T. Davis, but although the doctor was close at hand and promptly responded the veteran baker was beyond earthly aid when he arrived. R. S. Litchfield, president of the First National Bank, and long time associate in business of Mr. Allen, also reached the side of his comrade soon after the alarm was sent out, but too late to see him alive.
Mr. Allen is survived by his wife and four daughters, Mrs. J. F. Blackledge of Caney, Mrs. R. W. Cates of this city, Mrs. H. H. Kahn of Coffeyville, and Mrs. Glen Amabury of Longton, Kas., and a sister, Mrs. Ella Reed of Rock Island, Ill.
The deceased had long been a pillar of the Presbyterian church, an influential figure in politics, one of the strongest financial figures in the county, and a very prominent member of the Masonic order. He was born in Green county, KY., January 3, 1843, the son of Attorney and Mrs. William B. Allen, also natives of Kentucky. Mr. Allen gained an education in the schools of Greenburg, Ky., and when the war between the north and the south came on he listed in 1861 in Company E, Thirteenth Kentucky Infantry, as first sergeant. He rose to the rank of lieutenant and served three years in the army, being in many notable battles. It has given him great pleasure in later years to foregather with the old boys who wore the blue and recount the bitter struggles of that period.
After the close of the war Mr. Allen went to Mattoon, Ill., and engaged in the mercantile business, but soon became infected with the Kansas fever and came to this state Oct. 16, 1870. He located in Montgomery county and settled upon a claim on Clear creek, which he farmed for two years, abandoning farming to take up the mercantile business in Independence, then a frontier trading post. In 1877 he was elected register of deeds on the democratic ticket, for though he had fought for the union he was always a stanch adherent of the principle of the democratic party. He drew a heavy vote outside of party lines, however, and so efficiently did he serve that he was re-elected in 1879. Leaving the office at the end of his second term Mr. Allen took advantage of the extensive acquaintance he had formed to embark in the insurance and loan business, and that brought him into contact with the officers of the First National Bank, whose stockholders made him a director in 1885. The next year they made him president and for seventeen years he piloted that institution through good times and bad, by his strength of character, probity and business sagacity, adding to the strength of the banking house. Feeling the need for a lightening of the burdens bearing upon his shoulders Mr. Allen in 1904 sold a controlling interest in the bank to Royal S. Litchfield of New York, who had been attracted to Independence because of its relation to the oil field and its promise as an industrial and financial center. Mr. Allen, however, continued as a director of the bank and was in harness almost to the day of his death. He had the pleasure of seeing the deposits of the institution rise from the modest trust of a country bank to more than two and a half million dollars.
As heretofore stated Mr. Allen was prominently identified with the Masonic order, and was to have presided as past patron at a special meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star at the Masonic temple this evening. He was past master of Fortitude Lodge No. 107, A. F. & A. M., past high priest of Keystone chapter, No. 22, Royal Arch Masons, and had officiated for a quarter of a century as recorder of St. Bernard commandery, No. 10, Knights Templar.
The deceased has always been in the forefront of every moment calculated to advance the interests of the community, morally or financially, and though always unassuming no man�s counsel was more highly valued. For many years he was an officer of the Presbyterian church; there, too, he was a stanch and true adviser and worker.
In addition to the First National Bank, he was interested in a bank at Caney and had other large financial interests, as well as one of the best farms in the Verdigris bottoms. At heart Mr. Allen was a good deal of a farmer and this Verdigris valley land was a source of pride and pleasure. Though an able and successful business man Mr. Allen was essentially domestic in his tastes and noting gave him greater pleasure than the annual gatherings of his children and grandchildren under the family roof tree.
To those who will know his cheering presence no more in this life the sincere sympathy of the community, county wide, is extended.
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from the Allen residence, 301 South Fourth street, under the auspices of the Knights Templar and Grand Army of the Republic, with Rev. S. S. Estey, of Topeka, in charge of the services.
NOTE: obit provided by Contributor: Gypsy Girl (47851655)∼Civil War. Enlisted 24 Jun 1862 in Greensburg, Kentucky. Promoted from 1st Sargent to Full 1st Lieutenant on 15 Sep 1862. Enlisted in Company E, Kentucky 13th Infantry Regiment on 24 Jun 1862. Mustered out on 30 Mar 1863 at Louisville, KY.
Married Mary Franklin Vansant on 1 May 1865 in Coles County, Illinois. Mary was born on Aug 27, 1846 to Isaiah Keith and Martha Jane (Darnall) Vansant.
Edward and Mary's children were:
Martha H. Allen Blackledge
Lillian Allen Kahn
Edith (Allen) Cates and Annie Keith (Allen) Amsbury. There was as also an unnamed son found on the 1880 Federal Census. Census states he was one month old at the time the census was taken on 14 Jun 1880.
Biography for Edward Payson Allen
Tribute to Edward Payson Allen with photo of his grave marker. Actual cemetery not mentioned or known to me. Suspect Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas where other family members are laid to rest or Oakwood Cemetery, Parsons, KS
The Winfield Daily Free Press
Winfield, Kansas
Monday, November 29, 1915
Page 1
E.P. Allen Dead
A Well Known Banker of Independence Died at His Home Sunday.
E.P. Allen of Independence, aged 79 years, former president of the First National Bank of that city, passed away at Independence. Mr. Allen was vice president of the Caney National Bank at the time of his death. He was well known in Winfield and has a large circle of friends here who will be grieved to learn of his death.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)
THE HAND OF DEATH SUDDENLY FALLS UPON E. P. ALLEN, VETERAN BANKER AND PIONEER CITIZEN
End Came Saturday Evening Following a Brief Illness
WAS THOUGHT TO BE CONVALESCING�CAME TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN 1870 AND SETTLED ON CLAIM�PROMINENT CHURCH MAN, INFLUENTIAL MASON AND ONE OF COUNTY�S ABLEST FINANCIERS.
E. P. Allen, vice president of the First National Bank, and for 45 years an active and influential figure in the affairs of Independence and Montgomery county, died suddenly about 5 o�clock Saturday evening at the family residence, 301 South Fourth street. His death was wholly unexpected and was a shock to the entire city. The happy Saturday night crowds were saddened by the intelligence as it filtered through various channels to the public, for Mr. Allen was a genial, modest, neighborly gentleman who was a friend t6o all, and who, in the 45 years of his identification with Montgomery county affairs, had been the personal adviser and helper of thousands.
Mr. Allen, a week ago Saturday, while at work at his bank, was stricken with an attack of indigestion. He was subject to such attacks and had apparently rallied, so that no particular uneasiness was felt by his family. Saturday afternoon he had been up and about the house and yard. A few minutes before his death he had picked up a newspaper and gone to the porch. After a few minutes outside he came into the house, sat down, gasped a few times and died. Mrs. Ella Reed, his sister, saw that the was desperately ill and summoned Dr. J. T. Davis, but although the doctor was close at hand and promptly responded the veteran baker was beyond earthly aid when he arrived. R. S. Litchfield, president of the First National Bank, and long time associate in business of Mr. Allen, also reached the side of his comrade soon after the alarm was sent out, but too late to see him alive.
Mr. Allen is survived by his wife and four daughters, Mrs. J. F. Blackledge of Caney, Mrs. R. W. Cates of this city, Mrs. H. H. Kahn of Coffeyville, and Mrs. Glen Amabury of Longton, Kas., and a sister, Mrs. Ella Reed of Rock Island, Ill.
The deceased had long been a pillar of the Presbyterian church, an influential figure in politics, one of the strongest financial figures in the county, and a very prominent member of the Masonic order. He was born in Green county, KY., January 3, 1843, the son of Attorney and Mrs. William B. Allen, also natives of Kentucky. Mr. Allen gained an education in the schools of Greenburg, Ky., and when the war between the north and the south came on he listed in 1861 in Company E, Thirteenth Kentucky Infantry, as first sergeant. He rose to the rank of lieutenant and served three years in the army, being in many notable battles. It has given him great pleasure in later years to foregather with the old boys who wore the blue and recount the bitter struggles of that period.
After the close of the war Mr. Allen went to Mattoon, Ill., and engaged in the mercantile business, but soon became infected with the Kansas fever and came to this state Oct. 16, 1870. He located in Montgomery county and settled upon a claim on Clear creek, which he farmed for two years, abandoning farming to take up the mercantile business in Independence, then a frontier trading post. In 1877 he was elected register of deeds on the democratic ticket, for though he had fought for the union he was always a stanch adherent of the principle of the democratic party. He drew a heavy vote outside of party lines, however, and so efficiently did he serve that he was re-elected in 1879. Leaving the office at the end of his second term Mr. Allen took advantage of the extensive acquaintance he had formed to embark in the insurance and loan business, and that brought him into contact with the officers of the First National Bank, whose stockholders made him a director in 1885. The next year they made him president and for seventeen years he piloted that institution through good times and bad, by his strength of character, probity and business sagacity, adding to the strength of the banking house. Feeling the need for a lightening of the burdens bearing upon his shoulders Mr. Allen in 1904 sold a controlling interest in the bank to Royal S. Litchfield of New York, who had been attracted to Independence because of its relation to the oil field and its promise as an industrial and financial center. Mr. Allen, however, continued as a director of the bank and was in harness almost to the day of his death. He had the pleasure of seeing the deposits of the institution rise from the modest trust of a country bank to more than two and a half million dollars.
As heretofore stated Mr. Allen was prominently identified with the Masonic order, and was to have presided as past patron at a special meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star at the Masonic temple this evening. He was past master of Fortitude Lodge No. 107, A. F. & A. M., past high priest of Keystone chapter, No. 22, Royal Arch Masons, and had officiated for a quarter of a century as recorder of St. Bernard commandery, No. 10, Knights Templar.
The deceased has always been in the forefront of every moment calculated to advance the interests of the community, morally or financially, and though always unassuming no man�s counsel was more highly valued. For many years he was an officer of the Presbyterian church; there, too, he was a stanch and true adviser and worker.
In addition to the First National Bank, he was interested in a bank at Caney and had other large financial interests, as well as one of the best farms in the Verdigris bottoms. At heart Mr. Allen was a good deal of a farmer and this Verdigris valley land was a source of pride and pleasure. Though an able and successful business man Mr. Allen was essentially domestic in his tastes and noting gave him greater pleasure than the annual gatherings of his children and grandchildren under the family roof tree.
To those who will know his cheering presence no more in this life the sincere sympathy of the community, county wide, is extended.
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from the Allen residence, 301 South Fourth street, under the auspices of the Knights Templar and Grand Army of the Republic, with Rev. S. S. Estey, of Topeka, in charge of the services.
NOTE: obit provided by Contributor: Gypsy Girl (47851655)∼Civil War. Enlisted 24 Jun 1862 in Greensburg, Kentucky. Promoted from 1st Sargent to Full 1st Lieutenant on 15 Sep 1862. Enlisted in Company E, Kentucky 13th Infantry Regiment on 24 Jun 1862. Mustered out on 30 Mar 1863 at Louisville, KY.
Married Mary Franklin Vansant on 1 May 1865 in Coles County, Illinois. Mary was born on Aug 27, 1846 to Isaiah Keith and Martha Jane (Darnall) Vansant.
Edward and Mary's children were:
Martha H. Allen Blackledge
Lillian Allen Kahn
Edith (Allen) Cates and Annie Keith (Allen) Amsbury. There was as also an unnamed son found on the 1880 Federal Census. Census states he was one month old at the time the census was taken on 14 Jun 1880.
Biography for Edward Payson Allen
Tribute to Edward Payson Allen with photo of his grave marker. Actual cemetery not mentioned or known to me. Suspect Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas where other family members are laid to rest or Oakwood Cemetery, Parsons, KS
He was a son of a lawyer, William B. Allen
The Winfield Daily Free Press
Winfield, Kansas
Monday, November 29, 1915
Page 1
E.P. Allen Dead
A Well Known Banker of Independence Died at His Home Sunday.
E.P. Allen of Independence, aged 79 years, former president of the First National Bank of that city, passed away at Independence. Mr. Allen was vice president of the Caney National Bank at the time of his death. He was well known in Winfield and has a large circle of friends here who will be grieved to learn of his death.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)
THE HAND OF DEATH SUDDENLY FALLS UPON E. P. ALLEN, VETERAN BANKER AND PIONEER CITIZEN
End Came Saturday Evening Following a Brief Illness
WAS THOUGHT TO BE CONVALESCING�CAME TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN 1870 AND SETTLED ON CLAIM�PROMINENT CHURCH MAN, INFLUENTIAL MASON AND ONE OF COUNTY�S ABLEST FINANCIERS.
E. P. Allen, vice president of the First National Bank, and for 45 years an active and influential figure in the affairs of Independence and Montgomery county, died suddenly about 5 o�clock Saturday evening at the family residence, 301 South Fourth street. His death was wholly unexpected and was a shock to the entire city. The happy Saturday night crowds were saddened by the intelligence as it filtered through various channels to the public, for Mr. Allen was a genial, modest, neighborly gentleman who was a friend t6o all, and who, in the 45 years of his identification with Montgomery county affairs, had been the personal adviser and helper of thousands.
Mr. Allen, a week ago Saturday, while at work at his bank, was stricken with an attack of indigestion. He was subject to such attacks and had apparently rallied, so that no particular uneasiness was felt by his family. Saturday afternoon he had been up and about the house and yard. A few minutes before his death he had picked up a newspaper and gone to the porch. After a few minutes outside he came into the house, sat down, gasped a few times and died. Mrs. Ella Reed, his sister, saw that the was desperately ill and summoned Dr. J. T. Davis, but although the doctor was close at hand and promptly responded the veteran baker was beyond earthly aid when he arrived. R. S. Litchfield, president of the First National Bank, and long time associate in business of Mr. Allen, also reached the side of his comrade soon after the alarm was sent out, but too late to see him alive.
Mr. Allen is survived by his wife and four daughters, Mrs. J. F. Blackledge of Caney, Mrs. R. W. Cates of this city, Mrs. H. H. Kahn of Coffeyville, and Mrs. Glen Amabury of Longton, Kas., and a sister, Mrs. Ella Reed of Rock Island, Ill.
The deceased had long been a pillar of the Presbyterian church, an influential figure in politics, one of the strongest financial figures in the county, and a very prominent member of the Masonic order. He was born in Green county, KY., January 3, 1843, the son of Attorney and Mrs. William B. Allen, also natives of Kentucky. Mr. Allen gained an education in the schools of Greenburg, Ky., and when the war between the north and the south came on he listed in 1861 in Company E, Thirteenth Kentucky Infantry, as first sergeant. He rose to the rank of lieutenant and served three years in the army, being in many notable battles. It has given him great pleasure in later years to foregather with the old boys who wore the blue and recount the bitter struggles of that period.
After the close of the war Mr. Allen went to Mattoon, Ill., and engaged in the mercantile business, but soon became infected with the Kansas fever and came to this state Oct. 16, 1870. He located in Montgomery county and settled upon a claim on Clear creek, which he farmed for two years, abandoning farming to take up the mercantile business in Independence, then a frontier trading post. In 1877 he was elected register of deeds on the democratic ticket, for though he had fought for the union he was always a stanch adherent of the principle of the democratic party. He drew a heavy vote outside of party lines, however, and so efficiently did he serve that he was re-elected in 1879. Leaving the office at the end of his second term Mr. Allen took advantage of the extensive acquaintance he had formed to embark in the insurance and loan business, and that brought him into contact with the officers of the First National Bank, whose stockholders made him a director in 1885. The next year they made him president and for seventeen years he piloted that institution through good times and bad, by his strength of character, probity and business sagacity, adding to the strength of the banking house. Feeling the need for a lightening of the burdens bearing upon his shoulders Mr. Allen in 1904 sold a controlling interest in the bank to Royal S. Litchfield of New York, who had been attracted to Independence because of its relation to the oil field and its promise as an industrial and financial center. Mr. Allen, however, continued as a director of the bank and was in harness almost to the day of his death. He had the pleasure of seeing the deposits of the institution rise from the modest trust of a country bank to more than two and a half million dollars.
As heretofore stated Mr. Allen was prominently identified with the Masonic order, and was to have presided as past patron at a special meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star at the Masonic temple this evening. He was past master of Fortitude Lodge No. 107, A. F. & A. M., past high priest of Keystone chapter, No. 22, Royal Arch Masons, and had officiated for a quarter of a century as recorder of St. Bernard commandery, No. 10, Knights Templar.
The deceased has always been in the forefront of every moment calculated to advance the interests of the community, morally or financially, and though always unassuming no man�s counsel was more highly valued. For many years he was an officer of the Presbyterian church; there, too, he was a stanch and true adviser and worker.
In addition to the First National Bank, he was interested in a bank at Caney and had other large financial interests, as well as one of the best farms in the Verdigris bottoms. At heart Mr. Allen was a good deal of a farmer and this Verdigris valley land was a source of pride and pleasure. Though an able and successful business man Mr. Allen was essentially domestic in his tastes and noting gave him greater pleasure than the annual gatherings of his children and grandchildren under the family roof tree.
To those who will know his cheering presence no more in this life the sincere sympathy of the community, county wide, is extended.
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from the Allen residence, 301 South Fourth street, under the auspices of the Knights Templar and Grand Army of the Republic, with Rev. S. S. Estey, of Topeka, in charge of the services.
NOTE: obit provided by Contributor: Gypsy Girl (47851655)∼Civil War. Enlisted 24 Jun 1862 in Greensburg, Kentucky. Promoted from 1st Sargent to Full 1st Lieutenant on 15 Sep 1862. Enlisted in Company E, Kentucky 13th Infantry Regiment on 24 Jun 1862. Mustered out on 30 Mar 1863 at Louisville, KY.
Married Mary Franklin Vansant on 1 May 1865 in Coles County, Illinois. Mary was born on Aug 27, 1846 to Isaiah Keith and Martha Jane (Darnall) Vansant.
Edward and Mary's children were:
Martha H. Allen Blackledge
Lillian Allen Kahn
Edith (Allen) Cates and Annie Keith (Allen) Amsbury. There was as also an unnamed son found on the 1880 Federal Census. Census states he was one month old at the time the census was taken on 14 Jun 1880.
Biography for Edward Payson Allen
Tribute to Edward Payson Allen with photo of his grave marker. Actual cemetery not mentioned or known to me. Suspect Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas where other family members are laid to rest or Oakwood Cemetery, Parsons, KS
The Winfield Daily Free Press
Winfield, Kansas
Monday, November 29, 1915
Page 1
E.P. Allen Dead
A Well Known Banker of Independence Died at His Home Sunday.
E.P. Allen of Independence, aged 79 years, former president of the First National Bank of that city, passed away at Independence. Mr. Allen was vice president of the Caney National Bank at the time of his death. He was well known in Winfield and has a large circle of friends here who will be grieved to learn of his death.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield)
THE HAND OF DEATH SUDDENLY FALLS UPON E. P. ALLEN, VETERAN BANKER AND PIONEER CITIZEN
End Came Saturday Evening Following a Brief Illness
WAS THOUGHT TO BE CONVALESCING�CAME TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN 1870 AND SETTLED ON CLAIM�PROMINENT CHURCH MAN, INFLUENTIAL MASON AND ONE OF COUNTY�S ABLEST FINANCIERS.
E. P. Allen, vice president of the First National Bank, and for 45 years an active and influential figure in the affairs of Independence and Montgomery county, died suddenly about 5 o�clock Saturday evening at the family residence, 301 South Fourth street. His death was wholly unexpected and was a shock to the entire city. The happy Saturday night crowds were saddened by the intelligence as it filtered through various channels to the public, for Mr. Allen was a genial, modest, neighborly gentleman who was a friend t6o all, and who, in the 45 years of his identification with Montgomery county affairs, had been the personal adviser and helper of thousands.
Mr. Allen, a week ago Saturday, while at work at his bank, was stricken with an attack of indigestion. He was subject to such attacks and had apparently rallied, so that no particular uneasiness was felt by his family. Saturday afternoon he had been up and about the house and yard. A few minutes before his death he had picked up a newspaper and gone to the porch. After a few minutes outside he came into the house, sat down, gasped a few times and died. Mrs. Ella Reed, his sister, saw that the was desperately ill and summoned Dr. J. T. Davis, but although the doctor was close at hand and promptly responded the veteran baker was beyond earthly aid when he arrived. R. S. Litchfield, president of the First National Bank, and long time associate in business of Mr. Allen, also reached the side of his comrade soon after the alarm was sent out, but too late to see him alive.
Mr. Allen is survived by his wife and four daughters, Mrs. J. F. Blackledge of Caney, Mrs. R. W. Cates of this city, Mrs. H. H. Kahn of Coffeyville, and Mrs. Glen Amabury of Longton, Kas., and a sister, Mrs. Ella Reed of Rock Island, Ill.
The deceased had long been a pillar of the Presbyterian church, an influential figure in politics, one of the strongest financial figures in the county, and a very prominent member of the Masonic order. He was born in Green county, KY., January 3, 1843, the son of Attorney and Mrs. William B. Allen, also natives of Kentucky. Mr. Allen gained an education in the schools of Greenburg, Ky., and when the war between the north and the south came on he listed in 1861 in Company E, Thirteenth Kentucky Infantry, as first sergeant. He rose to the rank of lieutenant and served three years in the army, being in many notable battles. It has given him great pleasure in later years to foregather with the old boys who wore the blue and recount the bitter struggles of that period.
After the close of the war Mr. Allen went to Mattoon, Ill., and engaged in the mercantile business, but soon became infected with the Kansas fever and came to this state Oct. 16, 1870. He located in Montgomery county and settled upon a claim on Clear creek, which he farmed for two years, abandoning farming to take up the mercantile business in Independence, then a frontier trading post. In 1877 he was elected register of deeds on the democratic ticket, for though he had fought for the union he was always a stanch adherent of the principle of the democratic party. He drew a heavy vote outside of party lines, however, and so efficiently did he serve that he was re-elected in 1879. Leaving the office at the end of his second term Mr. Allen took advantage of the extensive acquaintance he had formed to embark in the insurance and loan business, and that brought him into contact with the officers of the First National Bank, whose stockholders made him a director in 1885. The next year they made him president and for seventeen years he piloted that institution through good times and bad, by his strength of character, probity and business sagacity, adding to the strength of the banking house. Feeling the need for a lightening of the burdens bearing upon his shoulders Mr. Allen in 1904 sold a controlling interest in the bank to Royal S. Litchfield of New York, who had been attracted to Independence because of its relation to the oil field and its promise as an industrial and financial center. Mr. Allen, however, continued as a director of the bank and was in harness almost to the day of his death. He had the pleasure of seeing the deposits of the institution rise from the modest trust of a country bank to more than two and a half million dollars.
As heretofore stated Mr. Allen was prominently identified with the Masonic order, and was to have presided as past patron at a special meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star at the Masonic temple this evening. He was past master of Fortitude Lodge No. 107, A. F. & A. M., past high priest of Keystone chapter, No. 22, Royal Arch Masons, and had officiated for a quarter of a century as recorder of St. Bernard commandery, No. 10, Knights Templar.
The deceased has always been in the forefront of every moment calculated to advance the interests of the community, morally or financially, and though always unassuming no man�s counsel was more highly valued. For many years he was an officer of the Presbyterian church; there, too, he was a stanch and true adviser and worker.
In addition to the First National Bank, he was interested in a bank at Caney and had other large financial interests, as well as one of the best farms in the Verdigris bottoms. At heart Mr. Allen was a good deal of a farmer and this Verdigris valley land was a source of pride and pleasure. Though an able and successful business man Mr. Allen was essentially domestic in his tastes and noting gave him greater pleasure than the annual gatherings of his children and grandchildren under the family roof tree.
To those who will know his cheering presence no more in this life the sincere sympathy of the community, county wide, is extended.
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from the Allen residence, 301 South Fourth street, under the auspices of the Knights Templar and Grand Army of the Republic, with Rev. S. S. Estey, of Topeka, in charge of the services.
NOTE: obit provided by Contributor: Gypsy Girl (47851655)∼Civil War. Enlisted 24 Jun 1862 in Greensburg, Kentucky. Promoted from 1st Sargent to Full 1st Lieutenant on 15 Sep 1862. Enlisted in Company E, Kentucky 13th Infantry Regiment on 24 Jun 1862. Mustered out on 30 Mar 1863 at Louisville, KY.
Married Mary Franklin Vansant on 1 May 1865 in Coles County, Illinois. Mary was born on Aug 27, 1846 to Isaiah Keith and Martha Jane (Darnall) Vansant.
Edward and Mary's children were:
Martha H. Allen Blackledge
Lillian Allen Kahn
Edith (Allen) Cates and Annie Keith (Allen) Amsbury. There was as also an unnamed son found on the 1880 Federal Census. Census states he was one month old at the time the census was taken on 14 Jun 1880.
Biography for Edward Payson Allen
Tribute to Edward Payson Allen with photo of his grave marker. Actual cemetery not mentioned or known to me. Suspect Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas where other family members are laid to rest or Oakwood Cemetery, Parsons, KS
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