Old landmarks of Canton and Stark County . aslern ( )liio. lie washorn in ivensselaer counly, .Xew \ork. on the1 ilh of JMav. lS_[, and comes o| an old familyof Xew kjis^iaud. llis L^ father, \\as horn in Rhoile Lkand and was ofScotch-Irish lie married IatienceSpoon, whose lather, a captain, w,as ofIjis^lisli and Welsh descenl. .\llen,fatlicr of the suhjcct, was horn in Kenssekaercouiit\-, Jul\- 15, iji^j, and 111,11 ried lluldaUawlex, who was horn in Rhode Iskind 011ihe iSlli of ( Ictoher, 1 7SX, and w:is of ^e. I lie\ hei^an their dome
Old landmarks of Canton and Stark County . aslern ( )liio. lie washorn in ivensselaer counly, .Xew \ork. on the1 ilh of JMav. lS_[, and comes o| an old familyof Xew kjis^iaud. llis L^ father, \\as horn in Rhoile Lkand and was ofScotch-Irish lie married IatienceSpoon, whose lather, a captain, w,as ofIjis^lisli and Welsh descenl. .\llen,fatlicr of the suhjcct, was horn in Kenssekaercouiit\-, Jul\- 15, iji^j, and 111,11 ried lluldaUawlex, who was horn in Rhode Iskind 011ihe iSlli of ( Ictoher, 1 7SX, and w:is of ^e. I lie\ hei^an their domestic life in hisiiali\e couniw where the\ s])eiit sexeral \ the\ remmd lo (^.a connlw. Latertlie\ liecame residents ol ( )iii,irio couiil\, Xew\ork-, where the\ resided until iheir < .Allen ll\ed the ipiiet. retired life of alarnier ;md was ,a of slerliuL; worili. Ihe snhjcci the liflli in .1 f:imil\-nnmlieiiiii; lour sons and Iwo ^hleis. ofw hum all ,are iii iw dece,ised. II is 110 \ hood w:i--. IRA M. ALLEN. CANTON AND STARK COUNTY, OHIO. 389 >|i(.-iit iiiiiiu his fatliers farm and his earl\ edu- caiiii, aci|uire(l in the thstrict schirnjls, was supiikincntcil 1)) sUkU 111 Skancalelcs Academv. At llic aj;e nl cit^hlcrn \ia!-s hi- h(!_;aii Irarh- III!; Ill ()iilaiiii ci)iiiil\. Xcw \(.iik, whrio lie filliiwcd his ehiiSL-ii |ir( jIcssk jn until iX4_. lii the s]irini;- of tluit yeai he started for Ken- tuck\ \ia canal rmue. stMppiiiL; in Afassillnii tn vi^it ail niicle. A \aeaiic\ heiny o[)en in a scliriii] there, he was asked tci take charoe u\ the saiiie. which he did. lie was employed there as a teacher until 1847. < Uming to (antnn, lie then twok charo-e of a select school, which he ? carried III until 1850, when the cit\adi ipi(,<l the iiiiuIll-school law, the third city in the to taice ad\anta£;e of this law. In 1X^4 Mr. -Allen went to Massilkiu and tmik charge <if the Cli:irity Ivitch ScIimuI, nf lliat ]il,ac
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