Albert Allen collection
Collection — Folder: S3245
Identifier: S3245
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers that relate to Albert Allen's service in the 55th and 133rd regiments of the Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the U.S. Civil War ranging from 1864 to 1913, including a discharge certificate (1864), a handwritten testimony of Allen's discharge, and three pension documents from 1912 to 1913. There are also two unidentified portrait photographs.
Dates
- 1864-1913
Creator
- Allen, Albert (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Albert Allen was born on November 8, 1842 in Putnam County, Indiana. He served in both Company D of the 55th Indiana Regiment and Company F, 133rd Indiana Regiment. Allen was discharged on September 5, 1864. He was a druggist and married Alice Bennett on September 23, 1868. About a year after moving to California, Mr. Allen died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on October 2, 1914. He was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Greencastle, Indiana.
Sources:
"Albert Allen is Killed in Auto Accident." Greencastle (Ind.) Herald, October 3 1914, 1.
Ancestry.com. "Allen, Albert." Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941. Accessed July 27, 2015. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Allen, Albert." U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865. Accessed July 27, 2015. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com.
FindaGrave.com. "Allen, Albert." Find A Grave Index. Accessed July 27, 2015. http://findagrave.com.
Sources:
"Albert Allen is Killed in Auto Accident." Greencastle (Ind.) Herald, October 3 1914, 1.
Ancestry.com. "Allen, Albert." Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941. Accessed July 27, 2015. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com.
Ancestry.com. "Allen, Albert." U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865. Accessed July 27, 2015. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com.
FindaGrave.com. "Allen, Albert." Find A Grave Index. Accessed July 27, 2015. http://findagrave.com.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2005/01/27 by Jeffrey J. Dickens. EAD finding aid created 2015/07/27 by Laura Eliason.
- Indiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Military discharge
- Photographs
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Pensions
- United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 133rd (1864)
- United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 55th (1862)
Creator
- Allen, Albert (Person)
- Title
- Albert Allen collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
