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⚫ '''Samuel Gordon Allen''' (August 24, 1870 – October 16, 1956) was an American lawyer, businessman, and industrialist who specialized in railroad supplies. He founded the ], the ], and the ].
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⚫ '''Samuel Gordon Allen''' (August 24, 1870 – October 16, 1956) was an American lawyer, businessman, and industrialist who specialized in railroad supplies. He founded the ], the ], and the American Arch Company. Allen was also a dog breeder and judge.


== Early life == == Early life ==
Allen was born in ] on August 24, 1870.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=1956-10-17 |title=Business Executive Native of Warren Dies at Pinehurst |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/warren-times-mirror-business-executive-n/163787105/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=Warren Times Mirror |pages=12 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite journal |date=August 20, 1949 |title=Supply Trade |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Railway_Age/YuolAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Samuel+G.+Allen%22+-wikipedia&pg=RA6-PA73&printsec=frontcover |journal=Railway Age |volume=127 |issue=8 |page=73 |via=Google Books}}</ref> His parents were Marie (nėe Cook) and Orren Cartwright Allen.<ref name=":7" /> He attended public schools in Warren, followed by the ].<ref name=":7" /> He also graduated from the ].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=1956-10-18 |title=Ex-Franklin Industrialist Allen is Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120991873/ex-franklin-industrialist-allen-is-dead/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |work=The Oil City Derrick |pages=14 |publication-place=Oil City, Pennsylvania |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite journal |date=April 1916 |title=Items of Personal Interest |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Railway_and_Locomotive_Engineering/qUtBAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Samuel+G.+Allen%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA139&printsec=frontcover |journal=Railway and Locomotive Engineering |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=139-140 |via=Google Books}}</ref> He was a member of ] fraternity.<ref name=":1" /> Allen was born in ] on August 24, 1870.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=1956-10-17 |title=Business Executive Native of Warren Dies at Pinehurst |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/warren-times-mirror-business-executive-n/163787105/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=Warren Times Mirror |pages=12 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite journal |date=August 20, 1949 |title=Supply Trade |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Railway_Age/YuolAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Samuel+G.+Allen%22+-wikipedia&pg=RA6-PA73&printsec=frontcover |journal=Railway Age |volume=127 |issue=8 |page=73 |via=Google Books}}</ref> His parents were Marie (nėe Cook) and Orren Cartwright Allen.<ref name=":7" /> He attended public schools in Warren, followed by the ].<ref name=":7" /> He also graduated from the ] where he was a member of ] fraternity.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=1956-10-18 |title=Ex-Franklin Industrialist Allen is Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120991873/ex-franklin-industrialist-allen-is-dead/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |work=The Oil City Derrick |pages=14 |publication-place=Oil City, Pennsylvania |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite journal |date=April 1916 |title=Items of Personal Interest |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Railway_and_Locomotive_Engineering/qUtBAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Samuel+G.+Allen%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA139&printsec=frontcover |journal=Railway and Locomotive Engineering |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=139-140 |via=Google Books}}</ref>


After college, Allen studied law.<ref name=":9" /> He was admitted to the Pennsylvania State Bar on August 24, 1891.<ref name=":8" /> After college, Allen studied law.<ref name=":9" /> He was admitted to the ] on August 24, 1891.<ref name=":8" />


== Career == == Career ==
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== Personal life == == Personal life ==
Allen married Anna Lewis of Franklin, Pennsylvania on October 14, 1896.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> They had a daughter who died in April 1900 before her first birthday.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=1900-04-07 |title=Tete-a-Tete |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-times-tete-a-tete/163785164/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=The Philadelphia Times |pages=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> They lived in Franklin from 1901 to 1908.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |date=1946-01-14 |title=Miss Emily Lee Myers Wed to Samuel Allen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-herald-miss-emily-lee-myers-wed/163786686/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=The News-Herald |location=Franklin, Pennsylvania |pages=5 |via=Franklin, Pennsylvania}}</ref> After Anna died in October 1940,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1944-10-23 |title=Mrs. Samuel Gordon Allen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/warren-times-mirror-obituary-for-samuel/163786471/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=Warren Times Mirror |pages=2}}</ref> he married Emily Lee Myers of Franklin on January 12, 1946.<ref name=":6" /> Allen lived in ] and ].<ref name=":6" /> Allen married Anna Lewis of Franklin, Pennsylvania on October 14, 1896.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> They had a daughter who died in April 1900 before her first birthday.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=1900-04-07 |title=Tete-a-Tete |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-times-tete-a-tete/163785164/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=The Philadelphia Times |pages=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> They lived in Franklin from 1901 to 1908.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |date=1946-01-14 |title=Miss Emily Lee Myers Wed to Samuel Allen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-herald-miss-emily-lee-myers-wed/163786686/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=The News-Herald |location=Franklin, Pennsylvania |pages=5 |via=Franklin, Pennsylvania}}</ref> After Anna died in October 1940,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1944-10-23 |title=Mrs. Samuel Gordon Allen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/warren-times-mirror-obituary-for-samuel/163786471/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=Warren Times Mirror |pages=2}}</ref> Allen married Emily Lee Myers of Franklin on January 12, 1946.<ref name=":6" /> They lived in ] and ].<ref name=":6" />


He was a director of the Pinehurst Religious Association, the Moore County Hospital, and The Forum in Pinehurst.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":7" /> He was a member of the board of trustees of the ] from 1933 to 1935.<ref name=":1" /> He was a director of the Pinehurst Religious Association, the Moore County Hospital, and The Forum in Pinehurst.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":7" /> He was a member of the board of trustees of the ] from 1933 to 1935.<ref name=":1" />


Allen was elected to the ] in 1902.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Year_Book/CVdHAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Samuel+G.+Allen%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA186&printsec=frontcover |title=Year Book of the Pennsylvania Society |date=1903 |publisher=The Pennsylvania Society |location=New York |page=186 |language=en |via=Google Books}}</ref> He belonged to the ], the ], the ], and the ].<ref name=":1" /> He was a member and president of the He was also a member of the ].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1955-04-24 |title=Mr. and Mrs. Huffines Give Tea Dance at Pinehurst Club |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-and-record-mr-and-mrs-huffines-gi/163789140/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=News and Record |location=Greensboro, North Carolina |pages=64 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> He belonged to the ].<ref name=":1" /> He raised ] and ] and was also a judge for ] shows, including for the ].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=1939-08-28 |title=Kennel Club Show Planned Sept. 10 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/mount-vernon-argus-kennel-club-show-plan/163790293/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=Mount Vernon Argus |location=White Plains, New York |pages=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 1929 |title=Westminster Judges |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Dog_Fancier/Q97mAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Samuel+G.+Allen%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA9&printsec=frontcover |journal=Dog Fancier |volume=38 |issue=1 |page=9 |via=Google Books}}</ref> He also served on the field trial committee of the ].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=February 28, 1922 |title=Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the American Kennel Club |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_American_Kennel_Gazette_and_Stud_Boo/Kr5YAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Samuel+G.+Allen%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA89&printsec=frontcover |journal=The American Kennel Club Gazette and Stud Book |volume=34 |issue=2 |page=89}}</ref> Allen was elected to the ] in 1902.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Year_Book/CVdHAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Samuel+G.+Allen%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA186&printsec=frontcover |title=Year Book of the Pennsylvania Society |date=1903 |publisher=The Pennsylvania Society |location=New York |page=186 |language=en |via=Google Books}}</ref> He belonged to the ], the ], the ], and the ].<ref name=":1" /> He was a member and president of the ].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1955-04-24 |title=Mr. and Mrs. Huffines Give Tea Dance at Pinehurst Club |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-and-record-mr-and-mrs-huffines-gi/163789140/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=News and Record |location=Greensboro, North Carolina |pages=64 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> He belonged to the ].<ref name=":1" />


Allen raised ] and ] and was also a judge for ] shows, including for the ].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=1939-08-28 |title=Kennel Club Show Planned Sept. 10 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/mount-vernon-argus-kennel-club-show-plan/163790293/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=Mount Vernon Argus |location=White Plains, New York |pages=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 1929 |title=Westminster Judges |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Dog_Fancier/Q97mAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Samuel+G.+Allen%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA9&printsec=frontcover |journal=Dog Fancier |volume=38 |issue=1 |page=9 |via=Google Books}}</ref> He also served on the field trial committee of the ].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=February 28, 1922 |title=Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the American Kennel Club |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_American_Kennel_Gazette_and_Stud_Boo/Kr5YAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Samuel+G.+Allen%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA89&printsec=frontcover |journal=The American Kennel Club Gazette and Stud Book |volume=34 |issue=2 |page=89}}</ref>
⚫ Allen died of a heart attack at the age of 82 at his home in Pinehurst on October 16, 1956.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He was buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Warren, Pennsylvania.<ref name=":1" /> Allen left a bequest of $100,000 (${{Inflation|index=US|value=100000|start_year=1956|r=0|fmt=c}} in 2023 money) to both the Pinehurst Religious Association and the Moore County Hospital.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1956-11-11 |title=Two Bequests of $100,000 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-two-bequests-of-1/163787821/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=The News and Observer |location=Raleigh, North Carolina |pages=75 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

⚫ Allen died of a heart attack at the age of 82 in Pinehurst on October 16, 1956.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He was buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Warren, Pennsylvania.<ref name=":1" /> Allen left a bequest of $100,000 (${{Inflation|index=US|value=100000|start_year=1956|r=0|fmt=c}} in 2023 money) to both the Pinehurst Religious Association and the Moore County Hospital.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1956-11-11 |title=Two Bequests of $100,000 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-two-bequests-of-1/163787821/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=The News and Observer |location=Raleigh, North Carolina |pages=75 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>


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American industrialist (1870–1956)
Samuel G. Allen
BornSamuel Gordon Allen
August 24, 1870
Warren, Pennsylvania, US
DiedOctober 16, 1956(1956-10-16) (aged 86)
Pinehurst, North Carolina, US
Burial placeOakland Cemetery, Warren, Pennsylvania
Occupation(s)Industrialist and lawyer
Employer(s)Lima Locomotive Works

Combustion Engineering Company
American Arch Company

Franklin Railway Supply Company

Samuel Gordon Allen (August 24, 1870 – October 16, 1956) was an American lawyer, businessman, and industrialist who specialized in railroad supplies. He founded the Lima Locomotive Works, the Combustion Engineering Company, and the American Arch Company. Allen was also a dog breeder and judge.

Early life

Allen was born in Warren, Pennsylvania on August 24, 1870. His parents were Marie (nėe Cook) and Orren Cartwright Allen. He attended public schools in Warren, followed by the Maryland Miliary and Naval Academy. He also graduated from the Pennsylvania State College where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

After college, Allen studied law. He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar on August 24, 1891.

Career

Allen practiced law with his brother, William Harrison Allen, in Warren for nine years, starting in 1891. On January 1, 1900, he began working in the railroad supply business. He worked for the Franklin Air Compressor Company in Franklin, Pennsylvania. In December 1901, he became the general manager of the Franklin Railway Supply Company, later called the Franklin-Balmar Corp. He became the company's vice president in 1902.

In March 1910, Allen co-founded the American Arch Company with Joel S. Coffin (president of the Franklin Railway Supply Company) and served as chairman of its board until 1949. In June 1910, Allen, Coffin, and George L. Borne formed the Locomotive Super-Heater Company, later called the Combustion Engineering Company.

In January 1916, Allen and Coffin purchased and reorganized the Lima Locomotive Works, later called the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Works. Also in 1916, Allen replaced Coffin as president of the Franklin Railway Supply Company. During World War I, Allen served in the U.S. Army Ordinance Division as the assistance chief of the production division.

Allen was chairman of the board of the Air Pre-Heater Corp., the Lima Locomotive Works, and the Combustion Engineering Company. He was also associated with the Baldwin Locomotive Works. He was a member of the executive committee of the Superheater Company and was a director of the Franklin Railway Supply Company, the American Brake Shoe and Foundry Company, and the Locomotive Feed Water Heater Company. At the time of his death, he was the honorary chairman of the Franklin-Balmar Corp.

Personal life

Allen married Anna Lewis of Franklin, Pennsylvania on October 14, 1896. They had a daughter who died in April 1900 before her first birthday. They lived in Franklin from 1901 to 1908. After Anna died in October 1940, Allen married Emily Lee Myers of Franklin on January 12, 1946. They lived in Pinehurst, North Carolina and Rye, New York.

He was a director of the Pinehurst Religious Association, the Moore County Hospital, and The Forum in Pinehurst. He was a member of the board of trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology from 1933 to 1935.

Allen was elected to the The Pennsylvania Society in 1902. He belonged to the Lake Placid Club, the Seigniory Club, the Union League Club, and the Westchester County Club. He was a member and president of the Pinehurst Country Club. He belonged to the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

Allen raised pointers and setters and was also a judge for pedigreed dog shows, including for the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. He also served on the field trial committee of the American Kennel Club.

Allen died of a heart attack at the age of 82 in Pinehurst on October 16, 1956. He was buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Warren, Pennsylvania. Allen left a bequest of $100,000 ($1,120,685 in 2023 money) to both the Pinehurst Religious Association and the Moore County Hospital.

References

  1. ^ "Business Executive Native of Warren Dies at Pinehurst". Warren Times Mirror. 1956-10-17. p. 12. Retrieved 2025-01-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Supply Trade". Railway Age. 127 (8): 73. August 20, 1949 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Ex-Franklin Industrialist Allen is Dead". The Oil City Derrick. Oil City, Pennsylvania. 1956-10-18. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-03-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Items of Personal Interest". Railway and Locomotive Engineering. 29 (4): 139–140. April 1916 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Our Card Basket". The News-Herald. Franklin, Pennsylvania. 1896-09-29. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-01-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Local Lawyof er Prominence Dies in Sleep". Warren Times Mirror. 1939-01-09. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-01-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "The National Founder's Association Fifth Meeting". The Iron Age: 14. November 21, 1901 – via Google Books.
  8. "A Gigantic deal". The News-Herald. Franklin, Pennsylvania. 1901-12-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-01-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Lima Locomotive Co. Sold; Joel S. Coffin and Samuel G. Allen Now in Control" (PDF). The New York Times. January 28, 1916. p. 13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
  10. ^ "$6,686,772 Cleared in 1949; Combustion Engineering Report First on Merged Companies" (PDF). The New York Times. March 21, 1950. p. 43. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
  11. ^ "Samuel G. Allen, 86, Industrialist, Dies" (PDF). The New York Times. October 17, 1956. p. 35. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  12. "Business Brief". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1935-04-24. p. 18. Retrieved 2025-01-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Tete-a-Tete". The Philadelphia Times. 1900-04-07. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-01-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Miss Emily Lee Myers Wed to Samuel Allen". The News-Herald. Franklin, Pennsylvania. 1946-01-14. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-01-24 – via Franklin, Pennsylvania.
  15. "Mrs. Samuel Gordon Allen". Warren Times Mirror. 1944-10-23. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
  16. Year Book of the Pennsylvania Society. New York: The Pennsylvania Society. 1903. p. 186 – via Google Books.
  17. "Mr. and Mrs. Huffines Give Tea Dance at Pinehurst Club". News and Record. Greensboro, North Carolina. 1955-04-24. p. 64. Retrieved 2025-01-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. "Kennel Club Show Planned Sept. 10". Mount Vernon Argus. White Plains, New York. 1939-08-28. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-01-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. "Westminster Judges". Dog Fancier. 38 (1): 9. January 1929 – via Google Books.
  20. "Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the American Kennel Club". The American Kennel Club Gazette and Stud Book. 34 (2): 89. February 28, 1922.
  21. "Two Bequests of $100,000". The News and Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. 1956-11-11. p. 75. Retrieved 2025-01-24 – via Newspapers.com.
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