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ALLEN, HIRAM. Was born in Wood County, Ohio, January 21, 1822. When eleven years of age he engaged as clerk
in a commission house in. Erie County, which occupation he followed until 1849, when he crossed the plains with
mule teams to California, and arrived at Placerville September 12th of the above year. After mining for one year
we find Mr. Allen engaged in clerking in Jackson, Amador County, which he followed one year. He then returned via
Nicaragua, to the East, where he remained until 1853, when he again crossed the plains, bringing with him this
time his wife. After a slow and tedious journey Jackson, Amador County, was reached October 12, 1856. Here he engaged
in hotel keeping and other occupations until 1861, when he came to Lake County and located at Lakeport, where he
conducted a livery and feed stable for a few months, after which he engaged in farming for three years. We next
find him in Sutter County, where one year was spent, when he returned to Lake County and engaged in farming in
Big Valley, which he followed for two years. In 1866 he settled at Lower Lake, and in 1871 was elected Assessor,
which office he held for eight years. He next engaged in merchandising at Lower Lake, which he followed until the
spring of 1881, when he sold his stock to H. R. Bolter. Mr. Allen married, February 15, 1849, Miss Henrietta M.
Bill. Their children are, Fannie C., Maria J. and Mollie. They have lost Seneca, Mary C. and Nellie.
From:
History of Napa and Lake Counties, California
Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers
San Francisco, California 1881
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