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URIAH ALLEN
Originally published in 1900 |
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URIAH ALLEN, one of the oldest and best known business men in
Jersey City, was born in New York City on the 6th of July, 1825, his
parents being James P. and Mary Allen. On his father's side he is of
Scotch and on his mother's of Holland descent and springs from some of
the oldest families in this part of the country.
Mr. Allen received a good practical education in his native city and from boyhood has been a very active business man. For many years he was a successful merchant in New York, conducting a large commission business and making an independent fortune. Retiring from that, he established himself in the furnishing business in Jersey City, which he Continued for a period of twenty-one years. At the present time he is actively and successfully engaged in the art business in Jersey City, having always been identified with that line as a side issue. Besides devoting his energies to an extensive business Mr. Allen also took an active and influential part in public affairs, and from early life has been an enterprising, public spirited, and progressive citizen. He was one of the original founders and chief supporters of the Republican party in Jersey City in 1856, and ever since then has been intimately identified with its affairs and prominent as one of its acknowledged leaders. He has not, however, sought or accepted public office, preferring to devote his time wholly to business. For eight years he served in the New York State National Guard as a member of the Seventh Regiment, one of the most noted military organizations in the country. Mr. Allen married Susanna Elizabeth Thompson, daughter of John Thompson, an old resident of the Seventh Ward., New York City. She died in 1894, leaving four children : Halsey W., orris S., Horace G., and Jessie E.
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