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his varied training and wide experience
he is ideally fitted for the office, and has
throughout the years given close and dili-
gent attention to the performance of his
duties, for the same qualities that made
him a good sailor have made him a good
citizen and a successful man.
Mr. Allen is a member of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers of New
the American Society of Naval En-
York ;
gineers of Washington, District of Colum-
bia ; the Marine Engineers' Society of
New York ; the National Association of
Stationary Engineers ; the National As-
sociation of Naval Veterans, of which he
is lieutenant-commander; vice-president
of the Naval Veteran Association of Connecticut
; member of the Army and Navy
Club of Connecticut ; Robert O. Tyler
Post, Grand Army of the Republic ;
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mem-
ber of the Loyal Legion. In 1915 Mr.
Allen attended the encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic, of which
he is past junior vice-commander-in-chief,
and also past commander-in-chief of the
National Association of Naval Veterans.
He found Washington a vastly different
place then when he had visited it in 1865,
and changed for the better, as he said,
"It would be hard to recognize that it is
the same city."
At different times he has resided in
Portland, Maine, and has a summer residence
on the shore at Watch Hill, Rhode
Island, where he can hear the beating of
the surf and breakers of the sea he loves
so well. He has also resided in Chicago,
New York and Philadelphia, and through
his connection in naval and business
affairs he has achieved a wide reputation,
and gained many friends by virtue of his
winning personality.
Mr. Allen married Margaret Louise,
daughter of David Williams, and they
were the parents of five children: 1. Edwin
S., who is the assistant secretary of
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the jEtna Fire Insurance Company of
Hartford. 2. Mabel W., deceased. 3.
Arthur Williams, of the insurance firm
of Allen, Russell & Allen. 4. Marjory,
who became the wife of Harold Deming,
of Hartford. Mr. Allen with his family is
a member of the Congregational church
of Hartford.
ALFORD, Hestes Ward,
Agriculturist, Public Official.
Throughout his life a resident of Windsor,
Mr. Alford enjoys the respect and
esteem of his contemporaries, earned by
a consistent, industrious and worthy life.
He is a descendant of one of the oldest
families of the town, always connected
with the industrial life of the community.
Sergeant Benidictus Alford was born
about 1615-18, probably in Whiteston,
England, and died there April 23, 1683.
In 1637 he served in the Pequot War, and
was in England in 1639. In 1640 he returned
to Windsor, and in that same year
purchased land. He filled various town
offices in Windsor, and was a man of substance.
On November 26, 1640, he married,
in Windsor, Jane Newton, of Broadway
Parish, England.
Jeremy Alford, youngest child of Sergeant
Benidictus Alford, was born December
24, 1655, and was baptized Janu-
ary 31, 1666. He was a contributor to
the support of the poor of other colonies
in 1676, his contribution being one shil-
ling and three pence. His death occurred
June 1, 1709. He married Jane Hoskins,
born April 30, 1761, and died May 19,
1715, the daughter of Anthony and Isabel
(Brown) Hoskins.
Jeremy Alford, third son of Jeremy and
Jane (Hoskins) Alford, was born May 8,
1692, and married, July 4, 171 1, Sarah
Eno, daughter of John and Mary (Dib-
ble) Eno.