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Alice Wallace. 4. Margaret Montgomery,
born November 25, 1854 ; wife of Ly-
sander E. Watson. 5. Samuel, born Oc-
tober 29, 1856; a blacksmith; married
Hattie Hamilton. 6. Martha Armstrong,
born September 13, 1858, died in Novem-
ber, 1888; wife of William J. Johnston.
7. David Knox, of whom further. 8. Edgar
Henry, born March 15, 1866; is now
engaged in the automobile business ; mar-
ried Lillian Scofield. 9. Fannie Louise,
born February 26, 1868; married Horace
Barton. 10. Kittie, born January 30, 1872 ;
married Daniel Anthony.
David Knox Allen was educated in the
public schools of Greenwich, and early
learned the trade of plumber with Elias
S. Peck. For a time he followed this
occupation as journeyman, and was subsequently
in partnership with Washing-
ton Marshall, under the firm name of
Allen & Marshall. They opened a store
and in addition to their plumbing busi-
ness carried a line of house furnishing
goods. This business was successfully
continued for about ten years, at the end
of which time Mr. Allen purchased the
interests of his partner, Mr. Marshall, and
has since continued alone. He is a very
enterprising business man, and has added
to his already large stock a fine line of
paints and hardware. He has met with
well deserved success in his business life,
and is well and favorably known among
his fellow-citizens. He is a director of
the Greenwich National Bank, and his
fraternal connections are with the Masonic
order as a member of Acacia Lodge,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of
Greenwich.
Mr. Allen married Elizabeth Johnston,
daughter of Joseph Johnston, of North
Greenwich. Mr. and Mrs. Allen attend
the Greenwich Congregational Church,
and they are active in all its good works.
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POLLARD, Herbert O.,
Successful Real Estate Dealer.
The surname of Pollard belongs to the
class of names derived from location. It
is found at a very early date in England,
particularly in Yorkshire. It was an an-
cient custom in that country, previous to
the time of the general adoption of sur-
names, to assume a name either from an
occupation, a personal characteristic or
the location of the ancestral home. After
the thirteenth century, when surnames
came into universal use, these names were
retained. Many trees in England, bord-
ering lands, were "polled;" that is, the
top cut off, and they were called "pollards."
A dweller near such trees would
be known as John of the Pollard, which
gradually became John Pollard, and it
was in this manner that the surname of
Pollard originated.
In the annals of Connecticut there have
been several representatives of this name,
and they are found among the foremost
citizens.
The grandfather of Herbert O. Pollard
was John Pollard, and he was born in
1818, and died in 1887. He learned the
trade of finisher in the textile mills in
England, and after locating in Norwalk,
Connecticut, followed his trade there for
a time in the plant of The Norwalk Mills
Company. Mr. Pollard in later years
went to Iowa and there purchased a farm
at French Creek. He married Sarah
Buckley, who was born in 1816, and died
in 1903.
David Pollard, son of John and Sarah
(Buckley) Pollard, was born in York-
shire, England, January 20, 1841, and died
November 7, 191 7. He was only two
years of age when his parents brought
him to America. For many years he was
employed by The Norwalk Mills Com-