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share to the ultimate achievement, and
in the heart of the genuine artisan this
is no small gratification. About 1905 Mr.
Alden entered the employ of the Lozier
Automobile Company, which at that time
had a branch at Stamford, Connecticut.
In July, 1906, he went to Plattsburgh,
New York, as assistant superintendent of
the company's central plant, which was
located in that city. There he remained
until the time of his death.
The foregoing is the industrial record
of a man of skill and mental power. As
an individual there is much that might
be recalled of him, fine and worthy of remembrance.
In the Civil War he served
in Company C, 46th Massachusetts Vol-
unteers, but after nine months of service
became so ill that he was sent home to
die. In his native climate he slowly re-
cuperated, and gradually took up again
the interests with which he had previously
filled his time. Since young manhood
he was a member of the Masonic lodge
and chapter at Holyoke, Massachusetts;
also a member of the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows.
Mr. Alden married Mary Elizabeth
Allen, born September 15, 1837, and died
January 28, 1900, daughter of Carlos and
Martha (Hartwell) Allen, of Chicopee,
Massachusetts. (See Allen line.) This
family line reaches back to the early days
of the Massachusetts Colony. Mr. and
Mrs. Alden were the parents of two children
: Martha Hartwell, now a resident
of Bridgeport, Connecticut; and Francis
Erskine, who lost his life in the Spanish-
American War. The family was for
many years connected with the Unitar-
ian church.
(The Allen Line).
(I) Edward A. Allen, a Godfearing and
industrious weaver, of Ipswich, Massa-
chusetts, married, in 1658, Sarah Kimball,
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daughter of Richard Kimball, of Ipswich,
England. She died in 1696, aged about
fifty-six years.
(II) Edward Allen, son of Edward A.
and Sarah (Kimball) Allen, was born in
1663, and died in 1740. The records give
his marriage, in 1683, to Mercy Painter,
whose mother before her marriage was a
Miss Lamberton, of New Haven, Con-
necticut.
(III) Edward (2) Allen, son of Edward
(1) and Mercy (Painter) Allen, was born
in 1688. He was an inn-holder from 1723
to 1729. He became a resident of Deer-
field, Massachusetts, at some time shortly
after 1749, and died December 19, 1756.
He married, in 1719 or 1720, Martha
Wells, daughter of Ebenezer Wells, of
Hatfield, Massachusetts.
(IV) Samuel Allen, son of Edward (2)
and Martha (Wells) Allen, was born in
1720, and lived in Deerfield, Massachusetts.
He was killed by Indians on August
25, 1746, while he was courageously
defending his children from the foe. He
married, in 1737, Hannah Hawkes, daughter
of Eleazer Hawkes.
(V) Caleb Allen, son of Samuel and
Hannah (Hawkes) Allen, was born in
1737, and also lived in Deerfield, Massa-
chusetts. He died on November 26, 1807.
He married, on February 4, 1768, Judith
Hawkes, daughter of Eleazer Hawkes.
(VI) Eliel Allen, son of Caleb and Ju-
dith (Hawkes) Allen, was born in 1775,
and lived in Wapping, Massachusetts.
He died in November, 1844. He married,
in 1802, Electa Allis, of Hatfield, Massa-
chusetts.
(VII) Carlos Allen, son of Eliel and
Electa (Allis) Allen, was born in 1805,
and lived for a considerable length of time
in Richmond, Virginia. There he con-
ducted a china store. Later he came to
Massachusetts, and finally located permanently
at Chicopee, where he was en-