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| | ALLEN, JOHN FROM 1912 HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS |
 | | John Allen did not enjoy the educational advantages of the country boy of today, but went to school in a primitive log building in Clear Lake Township, at the same time assisting his father, with whom he remained until his enlistment, May 11, 1861, at St. Louis. |
 | | His wife had passed away in 1854 in Adair County, Mo. John Allen is proud of the fact that not only was his father, a defender of his county, but that his grandfather, Benjamin Cherry, served in the Black Hawk War, his name appearing on the list of soldiers enlisting from Sangamon County. |
 | | Allen is a stanch supporter of Republican principles, having learned them from his warm personal friend, Abraham Lincoln, with whom he was very intimate. |
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