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| | Matthew J. Allen |
 | | Matthew J. Allen was born in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, the Town of Marion, a part, originally, of the colonial town of Rochester, January 11, 1856, being a son of Charles Cole and Phoebe Macomber (Shaw) Allen. |
 | | Allen had sought Morton County, because his brother was one of the owners of Richfield and Johnson townsites, and his life was commenced here with a wife and plenty of ambition and energy. |
 | | Allen served two terms as county superintendent of schools, held summer normals and examinations, and during her incumbency, 1898 to 1902, disorganized a few of the smaller school districts and consolidated others. |
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