Colonel Ethan Alien, late a well-known woollen manufacturer of Hanover, to whom she was married on December 9, 1855, was born in Lisbon, this county, in 1822, and died on January 15, 1884, at the age of sixty-two years. He was the son of Deacon Ebenezer Allen, a native of Canterbury, Conn., and was of the eighth generation in descent from Samuel Allen, who came from England about 1630, and settled at Braintree, Mass. Deacon Ebenezer was a son of Pratt Allen, a native of Scotland, Conn.

To Colonel Ethan and Mrs. Mary E. Allen were born eight children, named as follows: Ebenezer, Mary, Sarah, Thomas H., Morgan, Harriet B., Olive B., and Maud E. Sarah died April 6, 1874, at fourteen years of age. Morgan died at the age of four years. The living children are all residing in this place, and are single, except Ebenezer, who married Martha E. Gordon, of Hanover. They have been liberally educated, and are citizens of influence and prominence. Ebenezer and Thomas are graduates of the Highland Military Institute. The business of manufacturing woollen goods, in which Colonel Allen was engaged at the time of his death, has been continued by his sons and their uncle, Elisha M. Allen, who was Colonel Allen's partner. During the business depression of the past four years the factory has been closed for a considerable part of the time. Mr. Ebenezer Allen is the present Representative of this town to the Connecticut legislature.

His brother, the Hon. Thomas Hubbard Allen, who was born September 3, 1862, has had a brilliant record as a public man. He was educated at East Greenwich Academy, Rhode Island, and at Highland Military Institute, graduating from the last-named institution in 1881, as valedictorian of the class, and having been Captain of the Cadet Corps. He has always been interested in military affairs, and for eight years was a member of the Third Regiment, Connecticut National Guard, retiring as Captain and Inspector of Rifle Practice. He served his native town five consecutive years as Selectman; and in 1885 he was elected to the legislature, being at the time he took his seat the youngest man in the house. He has been five terms in the lower branch, and one term in the Senate. During his first term in the house he was clerk of the Committee on Engrossed Bills, and during the four successive terms he was chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs. In 1886 he was also clerk of the Library Committee, and in 1893 was a member of the Committee on Joint Rules. The other years in which he served were 1889 and 1895. In 1887 he was elected State Senator, and was the youngest man in the upper house. Here also he served as chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Thomas H. Allen has had many other civic honors conferred upon him. At the time of President Harrison's second inauguration he was one of the aides-de-camp. In 1888 he was sent as delegate to the Republican convention at Chicago, and in 1896 as delegate to the St. Louis convention. In 1889 he was a delegate to the centennial celebration held in New York City. Mr. Allen's record as a public man has been one of distinguished service and high integrity. He has worked faithfully for the interests of his constituents, and has allowed no personal considerations to deter him from carrying out what he has believed to be for the general good of his district or of the State as a whole. He is a member of Hartford Lodge, No. 19, Brotherhood of Elks; also of Court Sprague, No. 90, Foresters of America, of Sprague, Conn.