Professor Wayne Melvin Allen

Male 1890 - 1917  (27 years)

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  • Name Wayne Melvin Allen 
    Title Professor 
    Birth 16 May 1890  Centerville, Turner Co., South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 Aug 1917  Clay Co., South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, Clay Co., South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • At the time of his registration for World War I draft, Wayne was living with his mother in Garrison, North Dakota and working as Superintendent of Schools for the Garrison School District in North Dakota. The draft card also noted that he was physically disabled, this was dated Jun 5, 1917 and he died less than 3 months later back in his hometown of Centerville, SD.

      Newspaper article from the Fargo Forum, dated Sep 4, 1917, states that Garrison school will open Sept 24 and M.A. Tollefson "has been engaged as principle to succeed Prof. W. M. Allen, who resigned because of ill health" - apparently, they were not aware that he died a few days prior. Per his draft card info of being physically disabled, we can assume then at young age study a lot and became a teacher and up to Superintendent versus following his father's lumber business. Not able to learn what his disability was.
    Person ID I20228  OurNorthernRoots
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2024 

    Father William Wilson Allen,   b. 18 Apr 1855, Dansville, Steuben County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1896, Centerville, Turner Co., South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Mother Mima T. Lancaster,   b. 7 Sep 1859, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1932, Yankton, Yankton Co., South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 15 Sep 1885  Eau Claire Co., Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3217  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 May 1890 - Centerville, Turner Co., South Dakota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Aug 1917 - Clay Co., South Dakota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, Clay Co., South Dakota, USA Link to Google Earth
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