Professor Wayne Melvin Allen

1890 - 1917  (27 years)

• Name	Wayne Melvin Allen
  Title	Professor
  Birth	16 May 1890	Centerville, Turner Co., South Dakota, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Aug 1917	Clay Co., South Dakota, USA
  Burial	Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, Clay Co., South Dakota, USA
  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 d. 26 Nov 1896, Centerville, Turner Co., South Dakota, USA (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Mima T. Lancaster,   b. 7 Sep 1859, Canada d. 30 Mar 1932, Yankton, Yankton Co., South Dakota, USA (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	15 Sep 1885	Eau Claire Co., Wisconsin, USA
  Family ID	F3217	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 16 May 1890 - Centerville, Turner Co., South Dakota, USA Death - 29 Aug 1917 - Clay Co., South Dakota, USA Burial - - Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, Clay Co., South Dakota, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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