Biography

09/30/1857 - 1909


ALLEN, Abraham L., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, September 30, 1857 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; haberdasher; dry goods merchant; engaged, real estate; elected, school board director, 32nd Ward (1890-1899); delinquent tax collector, Philadelphia (1896-1899); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1899 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1900); died, 1909; interred, North Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


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