Harrison Allen (December 4, 1835 – September 23, 1904), was an American soldier and public official who served as an officer in the

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, and later as a member of both houses of the Pennsylvania Legislature, United States Marshall of the North Dakota Territory, and auditor general of Pennsylvania.George W. Allen, Former Resident of Warren, Dies
, ''The Warren Tribune'' (January 30, 1928), p. 1. Born in Russellburg,

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, to Samuel P. and Mary Thompson Allen, Allen attended the local schools and academies in New York. Harrison Allen was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, serving as major of the

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and captain of Company F, and then elected colonel of the 151st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. He was mustered out on July 31, 1863, and later was awarded the grade of brevet brigadier general.Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. ''The Civil War Dictionary.'' New York: McKay, 1988. . First published 1959 by McKay. p. 9. Allen practiced law in

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, for many years. In 1865, he was elected as a Republican to the

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, serving until 1866. He was a delegate to the

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and served in the

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from 1870 to 1872 when he was elected auditor general of Pennsylvania. He was unsuccessful in his bid for reelection to that office in 1874, his term ending in 1875. He was a delegate to the

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and ran for a seat in the United States Congress in 1882. Failing in that effort, he was appointed United States Marshall for the Dakota Territory by President

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, serving from 1882 to 1886. He made another unsuccessful attempt to gain election to the United States Congress in 1888, and in 1901 was appointed by President

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as deputy auditor of the

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, where he remained until his death. Allen died at the age of 68, and was interred at

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