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of Judge Silas Lillard Bryan, was an instructor at Ewing College, Illinois.

Mr. Allen is a member of the American Bar Association; Nebraska State Bar Association; the Chamber of Commerce; Knife and Fork Club; Professional Men's Club; Layman's Club; Y. M. C. A.; and the First Baptist Church of Lincoln, Nebraska. He is a Mason, Royal Highlander and Modern Woodman of America. His social clubs are the University Club and the Country Club. His home and office are both in Lincoln. (Photograph on Page 23)

William Irving Allen

William I. Allen, who has resided in Nebraska for the past 45 years, was born at Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, August 19, 1869, the son of David Jonathan and Mary Ann (Wall) Allen. His father, who was born at Camden, New Jersey, in 1833, and died at Washington, District of Columbia, in 1895, fought in the Mexican War, the Indian Wars, and the Civil War; he was imprisoned in Libby prison during the Civil War; at the time of his death he was superintendent of the Soldiers Cemetery at Washington, D. C.; his Scotch and English ancestors came to America in Colonial days and fought in the Colonial Wars in the Revolution and the War of 1812. His mother was born at Liverpool, England, March 12, 1845, and died at Washington, D. C., September 28, 1883. She was of Scotch-Irish and English descent; her grandfather served with Wellington at Waterloo.

Mr. Allen attended the public schools in Virginia and was graduated from the Richmond Academy in 1895. Later he was a student at Fremont College, Fremont, Nebraska, the University of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, and the University of Virginia. He taught in rural schools for three years; was principal of the schools at Gretna, Nebraska, Elkhorn, Nebraska, and Dundee, Nebraska; served as professor of English and mathematics at Dexter Normal College, Dexter, Iowa, 1892-93; was engaged in the practice of law in Omaha, 1894, as a member of the firm Pratt, Allen & Walkup; and in 1895 came to Schuyler, Colfax County, Nebraska, where he has since practiced law.

A Democrat, Mr. Allen has held various public offices in his community and county, among them: city attorney of Schuyler, 1898 to 1903; county attorney of Colfax County, 1904-06, and 1910-14; and county judge, 1906-08. During the campaigns of 1912 and 1916 he was an ardent supporter of Wilson for president.

In the World War he was government appeal agent for Colfax County; was defense council attorney; was a four minute man; and was distinguished by his patriotic addresses which he made all over the state of Nebraska. He is a member of the State Historical Society; the Nebraskana Society; the American Judicature Society; the Izaak Walton League; the Nebraska State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, serving as Grand Chancellor in 1911, and Supreme Representative, 1915-24; is an Odd Fellow; and is a 32nd degree Mason, and member of the Shrine, having been president of the William McKinley Scottish Rite in 1922. Mr. Allen was president of the County Attorneys' Association, 1913-14; and is at present serving his second year as chairman of the advisory committee of the State Bar Association.

He was united in marriage with Eva Marston Perrine at Omaha, July 7, 1890; she was born of English, French, and Scotch ancestry in Kentucky, October 20, 1870, and died at Omaha, March 2, 1928. To this marriage three children were born, of whom only one is living: Irene, born July 5, 1891, who died December 10, 1893; Ruth born July 7, 1897, who died June 20, 1912; and Esther, born April 20, 1899, who married William G. Hubbard. Esther received her B. S. degree in 1922 at the University of Nebraska where she was awarded Pan Hellenic honors and Phi Beta Kappa membership. She was graduated from the Institute of Musical Art in New York City; received her Bachelor of Music degree at Columbia, and the A. M. degree at the latter. During 1925-26 she was head of the piano department at East Stroudsburg. She now resides in San Capristano, California.

William Irving Allen married Nellie Arvilla Tagg, nee Imbody, on May 1, 1930. Her father, a soldier in the Civil War, was Lewis Imbody. Mrs. Allen had a brother in the Spanish-American War and two sons in the World War. Dr. Harold E. Tagg, now of Schuyler, served in France as did Lowell Tagg, who died of illness as the troops were being mustered out. Mrs. Allen is a member of the O. E. S., the Rebekahs, the Pythian Sisters. She is past president of the Ladies' Auxiliary and belongs to the Episcopal Church. Residence: Schuyler. (Photograph on Page 25).

Amy Bruner Almy

Amy B. Almy, a resident of Nebraska for the past 56 years and a writer of some distinction, was born at West Point, Nebraska, February 13, 1875. Her father, Uriah Bruner, who was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, September 25, 1830, was a teacher, farmer, and lawyer who settled near Omaha, in 1856. He was one of the first regents of the University of Nebraska. His German ancestors, some of whom served in the Revolution, came to America the first part of the 18th century. He died at West Point, July 5, 1905.

Her mother, Amelia Brobst, was born in Leigh County, Pennsylvania, September 20, 1832, and died at West Point, July 22, 1909. She was a pioneer homemaker and the mother of nine children. Her German ancestors came to America in the 18th century.

Mrs. Almy was graduated from the high school at West Point, June, 1891, and in 1896 was awarded the A. B. degree at the University of Nebraska, where she was a member of Delian Literary Society and the English Club. She received her A. M. at Cornell University in 1902. Active in literary circles and civic affairs for many years in Lincoln, she is the author of various short stories, occasional articles, and some verse, published in religious and general magazines.

She was united in marriage to John Edwin Almy at West Point, July 22, 1903. Mr. Almy, who was born at Centralia, Illinois, October 13, 1875, is professor of physics. He is of English ancestry. They have a daughter, Constance Ida, born February 5, 1907, who married Harold Lyman Kipp.

Mrs. Almy is a member of the Nebraska Writers Guild at Lincoln, the Quill Club, and the American Association of University Women. She holds membership in the Red Cross, Native Sons and daughters, the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and the Young Women's Christian Association and Faculty Women's Club, and is affiliated with First Plymouth Congregational Church of Lincoln. Her favorite sports are hiking and taking auto trips. Her hobby is the study of story writing. She is a Republican. Residence: Lincoln.

John Edwin Almy

For over 30 years John E. Almy has been connected with the University of Nebraska, and has taken a prominent place in the educational field. He was born at Centralia, Illinois, October 13, 1875, the son of Horace Manchester and Abbie Colburn (Grinnell) Almy. His father, who was a farmer and stockman, was born at Little Compton, Rhode Island, September 17, 1838, and died at Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, February, 1891; William Almy came to Massachusetts in 1629, from Leicestershire, England, and was a member of the Aquidneck Colony at Rhode Island, in 1638. Abbie Grinnell was born at Little Compton, March 16, 1837, and died near Ashland, Nebraska, February 6, 1918; she was descended from Matthew Grinnell, a French Huguenot, who emigrated from Burgundy to Newport, Rhode Island, in 1630.

Dr. Almy attended public schools in Lancaster County, and was graduated from the preparatory department

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