 Kọkọ parí gbólóhùn yìí: Wọn bí Allen ní February 12, 1843 nílùú Lebanon, ní ìpínlẹ New York. Nigba Ogun Abẹle Amẹrika, o ṣiṣẹ pẹlu 22nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment ti Union Army. Ó kópa nínú ogun Thompsons Station, ogun Resaca, ogun Kennesaw Mountain, ogun Peachtree Creek àti : Shermans March to the Sea Ìrìn Àjò Sherman Lọ sí Òkun. Ní September 4, 1867, Allen gbé Delia A. Sherman níyàwó. Ó kú ní May 5, 1908. 