Arnie J. Allen, a Spanish American War veteran, was a private that fought with the Hospital Corps. Arnie J. Allen enlisted in Davis County Iowa at the age of 19. He was discharged at Angel Island, California, April 16, 1903.
Arnie J. Allen was born in Iowa, in January of 1882. Before the war he was a messenger. He had blue eyes, brown hair, had ruddy skin, and was 5’7 ¼ tall. His father was J. H. Allen. After the war he lived in North Topeka. Allen died at the age of 22, from a street car accident that caused bruising, which then led to blood poisoning. He is currently buried in Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
Sources:
The Topeka Daily Capital, Tue, August 9, 1904
The Topeka State Journal, Mon, August 8, 1904
Register of Enlistments United States Army, 1900
Contributor: Students of Seaman High School
Arnie J. Allen was born in Iowa, in January of 1882. Before the war he was a messenger. He had blue eyes, brown hair, had ruddy skin, and was 5’7 ¼ tall. His father was J. H. Allen. After the war he lived in North Topeka. Allen died at the age of 22, from a street car accident that caused bruising, which then led to blood poisoning. He is currently buried in Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
Sources:
The Topeka Daily Capital, Tue, August 9, 1904
The Topeka State Journal, Mon, August 8, 1904
Register of Enlistments United States Army, 1900
Contributor: Students of Seaman High School
Arnie J. Allen, a Spanish American War veteran, was a private that fought with the Hospital Corps. Arnie J. Allen enlisted in Davis County Iowa at the age of 19. He was discharged at Angel Island, California, April 16, 1903.
Arnie J. Allen was born in Iowa, in January of 1882. Before the war he was a messenger. He had blue eyes, brown hair, had ruddy skin, and was 5’7 ¼ tall. His father was J. H. Allen. After the war he lived in North Topeka. Allen died at the age of 22, from a street car accident that caused bruising, which then led to blood poisoning. He is currently buried in Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
Sources:
The Topeka Daily Capital, Tue, August 9, 1904
The Topeka State Journal, Mon, August 8, 1904
Register of Enlistments United States Army, 1900
Contributor: Students of Seaman High School
Arnie J. Allen was born in Iowa, in January of 1882. Before the war he was a messenger. He had blue eyes, brown hair, had ruddy skin, and was 5’7 ¼ tall. His father was J. H. Allen. After the war he lived in North Topeka. Allen died at the age of 22, from a street car accident that caused bruising, which then led to blood poisoning. He is currently buried in Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
Sources:
The Topeka Daily Capital, Tue, August 9, 1904
The Topeka State Journal, Mon, August 8, 1904
Register of Enlistments United States Army, 1900
Contributor: Students of Seaman High School
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