Son of Samuel and Ruth (Farley) Allen
Married Sarah Outram Lyman on 30 December 1834 in Northampton, MA
Started in the mercantile business in New York
Then studied law in Baltimore
Settled on a farm in Niagara, NY in 1832
In 1842, he started writing "The American Agriculturist" with a brother, Anthony B Allen
In 1856, he and his brother opened a farming supply business
Wrote:
History and Description of Domestic Animals (1848)
The Diseases of Domestic Animals (1848)
The American Farm Book or compend of American agriculture; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining, irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits ...(1849)
The American Farmers Muck-Book
American Agriculture
Domestic Animals (1865)
Note: Contributor #49879865 believes that Richard died in Stockholm, St Lawrence, NY. Northampton Death Records, The New York Evening Post (12 October 1869) and Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography (1903 p55) list his place of death as Stockholm, Sweden.
Married Sarah Outram Lyman on 30 December 1834 in Northampton, MA
Started in the mercantile business in New York
Then studied law in Baltimore
Settled on a farm in Niagara, NY in 1832
In 1842, he started writing "The American Agriculturist" with a brother, Anthony B Allen
In 1856, he and his brother opened a farming supply business
Wrote:
History and Description of Domestic Animals (1848)
The Diseases of Domestic Animals (1848)
The American Farm Book or compend of American agriculture; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining, irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits ...(1849)
The American Farmers Muck-Book
American Agriculture
Domestic Animals (1865)
Note: Contributor #49879865 believes that Richard died in Stockholm, St Lawrence, NY. Northampton Death Records, The New York Evening Post (12 October 1869) and Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography (1903 p55) list his place of death as Stockholm, Sweden.
Son of Samuel and Ruth (Farley) Allen
Married Sarah Outram Lyman on 30 December 1834 in Northampton, MA
Started in the mercantile business in New York
Then studied law in Baltimore
Settled on a farm in Niagara, NY in 1832
In 1842, he started writing "The American Agriculturist" with a brother, Anthony B Allen
In 1856, he and his brother opened a farming supply business
Wrote:
History and Description of Domestic Animals (1848)
The Diseases of Domestic Animals (1848)
The American Farm Book or compend of American agriculture; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining, irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits ...(1849)
The American Farmers Muck-Book
American Agriculture
Domestic Animals (1865)
Note: Contributor #49879865 believes that Richard died in Stockholm, St Lawrence, NY. Northampton Death Records, The New York Evening Post (12 October 1869) and Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography (1903 p55) list his place of death as Stockholm, Sweden.
Married Sarah Outram Lyman on 30 December 1834 in Northampton, MA
Started in the mercantile business in New York
Then studied law in Baltimore
Settled on a farm in Niagara, NY in 1832
In 1842, he started writing "The American Agriculturist" with a brother, Anthony B Allen
In 1856, he and his brother opened a farming supply business
Wrote:
History and Description of Domestic Animals (1848)
The Diseases of Domestic Animals (1848)
The American Farm Book or compend of American agriculture; being a practical treatise on soils, manures, draining, irrigation, grasses, grain, roots, fruits ...(1849)
The American Farmers Muck-Book
American Agriculture
Domestic Animals (1865)
Note: Contributor #49879865 believes that Richard died in Stockholm, St Lawrence, NY. Northampton Death Records, The New York Evening Post (12 October 1869) and Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography (1903 p55) list his place of death as Stockholm, Sweden.
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Allen
Richard L Allen/Born/Near Westfield Mass/Oct 20 1803/Died at/Stockholm Sweden/Sept 22 1869
Sally Outram/wife of/Richard L Allen/and daughter of/Jonathan Huntington/and Sophia Hinckley/Lyman/Born May 19 1812/Died July 18/1892//
Huntington Lyman/infant son of/Richard L. & Sarah D/Allen/Born June 6 1843/Died June 8 1844
Mary Isabel/Daughter of/Richard L. & Sarah D/Allen/Born December 2 1840/Died January 8 1908
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