Capt Allen Wall died at his residence in Washington, D.C., on Monday, 17 Dec 1894, at 12:50 p.m., of paralysis, after an illness of about two months duration. His body was borne to its final resting place in Rock Creek cemetery, near the National Soldiers Home, by the affectionate hands of his colleagues and personal friends of the U.S. Treasury Dept, in which he had faithfully labored during the latter half of his eventful and happy life.
He was the eldest son and child of Joseph and Frances (Allen) Wall, and was born 6 Feb 1837, on the "Homestead Farm" of his maternal great grandfather, Joseph Warne, which at whose death, descended to his eldest daughter, Mary, wife of David Allen, Sr, and at their deaths passed to their daughter, Frances, the first wife of the late Joseph Wall, Esquire.
He on 16 Apr 1874 married Miss Lizzie J Stiles, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, a lady of culture and refinement, who was then residing with her father and mother in Washington, D.C. She was an only daughter, and sister of the late Capt Daniel F Stiles, of the U.S. Army, who had charge of the military post at Oklahoma, when that territory was opened to settlers.
When young, Capt Wall was bright and studious, attended the schools of his home neighborhood, took a preparatory course for entering college with Rev Dr Alonzo Linn, late Professor and Vice President of Washington & Jefferson College. He entered the Jefferson College, then located at Canonsburg, in the class of 1855, taking a classical course from which he graduated with honor in his 19th year. He made rapid progress in his studies and stood high in scholarship. In 1859, he began the study of law in the office of Penney & Sterrett in Pittsburgh, where in due time he was admitted to the bar of Allegheny County. The War of the Rebellion being now in progress, he did not at once commence the active practice of the law, but entered the Union service as a member of Company, F of the 155th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry where he served with credit and participated in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. The severity of active field duty commenced to affect his health to such a degree that his soldier friends had him detailed to headquarters, and to the Signal Corps, where he served out the balance of his term of enlistment, and was honorably discharged. Soon after the close of the War, he was appointed to a clerkship in the Adjutant General's office at Washington, D.C., afterwards transferred to the War Department, and subsequently accepted a place in Division of Accounts in the U.S. Treasury Department, where by reason and faithfulness to duty he remained until the close of his honorable and patriotic life.
Much of his leisure in late years was spent in literary work of a historical character, being a contributor to the journals of Western Pennsylvania. His series of "Olden Time" articles form an interesting and valuable contribution to the early history of portions of the Monongahela Valley and Allegheny County. Capt Wall took great pleasure in visiting his old home and friends from year to year, where he could enjoy refreshing freedom from office toil and duty. In writing to one of his old friends about the "Old Homestead", not long before his death, he said, "As I write of this place my heart warms in remembrance of the sunny hours in days gone by, when I was one of a large and happy family at the dear old home".
("A Genealogy of the Warne Family in America", by George Warne Labaw, 1911)
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Allen Wall was born on the Joseph Warne homestead. He is descended from Walter Wall, who came to America from England in 1635. Allen was a great grandson of Richard Sparks, who served in the Revolutionary War, and afterwards as a Colonel in the U. S. Army, and he is a grandson of Garret Wall who served in the War of 1812. He was a member of Company F of the 155th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry - Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg. Allen is listed in the 1880 U. S. Census as a clerk in the Treasury Department.
Lizzie J. Stiles was a native of Boston, Massachusetts; a lady of culture and refinement, who was residing with her parents in Washington, D. C. when she met Allen Wall. She was an only daughter, and a sister of Captain Daniel F. Stiles, of the U. S. Army who had charge of the military post at Oklahoma, when that territory was opened to settlers.
Allen Wall wrote several letters to his cousin, Mary Worley Lecky, during the American Civil War. He was also the trusted courier of letters between Samuel Hindman and his wife, Mary Worley Lecky Hindman, during the years that Samuel Hindman was in Washington, D.C. These letters are still in the Hindman family.
(Sources are cousins: Boyd Jensen and Marion Lynne Hindman)
He was the eldest son and child of Joseph and Frances (Allen) Wall, and was born 6 Feb 1837, on the "Homestead Farm" of his maternal great grandfather, Joseph Warne, which at whose death, descended to his eldest daughter, Mary, wife of David Allen, Sr, and at their deaths passed to their daughter, Frances, the first wife of the late Joseph Wall, Esquire.
He on 16 Apr 1874 married Miss Lizzie J Stiles, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, a lady of culture and refinement, who was then residing with her father and mother in Washington, D.C. She was an only daughter, and sister of the late Capt Daniel F Stiles, of the U.S. Army, who had charge of the military post at Oklahoma, when that territory was opened to settlers.
When young, Capt Wall was bright and studious, attended the schools of his home neighborhood, took a preparatory course for entering college with Rev Dr Alonzo Linn, late Professor and Vice President of Washington & Jefferson College. He entered the Jefferson College, then located at Canonsburg, in the class of 1855, taking a classical course from which he graduated with honor in his 19th year. He made rapid progress in his studies and stood high in scholarship. In 1859, he began the study of law in the office of Penney & Sterrett in Pittsburgh, where in due time he was admitted to the bar of Allegheny County. The War of the Rebellion being now in progress, he did not at once commence the active practice of the law, but entered the Union service as a member of Company, F of the 155th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry where he served with credit and participated in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. The severity of active field duty commenced to affect his health to such a degree that his soldier friends had him detailed to headquarters, and to the Signal Corps, where he served out the balance of his term of enlistment, and was honorably discharged. Soon after the close of the War, he was appointed to a clerkship in the Adjutant General's office at Washington, D.C., afterwards transferred to the War Department, and subsequently accepted a place in Division of Accounts in the U.S. Treasury Department, where by reason and faithfulness to duty he remained until the close of his honorable and patriotic life.
Much of his leisure in late years was spent in literary work of a historical character, being a contributor to the journals of Western Pennsylvania. His series of "Olden Time" articles form an interesting and valuable contribution to the early history of portions of the Monongahela Valley and Allegheny County. Capt Wall took great pleasure in visiting his old home and friends from year to year, where he could enjoy refreshing freedom from office toil and duty. In writing to one of his old friends about the "Old Homestead", not long before his death, he said, "As I write of this place my heart warms in remembrance of the sunny hours in days gone by, when I was one of a large and happy family at the dear old home".
("A Genealogy of the Warne Family in America", by George Warne Labaw, 1911)
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Allen Wall was born on the Joseph Warne homestead. He is descended from Walter Wall, who came to America from England in 1635. Allen was a great grandson of Richard Sparks, who served in the Revolutionary War, and afterwards as a Colonel in the U. S. Army, and he is a grandson of Garret Wall who served in the War of 1812. He was a member of Company F of the 155th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry - Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg. Allen is listed in the 1880 U. S. Census as a clerk in the Treasury Department.
Lizzie J. Stiles was a native of Boston, Massachusetts; a lady of culture and refinement, who was residing with her parents in Washington, D. C. when she met Allen Wall. She was an only daughter, and a sister of Captain Daniel F. Stiles, of the U. S. Army who had charge of the military post at Oklahoma, when that territory was opened to settlers.
Allen Wall wrote several letters to his cousin, Mary Worley Lecky, during the American Civil War. He was also the trusted courier of letters between Samuel Hindman and his wife, Mary Worley Lecky Hindman, during the years that Samuel Hindman was in Washington, D.C. These letters are still in the Hindman family.
(Sources are cousins: Boyd Jensen and Marion Lynne Hindman)
Capt Allen Wall died at his residence in Washington, D.C., on Monday, 17 Dec 1894, at 12:50 p.m., of paralysis, after an illness of about two months duration. His body was borne to its final resting place in Rock Creek cemetery, near the National Soldiers Home, by the affectionate hands of his colleagues and personal friends of the U.S. Treasury Dept, in which he had faithfully labored during the latter half of his eventful and happy life.
He was the eldest son and child of Joseph and Frances (Allen) Wall, and was born 6 Feb 1837, on the "Homestead Farm" of his maternal great grandfather, Joseph Warne, which at whose death, descended to his eldest daughter, Mary, wife of David Allen, Sr, and at their deaths passed to their daughter, Frances, the first wife of the late Joseph Wall, Esquire.
He on 16 Apr 1874 married Miss Lizzie J Stiles, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, a lady of culture and refinement, who was then residing with her father and mother in Washington, D.C. She was an only daughter, and sister of the late Capt Daniel F Stiles, of the U.S. Army, who had charge of the military post at Oklahoma, when that territory was opened to settlers.
When young, Capt Wall was bright and studious, attended the schools of his home neighborhood, took a preparatory course for entering college with Rev Dr Alonzo Linn, late Professor and Vice President of Washington & Jefferson College. He entered the Jefferson College, then located at Canonsburg, in the class of 1855, taking a classical course from which he graduated with honor in his 19th year. He made rapid progress in his studies and stood high in scholarship. In 1859, he began the study of law in the office of Penney & Sterrett in Pittsburgh, where in due time he was admitted to the bar of Allegheny County. The War of the Rebellion being now in progress, he did not at once commence the active practice of the law, but entered the Union service as a member of Company, F of the 155th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry where he served with credit and participated in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. The severity of active field duty commenced to affect his health to such a degree that his soldier friends had him detailed to headquarters, and to the Signal Corps, where he served out the balance of his term of enlistment, and was honorably discharged. Soon after the close of the War, he was appointed to a clerkship in the Adjutant General's office at Washington, D.C., afterwards transferred to the War Department, and subsequently accepted a place in Division of Accounts in the U.S. Treasury Department, where by reason and faithfulness to duty he remained until the close of his honorable and patriotic life.
Much of his leisure in late years was spent in literary work of a historical character, being a contributor to the journals of Western Pennsylvania. His series of "Olden Time" articles form an interesting and valuable contribution to the early history of portions of the Monongahela Valley and Allegheny County. Capt Wall took great pleasure in visiting his old home and friends from year to year, where he could enjoy refreshing freedom from office toil and duty. In writing to one of his old friends about the "Old Homestead", not long before his death, he said, "As I write of this place my heart warms in remembrance of the sunny hours in days gone by, when I was one of a large and happy family at the dear old home".
("A Genealogy of the Warne Family in America", by George Warne Labaw, 1911)
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Allen Wall was born on the Joseph Warne homestead. He is descended from Walter Wall, who came to America from England in 1635. Allen was a great grandson of Richard Sparks, who served in the Revolutionary War, and afterwards as a Colonel in the U. S. Army, and he is a grandson of Garret Wall who served in the War of 1812. He was a member of Company F of the 155th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry - Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg. Allen is listed in the 1880 U. S. Census as a clerk in the Treasury Department.
Lizzie J. Stiles was a native of Boston, Massachusetts; a lady of culture and refinement, who was residing with her parents in Washington, D. C. when she met Allen Wall. She was an only daughter, and a sister of Captain Daniel F. Stiles, of the U. S. Army who had charge of the military post at Oklahoma, when that territory was opened to settlers.
Allen Wall wrote several letters to his cousin, Mary Worley Lecky, during the American Civil War. He was also the trusted courier of letters between Samuel Hindman and his wife, Mary Worley Lecky Hindman, during the years that Samuel Hindman was in Washington, D.C. These letters are still in the Hindman family.
(Sources are cousins: Boyd Jensen and Marion Lynne Hindman)
He was the eldest son and child of Joseph and Frances (Allen) Wall, and was born 6 Feb 1837, on the "Homestead Farm" of his maternal great grandfather, Joseph Warne, which at whose death, descended to his eldest daughter, Mary, wife of David Allen, Sr, and at their deaths passed to their daughter, Frances, the first wife of the late Joseph Wall, Esquire.
He on 16 Apr 1874 married Miss Lizzie J Stiles, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, a lady of culture and refinement, who was then residing with her father and mother in Washington, D.C. She was an only daughter, and sister of the late Capt Daniel F Stiles, of the U.S. Army, who had charge of the military post at Oklahoma, when that territory was opened to settlers.
When young, Capt Wall was bright and studious, attended the schools of his home neighborhood, took a preparatory course for entering college with Rev Dr Alonzo Linn, late Professor and Vice President of Washington & Jefferson College. He entered the Jefferson College, then located at Canonsburg, in the class of 1855, taking a classical course from which he graduated with honor in his 19th year. He made rapid progress in his studies and stood high in scholarship. In 1859, he began the study of law in the office of Penney & Sterrett in Pittsburgh, where in due time he was admitted to the bar of Allegheny County. The War of the Rebellion being now in progress, he did not at once commence the active practice of the law, but entered the Union service as a member of Company, F of the 155th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry where he served with credit and participated in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. The severity of active field duty commenced to affect his health to such a degree that his soldier friends had him detailed to headquarters, and to the Signal Corps, where he served out the balance of his term of enlistment, and was honorably discharged. Soon after the close of the War, he was appointed to a clerkship in the Adjutant General's office at Washington, D.C., afterwards transferred to the War Department, and subsequently accepted a place in Division of Accounts in the U.S. Treasury Department, where by reason and faithfulness to duty he remained until the close of his honorable and patriotic life.
Much of his leisure in late years was spent in literary work of a historical character, being a contributor to the journals of Western Pennsylvania. His series of "Olden Time" articles form an interesting and valuable contribution to the early history of portions of the Monongahela Valley and Allegheny County. Capt Wall took great pleasure in visiting his old home and friends from year to year, where he could enjoy refreshing freedom from office toil and duty. In writing to one of his old friends about the "Old Homestead", not long before his death, he said, "As I write of this place my heart warms in remembrance of the sunny hours in days gone by, when I was one of a large and happy family at the dear old home".
("A Genealogy of the Warne Family in America", by George Warne Labaw, 1911)
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Allen Wall was born on the Joseph Warne homestead. He is descended from Walter Wall, who came to America from England in 1635. Allen was a great grandson of Richard Sparks, who served in the Revolutionary War, and afterwards as a Colonel in the U. S. Army, and he is a grandson of Garret Wall who served in the War of 1812. He was a member of Company F of the 155th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry - Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg. Allen is listed in the 1880 U. S. Census as a clerk in the Treasury Department.
Lizzie J. Stiles was a native of Boston, Massachusetts; a lady of culture and refinement, who was residing with her parents in Washington, D. C. when she met Allen Wall. She was an only daughter, and a sister of Captain Daniel F. Stiles, of the U. S. Army who had charge of the military post at Oklahoma, when that territory was opened to settlers.
Allen Wall wrote several letters to his cousin, Mary Worley Lecky, during the American Civil War. He was also the trusted courier of letters between Samuel Hindman and his wife, Mary Worley Lecky Hindman, during the years that Samuel Hindman was in Washington, D.C. These letters are still in the Hindman family.
(Sources are cousins: Boyd Jensen and Marion Lynne Hindman)
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