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ALLEN, GEORGE WASHINGTON
George Washington Allen, M. D., conspicuous among the well-known and successful physicians and surgeons of Flatonia, Fayette County, is well fitted both by education and experience for the duties of a most responsible position. Able and skillful, he has built up a large and lucrative practice in this section of the county, and in connection with his practice has established a hospital, in which he treats many patients, and a drug store. A son of the late Rev. John William Barkley Allen, he was born April 20, 1849, in Walton County, Ga. His paternal grandfather, William Allen, who was accidentally killed by falling from a horse when but thirty years old, was, as far as known, a life-long resident of Georgia, where he owned a plantation.

But two years of age when he was brought by his parents to Texas, George Washington Allen spent his boyhood days in Fayette County, receiving his elementary education in its pioneer schools. He subsequently attended the Bastrop Collegiate Institute, and in 1867 began to study medicine with Dr. I. Evans, a physician in the southern part of Fayette County. Becoming familiar with the science, he located at Peach Creek in 1868, and was there employed in practice for three years. Going to Louisville, Ky., in 1871, he entered the Louisville Medical College, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1872. Since that time Dr. Allen has practiced as a physician and surgeon in Tarrant, Brown and Fayette counties, in each place meeting with well-deserved success. In 1896 the Doctor erected, in Flatonia, the handsome and commodious brick structure in which is located his conveniently arranged and finely equipped hospital, and his well-stocked drug store. Associated with him in practice, Dr. Allen has an able assistant in his son-in-law, George W. Cross, a talented and skillful physician. During the winter of 1893 and 1894, Dr. Allen, who endeavors at all times to keep in touch with the most modern methods used in diagnosing and treating diseases, and in surgery, took a post-graduate course at the New York Polyclinic, adding materially to his professional knowledge. An intelligent reader and a close student, he is conversant with the results of medical and surgical research of later years and has gained an excellent reputation as a capable and trustworthy practitioner.

On October 21, 1868, Dr. Allen married for his first wife Louisa Evans, who was born in Fayette County, Tex. She died in early womanhood. The Doctor married, second, June 9, 1897, Mary S. Daggett, a native of Fayette County. Dr. Allen's children, all by his first marriage, numbered nine, three of whom died in infancy, while six are living, namely: Martha L., Emily E., George W., Jr., Theophilus Parsons William I., and Theodore L. Martha L. is the wife of G. W. Cross, M. D., who is associated with the Doctor in practice. Emily married C. S. Bailey. George W. Allen, Jr., M. D., who is engaged in the practice of medicine at Yorktown, Tex., married Katie Burns. Theophilus P., a contractor and builder of Flatonia, married Fanny Evans. William is studying pharmacy; Theodore L. is also a contractor and builder. Dr. Allen is prominent in medical circles, belonging to the Texas State Medical Society, to the Fayette County Medical society, and being medical legislator for Fayette County. The Doctor is a member of Lodge No. 436, A. F. & A. M.; of Chapter No. 134, R. A. M, and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. (A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas Vol 2, Lewis Publishing Company, 1907

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name:G. W. Allen Sr
death date: 23 Dec 1929
death place Yoakum, Dewitt, Texas
gender:Male
race: w
death age:80 years 8 months 3 days
estimated birth date:
birth date:20 Apr 1849
birthplace: Ga
marital status: Widowed
spouse's name
father's name:J. W. B. Allen
father's birthplace: Ga
mother's name:Martha Camp
mother's birthplace: Ga
occupation: Doctor
place of residence:
cemetery:
burial place:
burial date: 24 Dec 1929

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