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JAMES KITCHELL ALLEN
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JAMES KITCHELL ALLEN, of Kearny, Hudson County, was born in
Whippany, Morris County, N. J., on the 20th of August, 1855. His parents,
Albert Allen and Sarah E. Loper, were natives respectively of Massachusetts
and Morris County, N. J., and were married in this State. Mr.
Allen received his educational training in the public schools of Morristown,
and subsequently entered upon a business career which has been both
honorable and successful. He first engaged in the grocery trade. Afterward
he became a florist and horticulturist in Garfield, N. J. During the
last fourteen years, however, he has been actively and successfully engaged
in business as a florist in New York City, where he has built up a large
trade. While Mr. Allen has devoted himself mainly to his large and growing business, he has at the same time taken an active interest in public affairs and has served as a School Trustee of Kearny, N. J., where he resides. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a member of Triune Lodge, No. 159, Free and Accepted Masons, of Arlington, of La Mancha Lodge, No. 24, Knights of Pythias, of Newark, and of the Royal Arcanum, and attends the Methodist Episcopal Church. For seven years he served as a member of the Fire Department of Kearny. He is a public spirited, enterprising, and patriotic citizen, highly esteemed by all who know him, and prominently identified with the growth and prosperity of his adopted town. His success in business is due to his great energy and ability combined with fair dealing, honesty, and integrity; and besides holding membership in the Florists' Club in New York City he is a member of the Society of American Florists of the United States, and is widely known as an expert in horticultural matters. Mr. Allen married Miss Lucy Smith, daughter of Tibbs and Mary A. Smith, of England. They have three children: Albert William, George James, and Lucy Mary Ellen.
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