Peter Buell Allen
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Image of Peter Buell Allen, Lt. Col. War of 1812
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| New York State Assembly | |
| Preceded by | Abraham Dox (Dem. Rep.) |
| Succeeded by | Henry Fellows (Federalist) |
| Indiana State Legislature, 1819 | |
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November 24, 1775 Dutchess County, New York |
| Died | June 13, 1833 (aged 57) Terre Haute, Indiana |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Peterson |
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Peter Buell Allen (November 24, 1775 – June 13, 1833) was a politician and military commander in New York State in the early 1800s and a pioneer of Vigo County and Terre Haute, Indiana.
Peter Buell Allen was born in Dutchess County, New York to Moses and Chloe (Ward) Allen and was the eldest of eight children, including his younger brother Nathaniel Allen. Peter and his wife, Mary moved from Duchess County, NY to Ontario County, NY in 1797 and the US Census of 1800 recorded them as having two sons, Ira age 1 and Henry age 3. In 1812 Peter Allen served in the Ontario County Legislature before being commissioned in the New York State Militia as a Commanding Lieutenant Colonel in the 22nd Infantry Regiment. After the War of 1812 Allen became involved with St. Pauls Protestant Episcopal Church in Richmond, New York was elected to two terms in the New York State Assembly as a representative of Ontario County, before selling his New York and Connecticut land holdings to his brother Nathaniel Allen, in 1817, and moving west, eventually landing in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1818.
On December 24, 1802 Peter Allen is recorded as being one of nine Freemasons in Ontario County, New York (in what would become the Town of Richmond, New York) who signed a petition to the Grand Lodge of New York, Free & Accepted Masons, for permission to form Genesee Lodge, the petition was endorsed by Ontario Lodge No. 23 as the nearest lodge, in Canandaigua, NY. The Charter to work as Genesee Lodge No. 32 was issued on June 14, 1806.
After moving to Indiana, in 1819 Allen was one of thirteen Freemasons that petitioned the Grand Lodge of Indiana for permission to create a Masonic Lodge in Terre Haute on March 10, 1819. The other signers of the petition were John T. Chunn, Lucius H. Scott, Toussaint DuBois, James Hall, Andrew Brooks, Zebina C. Hovey, Demas Deming, Sr., Curtis Gilbert, Samuel McQuilken, Robert Brasher, Thomas H. Clark, and Elihu Hovey. The dispensation was granted and the Lodge first met at Terre Haute Lodge Under Dispensation [U.D.] on July 12, 1819. Peter Buell Allen was appointed as the first presiding officer, or Worshipful Master, of the Lodge during dispensation and installed in this position on July 12, 1819. Allen continued to serve the additional 6-month terms with installation dates on September 11, 1820; December 29, 1820; and May 10, 1821.
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