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CHARLES W. ALLEN, a general farmer residing on his valuable estate of seventy acres, which is situated in Franklin Township, was born in Franklin Township, Butler County, Penna., in what is now the village of Prospect,
March 9, 1864, and is a son of Samuel and Kate M. (Witty) Allen.
The father of Mr. Allen was born in 1841, at Whitestown, Penna., and died in February, 1907. His leading occupation was farming, although for two years he conducted a hotel at Prospect and resided for several years at West Liberty. He subsequently settled on the farm in
Franklin Township which his son Charles W. now owns, and there spent the remainder of his life. He was a member of the Odd Fellow organization at Prospect. He married a daughter of John Witty and they had the following children: Charles, Mary, Robert, George, Harry and
Margaret, the last mentioned of whom is the wife of David Snyder of Brady Township. Of the above family Mary and Robert are deceased. The parents were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, in which the father was active, serving as a trustee and for a long period
as superintendent of the Sunday-school.
Charles W. Allen was reared and attended school in Franklin Township and, with the exception of about sixteen years, during which period he was employed as a pumper and tool dresser in the oil fields, he has confined his attention to farming. His land is productive and his
main crops are potatoes, hay and corn, thirty-five acres being devoted to the latter grain. He is well known all through this section, has friends on every hand and is a valued member of the order of Maccabees at Prospect.
Source: 20th century history of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and respresentative citizens, McKee, James A., 1909, page 985.
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