Allensworth, Allen, 1842-1914

[Allen Allensworth (1842-1914) was born a slave and remained one until 1861 when he enlisted in the Navy and served as a steward on the gunboat Queen City. After being honorably discharged in 1865, Allen taught at the Ely Normal School for Freemen and subsequently was ordained a minister. From 1886-1906 he served as chaplain of the Twenty-forth Infantry where he designed an educational curriculum that was adoped throughout the U.S. Army.]

found: Data from KTEH-TV for the Spirit of Allensworth [VR] 1980 (subj.)(Allen Allensworth; founder of town in Calif. for Black Americans; d. 1914)

found: Wikipedia, website viewed 12 July 2011(Allen Allensworth; Lt. Colonel; b. 7 April 1842 in Louisville, Kentucky d. 14 September 1914 in Monrovia, California; soldier in United States Army; highest ranking African American commissioned officer in the U.S. military at his retirement in 1906; founder of the all-black township of Allensworth, California, now Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park)

found: African American National Biography, accessed November 7, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Allensworth, Allen; slave, baptist clergyperson, city and town founder / benefactor; born 07 April 1842 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States; was offered for sale at the auction house of Poindexter & Little, New Orleans (1854); remained the property of Fred Scruggs, Louisville, Kentucky until (1861); enlisted in the Navy (1863); selected as a wardroom steward on a gunboat Queen City, honorably discharged (1865); taught at the Ely Normal School for Freemen, organized by the American Missionary Society of New York (1868); ordained as minister, Fifth Street Baptist Church in Louisville (1871); enrolled in the Theological Institute at Nashville; was a delegate to the Republican National Convention (1880 and 1884); became Chaplain Allensworth of the Twenty-fourth Infantry (1886-1906); designed an educational curriculum which was adopted throughout the U.S. Army; retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Army (1906); cocreated an all-black community in Tulare County, California; the town was called Allensworth (1914); died 14 September 1914 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States)

[Allen Allensworth (1842-1914) was born a slave and remained one until 1861 when he enlisted in the Navy and served as a steward on the gunboat Queen City. After being honorably discharged in 1865, Allen taught at the Ely Normal School for Freemen and subsequently was ordained a minister. From 1886-1906 he served as chaplain of the Twenty-forth Infantry where he designed an educational curriculum that was adoped throughout the U.S. Army.]