CLASS OF 1862

James Franklin Allen died March 12 at his home in Rockville, Md.

He was born in Hopkinton, N. H., August 13, 1841, the son of Jonathan Leach and Caroline (Allison) Allen. He was fitted at Hopkinton and Pembroke Academies, and entered the class at the beginning of sophomore year. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.

After graduation he taught the high school at Bradford, N. H., from 1862 to December 1863, reading law meanwhile in the office of Hon. Mason W. Tappan, then one of the leaders in Congress. He was then appointed to a clerkship in the Third Auditor's Office, United States Treasury, Washington, D. C. He continued his law studies at Columbian Law School, graduating therefrom in June, 1866, and being admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia the same month. He practiced law in Washington to March, 1881, when he was appointed to a clerkship in the Adjutant General's Office. In February, 1882, he was promoted to the Indian Office in the Department of the Interior, and made chief of a division. In November, 1892, while in this position, he was appointed a commissioner to negotiate with the Nez Percés Indians for the cession of their surplus lands, and spent three months in Idaho on that duty, meeting with eminent success. In 1911 he resigned his position on account of ill health and the infirmities of advancing years.

Mr. Allen was an authority to be consulte on the law of the various departments wit which he was connected; an honest man an a sound lawyer. He served two years as a member of the town council of Rockville. He was deeply interested in the Masonic fra ternity, in which he reached high rank.

October 25, 1866, he was married to.Miss Julia A. Dow in Washington, who died vember 10, 1886. A second marriage, August 28, 1888, was to Miss Lilabel Mans of Rockville, who survives him. There were no children of either marriage.