Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Allen, John Wesley 1898 - 
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Source: History of Blair County, PA, Vol. II, 1931
Author: Tarring Davis

  JOHN WESLEY ALLEN, druggist of Hollidaysburg, was born in Altoona, Pa., in 
1898, and is a son of Walter B. and Caroline S. (Walls) Allen, residents of 
Altoona. The father is a machine shop foreman with the Pennsylvania Railroad. 
John W. Allen graduated from the Altoona High School in 1917, and then attended 
the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, completing his studies there in 1921. 
Coming to Hollidaysburg at that time, he purchased from the John P. Jacobs 
Estate his present drug store located on the Diamond. Mr. Allen handles a 
complete line of drugs, maintains a fountain service, and sells radios. During 
the World War, Mr. Allen served in the army as an instructor in the Officers' 
Training Camp at Camp Gordon, Georgia, until his discharge, November 29, 1918. 
He is a member of the American Legion, Kiwanis Club, and the various Masonic 
bodies, including the Harrisburg Consistory and Jaffa Temple of the Shrine. His 
wife is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. In June, 1921, Mr. Allen 
married Margaret Elizabeth Williams, of Altoona, and to them have been born 
three children, Margaret Elizabeth, born in 1923; John Wesley, Jr., 1927; and 
Priscilla Carol, 1930. 

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