Arkansas County ArArchives Biographies.....Allen, Richard Hancock 1881 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

RICHARD HANCOCK ALLEN.
    Richard Hancock Allen, circuit clerk of Arkansas county and a resident of De
Witt, is well known in this part of the state, by reason of his stalwart
championship of all those interests which make for public progress and
improvement. His devotion to the general welfare has, therefore, led to his
selection for office, the duties of which he has promptly and efficiently
performed. Mr. Allen was born on a farm five miles east of De Witt in 1881 and
is a son of R. C. and Belle (Williamson) Allen. The father was a native of
Shelby county, Mississippi, and his father became one of the pioneer settlers of
this state, arriving in 1858 and taking up his abode on a farm in Arkansas
county, while the Williamson family had previously been established in this
count} and was also connected with the agricultural life of the community.

   Richard H. Allen acquired his education in the common schools and later
pursued a commercial course, after which he took up the business of bookkeeping.
His interest in public affairs, his capability and his devotion to the general
welfare caused him to be selected for official duties and he was elected county
treasurer in 1912, continuing in that office for four years. He has also served
as deputy collector for four years and with his retirement from the office of
deputy collector in 1920 he was elected circuit clerk and is the incumbent in
that position.

    Mr. Allen was married to Miss Bertie Parker, a daughter of Joseph Parker of
St. Charles, Arkansas, and they have three sons: Robert, R. H., Jr., and
Gleason. Mr. Allen is identified with the Masonic order, being a member of
Albert Pike Consistory at Little Rock, Arkansas; also the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows; and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His fellow members in
these societies attest his sterling worth and give him their warm friendship and
kindly regard, while his official record has also gained him high position in
the esteem of his fellow townsmen.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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