Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2015
                           All Rights Reserved
                        USGenNet Data Repository

        Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page:
                <http://www.us-data.org/fineprint.html>

Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott
for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/
===========================================================================
History of the Great Lakes
Illustrated, In Two Volumes, Vol. II
Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1899

  82-83

        CAPTAIN S. C. ALLEN was born January 1, 1867, in Cleveland, Ohio,
     where he still makes his home, and in the public schools of that
     place received his education. At an early age he had a strong incli-
     nation for marine life, with which his father had always been identi-
     fied. The latter was THOMAS ALLEN, a native of Ireland, who during
     his youth came to America, and made his home in Cleveland for forty-
     eight years. Our subject has four brothers who are also in the marine
     service: WILLIAM being captain of the tug Joe Harris; GEORGE, second
     engineer on the Masaba; CHARLES, watchman on the Germanic; and JOHN,
     who has served in minor positions on the lakes for several years.
        As a boy CAPT. S. C. ALLEN first went on the William McGregor,
     where he served for some time, and then shipped as second cook on the
     Oscar Townsend. The following season he served in the same capacity
     on the Vienna, and was then wheelsman on the tug Constitution one
     season, after which he was on the V. Swain for two seasons, and later
     on filled a like berth on the John M. Glidden, and the Samuel Mather,
     and the Republic, now called the Marquette, on which boat he was
     promoted to second mate. Subsequently he was mate on the Secular,
     City of Glasgow, the John F. Eddy, the Gladstone and the Alva, of
     the Bradley line. In 1896 he was given command of the E. B. Hale, and
     this was followed by a season on the George H. Corliss, one of the
     large Bessemer barges; then came his promotion to another of their
     steamers, the Henry Cort, and he is still in their employ. He has
     never been shipwrecked, nor connected with a boat when it met with a
     serious accident, so that in many ways he has obtained the confidence
     of his employers.
        The Captain is married, and resides at No. 127 Twenty-third ave-
     nue, Cleveland; socially, he is a member of the A. A. M. P., No. 42,
     of that place, also of the Shipmasters Association No. 4.

==========================================================================
If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access more
information about Great Lakes Maritime History by by going to the
following URL:
http://www.us-data.org/mi/glm/
==========================================================================