Edward Jay Allen
Edward Jay Allen was a pioneer, entrepreneur, and businessman.
The Allen family emigrated from Warwickshire, England, crossing the Atlantic on the ship Anacreon and arriving in New York City on September 4, 1827. The youngest of six children, Edward Jay Allen was born to Edward and Millicent Bindley Allen on April 27, 1830. After nearly three years in New York City, the Allen family moved to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, a bustling coal center that supplied Philadelphias fuel needs via a newly constructed canal. In 1834 the family moved again, traveling by Conestoga wagon to Pittsburgh, where they lived thereafter. The senior Edward Allen made his living as a bricklayer and later as a construction contractor. He saw to it that his three sons and three daughters were well educated and versed in the classics. Edward Jay Allen attended Pittsburghs South Ward School and the Western University of Pennsylvania. Suffering from a severe longterm lung ailment, Allen found respite in the summer of 1851 wandering the hills of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania wi
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