Calhoun Allen

L. Calhoun Allen, III Frances Olivia Allen Two stepchildren John K. Schober

Allen preferred to use the first initial L, rather than the unusual name Littleberry. He was Calhoun Allen or L. Calhoun Allen, Jr., to the public, not Littleberry Allen or some other combination. Littleberry had been his grandfather, who was born in Virginia in 1862 and had relocated to Alabama and then to Shreveport near the end of the 19th century. Littleberry Calhoun Allen, Sr., who used the designation L. C. Allen, was a businessman, a Shreveport city council member, a grand master of the Masonic lodge, and a Baptist, who staunchly opposed liquor use and sales to the extent that he would support Prohibition Party causes and candidates, rather than the heavily favored Democratic nominees. L. C. Allen established what became Allen Manufacturing Company and Caddo Lumber Company. Littleberry Allen had a son, L. C. Allen, Jr. Littleberry Allen died of Brights disease early in the 20th century. Therefore, L. Calhoun Allen was really L. Calhoun Allen, III, but he used Jr., instead becaus

Source: Wikipedia