Thomas Scott Allen

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Thomas Allen Scott, Lieutenant Colonel

Thomas Scott Allen was a Colonel in the (II) 5th Wisconsin Infantry.

Antebellum

  • July 26, 1825 - Born in Andover, Allegheny County, New York
  • Student at Oberlin College in Ohio, left school to take a job
  • Worked for Chicago newspaper
  • 1847: moved with family to Dodgeville in the Wisconsin Territory
  • Worked as mine surveyor, schoolteacher, Clerk of Dane County Board
  • Moved to Mineral Point, Wisconsin in 1857
  • Elected to Wisconsin Legislature
  • Named Chief Clerk of the U.S. Land Office at Madison
  • Became a member of Governor's Guard with Lucius Fairchild, served as Lieutenant
  • Left at start of war to take a Captain's Commission in newly formed Miner's Guard Company at Mineral Point
  • Enlisted from Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin

War Career

Post-War Career

  • After the war, he lived in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
  • October 23, 1869 - Applied for a pension (Application #149,543)
  • December 12, 1905 - Died in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
  • Buried at Riverside Cemetery in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
  • September 13, 1909 - After Thomas died, his widow applied for a pension from Wisconsin (Application #927,002)

Family

  • Natalia Allen (Spouse, widow)

Notes

  1. Listed on Roster p.437 as December 25, 1862
  2. There seems to be a disconnect in the Roster between promotion dates here - one page says mustered out August 2, 1864, but does not reference any information for the 5th Wisconsin Infantry.

Sources

Other Sources

  • Herdegan, IBiCWaM, 26 quote
  • IMAGE Herdegan, IBiCWaM, 41