Background
Allen, Marcus Marshall was born on August 24, 1862 in Fayette County, Kentucky, United States. Son of Heman H. (Doctor of Divinity) and Mary Washington (Marshall) A.
Allen, Marcus Marshall was born on August 24, 1862 in Fayette County, Kentucky, United States. Son of Heman H. (Doctor of Divinity) and Mary Washington (Marshall) A.
Bachelor of Arts, Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, 1884, Master of Arts, 1888, Doctor of Divinity, 1915. Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary 1888.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1888. Pastor Bessemer, Michigan, 1888-1895, Ishpeming, 1895-1915. President Kentucky College for Women, 1915-1922.
Pastor Caldwell group of Churches, since 1915.
Stated clerk Lake Superior Presbytery, 1897-1915.
Member Sigma Chirurgical Repubulican. Mason (32°).
Married Lettie Cowan Craig, February 11, 1902. Children: Heman Hawthorne Allen (by 1st marriage), John Craig Allen (by 2d marriage).