Background
Allen, Perry S. was born on July 4, 1854 in near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Richard Boyd and Mary Van Derland (Stoops) Allen.
Allen, Perry S. was born on July 4, 1854 in near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Richard Boyd and Mary Van Derland (Stoops) Allen.
Graduated from the University of Wooster, Ohio, 1874, Western Theological Seminary, 1877. Doctor of Divinity, University of Omaha, 1902.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1877. Pastor Edenburg, Pennsylvania, 1877-1878, Sharon, 1878-1882, Warren, 1882-1887, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1887-1892. President.
Married Mary T. Kinter, November 8, 1877 (died 1890). Married second, Virginia Gertrude Oliver, June 2, 1894.