Background
Allen, Ray was born on March 22, 1860 in Pavilion, New York, United States. Son of Daniel and Laverna (Cheney) Allen.
Allen, Ray was born on March 22, 1860 in Pavilion, New York, United States. Son of Daniel and Laverna (Cheney) Allen.
Student Academic Institute, LeRoy, New York, 1874-1876. Doctor of Divinity, Syracuse University, 1910.
Traveling passenger agent G.T. Railway and St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway, 1881-1886. Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, 1886. Missionary, Calcutta and Simla, India, 1886-1888.
Pastor successively Alden, Buffalo, Rochester, Springville, Somerset, LeRoy, Rochester, Buffalo and Hornell. Superintendent Central and Rochester districts, 1914-1920. Executive secretary and treasurer Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, New York, 1920-1924.
Treasurer Genesee Conference, since 1925. Secretary Genesee Conference, 1898-1911.
Member General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, 1908, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32.
Married Bessie J. Bond, December 20, 1885 (died May 25, 1888). Married second, Sarah E. Martin, July 2, 1895 (died May 29, 1914).; married 3d, Mabel E. Crabbe, December 20, 1919.
Children: Earl, Carl, Ralph.