Allen, Stephen Thompson

Allen, Stephen Thompson a Protestant Episcopal minister of the diocese of Quincy, Ill., was ordained, and soon after began his ministry, at Aurora. In 1865 he removed to Muscatine, Ia., as rector of Trinity Church, and held this position until 1868, when he returned to Aurora as rector of his former parish, Trinity. In 1871 he became rector of Grace Church at Galesburg, Ill., and continued to officiate in that parish until the date of his death. He died in Aurora, May 3, 1878, aged sixty-nine years. See Prot. Episc. Alm., 1879, p. 168.