Clayton Allen
Clayton T. Allen (May 5, 1892 – February 8, 1967) was a communications expert who worked equipping ships during World War II. He continued in this endeavor until 1950. He founded Communications, Inc., of New York City, which was dissolved in 1950.[1]
Allen was born in 1892 in Addison, New York.[2] He later moved to Michigan and ran an insurance business in Grand Rapids, Michigan for a quarter of a century. His firm was affiliated with AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company and Pacific Life Insurance Company.[1]
During his later years he operated the Vermont Apple Company located on Isle La Motte, an island in Lake Champlain, 14 miles west of St. Albans.[1]
In 1916, he was working as a bookkeeper when he married Hazel McMulkin in Manistique, Michigan.[3] They had a son, Harry, before she died in 1919 in the global flu pandemic, succumbing to influenza while giving birth to a stillborn daughter.[4][5] In 1922, he married Ora G. Morton, whom had he married in Michigan[3]
He resided at 67 Riverside Drive in New York City. He died in 1967 at Roosevelt Hospital and was survived by his second wife and their three daughters.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Clayton T. Allen, 74, Equipped Warships", The New York Times, February 10, 1967, p. 35.
- ^ for Clayton T Allen U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- ^ a b Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952
- ^ 1920 United States Census
- ^ Hazel Elizabeth Allen; Baby Allen; Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950