The students of the Radical University: Edward H. Allen

Edward Henry Allen (b. 1856, d. February 13, 1928)
Massachusetts.  Born free.  Mulatto.  
Occupation: baker, clerk, teacher.  
Father's occupation: lawyer.

Edward Allen was born in Massachusetts to Hannah and Macon Bolling Allen.  His brother was John Allen who also attended the University of South Carolina.  His father was the first African American licensed to practice law in the U.S.  The family's history is described in more detail in the entry on John.

Edward enrolled as a student some time after February 1875.  He was in the college class and following the modern studies track, but the university closed before he completed his degree.

After the closure of the university, Edward returned to Charleston and moved back with his family.  There he worked as a clerk and a school teacher. He remained in Charleston until at least 1880, but then records become scarce.  He may have moved to Savannah, Georgia in the early 1880s (a 1883 city directory records "Henry H Allen" working as a clerk).  By 1920, he had moved to Beaufort, South Carolina and was working as a baker.  He had moved again to Savannah, Georgia by 1928.

Edward died on February 13, 1928 in Savannah due to kidney problems (parenchymatous nephritis).  His death record states that he was to be buried in Beaufort at an unknown gravesite.

Sources

1). 1870; Census Place: Charleston Ward 2, Charleston, South Carolina; Roll: M593_1486; Page: 105B

2). 1880; Census Place: Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina; Roll: 1222; Page: 244D

3). Charleston, South Carolina, City Directory, 1877, 1878, 1879.

4). Savannah, Georgia, City Directory, 1883.

5). 1920; Census Place: Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina; Roll: T625_1686; Page: 13B.

6). Georgia Department of Health and Vital Statistics; Atlanta, Georgia.  Certificate Number 3320.

7). 1860; Census Place: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Page: 403.