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Allan was born on November 12, 1837, at Winchester Gardens, near Winchester, one of two children, both sons, of Thomas Allan and Jane Dowdell George Allan. After being educated in a local private school, he taught in Jefferson County and in Winchester to earn enough money to enroll in the University of Virginia in 1857. Allan excelled at debate and graduated with honors in 1860 with an MA in applied arithmetic. He moved to Loudoun County where he was assistant to the principal of Bloomfield Academy when the Civil War began.
Allan enlisted in the Confederate army and served as a clerk in the quartermaster department under Stonewall Jackson. In 1862, sponsored by University of Virginia classmate Alexander “Sandie” Pendleton, Allan took the ordnance officer examination. He passed with the highest score and on December 27, 1862, became a captain of artillery. On January 19, 1863, he was appointed to Jackson’s staff as chief of ordnance of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virgini
Wayback Snapshot: Cars in Battle Creek 115 Years Ago
The WBCK Morning Show Wayback Machine took us back to
May 15, 1906, where civic leaders took citizens around town in automobile rides as a fundraiser for Young Women’s Christian Association. Local citizens paid for a drive “through the principal streets of the city” followed by a lawn party. The Morning Enquirer reported it, right next to the article about Claude Austin, “Commedy Juggler”, playing performing at the Bijou Theater. (yes, comedy with two “m’s”)
Cars were still a novelty to most citizens of Battle Creek. In 1901 first auto was purchased, and the next year, in 1902, an ordinance was passed that each driver must purchase a license. By 1905 cars had to have lamps, brakes, and an alarm bell and had to stay off sidewalks.