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Remembering the Civil War
Did you know that the person that Allendale is named after was a Civil War hero who drowned at sea off North Carolina?
In researching an essay I wrote for an upcoming book on Bergen County during the Civil War era, I found out a lot of amazing information about Joseph Warner Allen and New Jersey's role in the Civil War.
I even came across an engraving from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly that actually shows Allen drowning (above), and another of his temporary burial in Hatteras, North Carolina.
My wife and I also visited a monument to Colonel Allen in a Bordentown, NJ, graveyard.
Allen lived in the Fell House in the 1840s — I am not sure if the area that is the Celery Farm was still part of the Fell property in those days, but I'd ike to think Allen walked the property durng his stay.
I wrote about it in the Opinion section of The Record today.
The link is here.
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Are you aware that Joseph Warner Allen was a descendant of James West, shipwright of Northern Liberties, Philadelphia? The James West site on the banks of the Delaware has undergone several sample archaeological digs. I am building a tree of James West descendants and would be interested in obtaining more information about Joseph Warner Allen and sharing any info I may have that is of interest to you. I would like to obtain a larger version of the engraving from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly, if possible. Thanks.
Carol
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Are you aware that Joseph Warner Allen was a descendant of James West, shipwright of Northern Liberties, Philadelphia? The James West site on the banks of the Delaware has undergone several sample archaeological digs. I am building a tree of James West descendants and would be interested in obtaining more information about Joseph Warner Allen and sharing any info I may have that is of interest to you. I would like to obtain a larger version of the engraving from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly, if possible. Thanks.
Carol