Born on a farm near
Wilmington, Ohio, Allen attended public schools there. He graduated from Wilmington High School in 1886 and from the
Cincinnati Law School in 1890, where he was
Phi Delta Phi. They were members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. File:Allen Headstone.JPG|Allen family headstone at Sugar Grove Cemetery in Wilmington, Ohio. File:A. G. Allen.JPG|Gravemarker of Alfred G. Allen. ==References==