Edwin Bird Allen

Edwin Bird Allen was an American politician who served as the Secretary of State of Kansas, as a representative in the Kansas House of Representatives, and as the first mayor of Wichita.

Biography

Allen was born on March 7, 1836, in Lorain County, Ohio. He moved to Kansas in 1865. He trained as a physician and served a coroner from 1870 to 1871. He was one of 124 signers of the petition to incorporate Wichita. He served as the first Mayor of Wichita and twice in the Kansas House of Representatives. He served as the Secretary of State of Kansas.

Personal life

Allen died on March 31, 1908, in Buchanan County, Missouri. On May 25, 1857, he married Eliza Sewell; he later married Mary J. Garrison. He was the elder brother of Wichita mayor Joseph P. Allen who served as mayor from 1887 to 1888.