City: Buford
ALLEN, Alexander Monroe, physician; born Hickman Co., Tenn., Nov. 8, 1850; son of B. S. and Damaris (Tidwell) ALLEN; Scotch-Irish descent; educated University of Nashville and graduated from same with degree of M. D. in 1874; married twice, first Elizabeth KANNON Oct. 3, 1876, second Laura DEANE Feb. 6, 1890; member of F. and A. M.; Democrat; ex-president of Hickman County Medical Society, also the Giles Medical Society; member of Tennessee Medical Association and American Medical Association; took post-graduate course in Vanderbilt University in 1886; post-graduate in New York Polyclinic in 1896, also 1897; member of the Methodist church.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
