American chaplain, colonel, city founder, and theologian
Lt. Col. Allen Allensworth
Photograph from his 1914 biography
Born
(1842-04-07)April 7, 1842 Louisville, Kentucky, US
Died
September 14, 1914(1914-09-14) (aged 72) Monrovia, California, US
Place of burial
Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery Los Angeles, California
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Navy, United States Army
Rank
Lieutenant colonel
Spouse(s)
Josephine Leavell Allensworth
Other work
Founder, Allensworth, California
Allen Allensworth (April 7, 1842 – September 14, 1914) was an American chaplain, colonel, city founder, and theologian. Born into slavery in Kentucky, he escaped during the American Civil War by joining the 44th Illinois Volunteers as a Union soldier. After being ordained as a Baptist minister by the Fifth Street Baptist Church, April 9, 1871,[1] he worked as a teacher, led several churches, and was appointed as a chaplain in the United States Army. In 1886, he gained appointment as a military chaplain to a unit of Buffalo Soldiers in the West, becoming the first African American to reach the rank of lieutenant colonel in the United States Army. He served in the Army for 20 years, retiring in 1906.
Allensworth was a prolific public speaker, embarking on a speaking tour with the goal of inspiring Black youth. His lectures included Five Manly Virtues Exemplified, The Battle of Life and How to Fight It, and Character and How to Read It. While on tour in Pasadena, he met William Alexander Payne, a professor.[2] In 1908, Allensworth, Payne, and a small committee founded Allensworth, California, the first community established, financed, and governed entirely by African Americans. It continues to be restored and maintained as the Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park.
^Freedman, Jacob Andrew (2013). "Allensworth, Allen". Oxford African American Studies Center. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.36053. ISBN 978-0-19-530173-1. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
^"William Payne Lab for Racial, Social, Political and Communal Sustainability". Denison University William Payne Innovation Lab. Archived from the original on September 25, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
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