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Zimri Enos Allen
Gender:
Male
Born:
1792
Died:
August 22, 1813
Home Town:
Colchester, VT
Biographical Notes:
Zimri Enos Allen was bron in 1792 to Major General Ira Allen and Jerusa Hayden Enos.
His father, General Ira Allen, fought in the Revolutionary War with his brother Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys, and later helped to establish the city of Colchester, Vermont.
Zimri pursued his studies at Vermont University, but did not complete a degree there. Allen attended the Litchfield Law School in 1811 and died an early death two years later at the age of twenty one.
His father, General Ira Allen, fought in the Revolutionary War with his brother Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys, and later helped to establish the city of Colchester, Vermont.
Zimri pursued his studies at Vermont University, but did not complete a degree there. Allen attended the Litchfield Law School in 1811 and died an early death two years later at the age of twenty one.
Education
Years at LLS:
1811
Other Education:
Attended Vermont University.
Profession / Service
Training with Other Lawyers:
He read the law with Hon. Charles Marsh of Woodstock, VT.
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Ira Allen
Father - Jerusha Enos Allen
Mother
The Citation of Attendance provides primary source documentation of the student’s attendance at the Litchfield Female Academy and/or the Litchfield Law School. If a citation is absent, the student is thought to have attended but currently lacks primary source confirmation. Records for the schools were sporadic, especially in the formative years of both institutions. If instructors kept comprehensive records for the Litchfield Female Academy or the Litchfield Law School, they do not survive. Researchers and staff have identified students through letters, diaries, family histories and genealogies, and town histories as well as catalogues of students printed in various years. Art and needlework have provided further identification of Female Academy Students, and Litchfield County Bar records document a number of Law School students. The history of both schools and the identification of the students who attended them owe credit to the early 20th century research and documentation efforts of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and Samuel Fisher, and the late 20th century research and documentation efforts of Lynne Templeton Brickley and the Litchfield Historical Society staff.
CITATION OF ATTENDANCE:
Bond, William Key. Lectures on law by the Honable. Tapping Reeve and James Gould esquire at Litchfield, Connecticut, An. Dom: 1811 & 1812 Rare Book Collection, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale University.
Litchfield County Bar Association Records, 1811, Litchfield Historical Society, Helga J. Ingraham Memorial Library.
Catalogue of the Litchfield Law School, Hartford, CT: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1849, 10.
Litchfield County Bar Association Records, 1811, Litchfield Historical Society, Helga J. Ingraham Memorial Library.
Catalogue of the Litchfield Law School, Hartford, CT: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1849, 10.
Secondary Sources:
Allen, Orrin Peer. The Allen Memorial. Palmer, MA: Published by the author, 1907.
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