“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago: Western Historical Company. 1879. FRANK E. ALLEN, born April 3, 1853, in the town of Milford, Jefferson Co., Wis.; son of F.M. Allen; removed from Milford, in 1873, to Fort Atkinson, where Mr. Allen, with his father, bought and operated the Fort Atkinson Flouring Mills. In the summer of 1879, the Messrs. Allen purchased the water power of the old Brink Mill, at Cold Spring, and constructed a grist-mill, with four run of stones. In 1875, Mr. F.E. Allen was married to Miss Emma M. Manning, of Lake Mills; two children have thus far blessed their union - Claud M. and Ethel I. Allen, the former now being dead. Submitted by: Linda Pingel (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)