Frank G. Allen

Frank G. Allen was a nineteenth-century American minister whose memoir records a life shaped by religious study, teaching, preaching, and public argument. Autobiography of Frank G. Allen was published in Cincinnati in 1887 after his death, with Robert Graham serving as editor. The volume begins with Allen’s own account of childhood, education, conversion, and ministry, then adds selected addresses and writings that show the subjects occupying his later career. Born in Kentucky in 1836, he grew up in modest circumstances and pursued education while preparing for work in the Christian Church. His narrative pays close attention to mentors, congregations, travel, and the practical demands placed on a preacher. The appended speeches broaden the book beyond recollection, preserving his positions on religious and educational questions. Autobiography of Frank G. Allen therefore functions both as a personal history and as a record of the institutions, debates, and relationships through which a regional minister built his public life.