James R. Allaben

James Rogers Allaben (October 20, 1823 – September 14, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

Allaben was born on October 20, 1823, in Roxbury, New York, the son of John Allaben and Fezon McIntyre. State senator Orson M. Allaben and assemblyman Jonathan C. Allaben were his brothers, and assemblyman Buell Maben was his brother-in-law.{{Cite web|title=Allaben family of Roxbury, New York|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12367.html|access-date=2020-10-05|website=The Political Graveyard}} His childhood neighbor and friend was Jay Gould.

Allaben attended Delaware Academy. He studied law under Judge Wheeler and was admitted to the bar in 1848. In the 1860 United States Presidential Election, he was a presidential elector for Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofnew3803newy/page/n10/mode/1up|title=Proceedings of the New York Electoral College, Held at the Capital in the City of Albany, December 4, 1860|publisher=Weed, Parsons & Company|year=1861|location=Albany, N.Y.|page=11}}

In 1861, Allaben moved to Brooklyn, where he briefly worked in the New York Custom House. He was later made a quarantine commissioner. In 1868, he was elected to the New York State Assembly, representing the Kings County 5th District. He served in the Assembly in 1869.{{Cite book|last=Malcolm|first=James|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kndIAAAAYAAJ|title=The New York Red Book|publisher=J. B. Lyon Company|year=1923|location=Albany, N.Y.|pages=464|language=en}} He then served as internal revenue assessor of the second district. He was an active member of the Republican Party.

In 1853, Allaben married Ellen P. Smith of Delhi. Their children were William H., Charles S., Eliza M., and James R., Jr.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AuwpAQAAMAAJ|title=Biographical Review: This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches of the Leading Citizens of Delaware County, New York|publisher=Biographical Review Publishing Company|year=1895|location=Boston, M.A.|page=336|language=en}}

Allaben died at his Flatbush home on September 14, 1893.{{Cite news|date=September 15, 1893|title=Death of James R. Allaben|volume=53|page=10|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|issue=255|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/50362351/}} He was buried in Woodland Cemetery in Delhi.