Franklin P. Allwein

    Franklin P. Allwein was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, march 26, 1844. His parents, Samuel and Elizabeth Allwein, were natives of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. Of a family of nine children, all are living with the exception of one son, Jonathan, who was killed at the battle of the Wilderness in the late war. The father was a shoemaker by trade, and himself and wife are living in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

    Franklin P. remained with his parents until he was twelve years of age, attending school, and in 1859, he learned coach-smithing. In March, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and after his term expired, re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry as Fourth Sergeant, where he continued until the regiment was mustered out of service,  when he re-enlisted again in Company F, Forty-eighth Regiment, and remained with them as First Lieutenant for three months, when he went to Washington, actins as First Lieutenant in the Quartermaster's Department, where he continued until February, 1866, when he was finally discharged. Mr. Allwein saw active service in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, besides many raids, skirmishes, et.

    After his discharge, he returned to his old home, from there to Fort Wayne, and ill health obliging his removal, he came to Whitley County, where he engaged for two years in saw-milling. He then went to Larwill and worked at blacksmithing until the fall of 1880, when he was elected Sheriff of Whitley County on the Democratic ticket. He is an honored member of the I.O.O.F. of Larwill Lodge, No. 238, and was married December 6, 1866 to Lydia Atchison. Mrs. Allwein is a member of the M.E. Church and the mother of six children, three of whom -Cora, Jennie and Blanche are living.

Source: Counties of Whitley and Noble, Indiana, Historical and Biographical. Weston A. Goodspeed, Charles Blanchard, 1882. Page 238.