Ethelbert F. Allen, 33° PIP PGM
(Dec 31, 1854-Aug 26, 1913)
1884 - Raised, Heroine Lodge #104
1887-88 - Master, Heroine Lodge #104

Grand Lodge
1898-99 - Grandmaster of Missouri

Scottish Rite
1888 - 14° Lodge of Perfection
1889 - 18° Chapter of Rose Croix
1896 - 30° Council of Knights Kadosh
1896 - 32° Consistory of Western MO, Kansas City
1899 - Knight Commander of the Court of Honour
1901 - Coroneted 33° Inspector General Honorary
1909-12 - Venerable Master of Kadosh in The Consistory
1911 - Top-line signer, Harry S Truman Scottish Rite petition

Shrine
1887 - Organized Ararat Shrine Temple
1887-92 - Potentate, Ararat Shrine Temple
1898 - Imperial Potentate, Shriners of North America

York Rite
1885 - Received Capitular Degrees, Kansas City Royal Arch Chapter #10
1888 - High Priest, Kansas City Royal Arch Chapter #10
Member, Oriental Commandery #35
1889 - Eminent Commander, Oriental Commandery #35

Illustrious Brother Etherlbert Forrester Allen (Dec 31, 1854-Aug 26, 1913) Born in Hartford County, Connecticut, in 1855. He was educated at Hopkins Grammar Schools and Hartford High graduating in 1875 then attended Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York. He first came to Kansas City in 1876, where he remained a year then became engaged for three years in the cattle raising business in Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana. He returned to Kansas City and was engaged in the real estate business with Mr. C. W. Whitehead until 1886 and by himself until 1894 when the Allen-Bollen Investment Company was formed. In 1897 he organized the Allen Investment company and remained the president and treasurer for that company throughout his business career. He served a term as president of the Kansas City Real Estate Exchange. In 1900 he was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant-Governor of Missouri making a respectable run against Democratic opponent John Adams Lee, losing only 352,505 to 314,352. It was reported that the Republicans were hopelessly in the minority but Brother Allen's personal popularity considerably narrowed the margin of the vote. Lee later resigned the post in the midst of a scandal in 1903.

Brother Allen authored a book "From Missouri to the Isle of Mull - Impressions of a Little Journey By Three Missourians" in 1909. He passed away while visiting his native Connecticut and was returned to Independence, Missouri for burial.

Masonic History
Brother Allen entered Masonry in 1884, and further received all the degrees of York Rite and Scottish Rite Masonry including the Knight Commander of the Court of Honour on October 18, 1899 and the 33° October 25, 1901. He was Grand Master of Masons in Missouri in 1888-89, and in 1887 organized Ararat Shrine Temple A. O. N. M. S. In 1898 he was elected Imperial Potentate for the Shrine of North America. He was Prior of the Consistory from January 5, 1898 to January 8, 1901. He was Venerable Master of Kadosh in the Consistory from January 1909 to January 1913 when he refused re-election. Brother Allen was also the top-line signer for Harry S. Truman when he petitioned the Scottish Rite in 1911.

President of the Masonic Board of Relief for six years, Scottish Rite Temple Association for four years, and the Masonic Home of Missouri from 1907 until his death.

Interred: Mount Washington Cemetery #60, Independence, MO.

Services: performed by Rev. Donald Duncan Moore of Brother Allen's Calvary Baptist Church and escorted by Oriental Commandery #35 and Kansas City Commandery #10 in the church were no seat was unoccupied.