Allen Gideon Tripp (1868-1912) was born in Clay, New York on November 13, 1868 and primarily lived in Cicero. He began his studies at the Syracuse University College of Medicine in 1896 and graduated in 1900. While at Syracuse University, he was the class president in 1898 and 1899 and was a member of the Iota Chapter of Alpha Kappa Kappa. He married Angie L. Overacre in June 1900 and died in 1912.