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I am researching the Allen family. Samuel Allen, my great, great,great grandfather is my "brick wall". He is believed to have been born in November 1767. This is a close estimate based on census records. His parents/siblings are unknown. He is believed to have come from York County Maine to Southeastern Ohio in the late 1700's. He first shows up on the tax rolls of Washington county Ohio in 1800 and continues living in the area of Washington, Morgan and Noble Counties. He held land patents for the SE and NE quarters of Section 10, Township 6,Range 9 of Olive Township, Morgan County, Ohio. Samuel Allen is believed to have married Dorcus Abbot(t) January 21, 1787 in York County, Maine. He later married Lydia Hussey Glidden, widow of John Glidden, in 1818. He operated a mill on Duck Creek in Olive Township, Morgan County, Ohio. The date of his death is believed to be between 1851 and 1853, based on a probated will found in Washington County. Samuel was the father of John B. Allen, my great, great grandfather. He also is the father of Relief Glidden Dudley, wife of Gilman Dudley. Other children are believed to be Elisha, Martha Jane, James, Samuel, Katherine and Dominicus. John B. Allen was born in 1797 supposedly in the area later known as Morgan County, Ohio. John B. married Ruth Matheny in 1817 in Guernsey County, Ohio and had the following children: Joseph O.L. - 7/3/1820 Martha Relief - 8/4/1823 Caroline T. - 2/26/1825 Olivia A. - 4/6/1828 Samuel Albert A. - 6/9/1830 Sidney James - 7/26/1833 John Hezekiah - 12/19/1837 (My Great Grandfather) The John B. Allen family left Southeastern Ohio in approximately 1847 and moved to Mercer County, Illinois. Later, many family members moved with John B. and Ruth in 1861 to Marshall County, KS. John B. died there in September 1863 while his youngest son, John Hezekiah, was serving in the 9th Kansas Cavalry during the Civil War. John Hezekiah Allen married Mary Elizabeth Terry After the war many of the John H. Allen family members, plus Ruth and Sidney James returned to Mercer County IL. John and Mary had the following children: John William, George James, Eugene died as a child), Ida May, Frank Adams, Leon Lewis, Thomas Wilson, and Amos Leslie. My grandfather, Amos Leslie Allen was born March 17, 1884.	Samuel Allen's Family Home Page Updated February 12, 2002
	Tom Allen 3639 W. St. Louis Rapid City, SD 57702 A-United States 721-8859 tallen@rapidnet.com
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Amos & Delia's Wedding Picture (30 KB) Amos & Delia, February 14, 1912 Amos Allen (15 KB) Picture of Amos Allen, my grandfather, in late 1950's before his death in 1961. Amos & Delia Allen (27 KB) Amos & Delia standing in front of their home North of Joy, Illinois in the late 1930's or early 1940's. Delia died in 1942. Grave stone of Erma Allen (35 KB) Grave stone of Erma Allen, daughter of Amos & Delia Allen. She died in 1931 and is buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Millersburg, IL. Graves of Amos & Delia Allen (35 KB) Graves of Amos & Delia Allen in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Millersburg, IL. Amos died 10-4-1961 and Delia died 10-25-1942. Tombstone of John H. Allen (24 KB) John H. Allen, buried Oak Ridge Cemetery, Millersburg, IL. Died 1-18-1915. Tombstone denotes Civil War unit (Co. K, 9th Kansas Cav.) Grave Stone of Mary E. Allen (14 KB) Mary E. Allen died 1-24-1935. Buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Millersburg, IL. Image of Log Cabin (34 KB) This log cabin is similar in type and design to the ones common on the frontier in the late 1790's and early 1800's. Imagine Samuel and his family in a log structure similar to this. Early Ohio (72 KB) The map shows the early land divisions of Ohio in the Northwest Territory. Noble and Morgan counties were part of the Congress Land sales of 1795 to 1802. Nemaha County, Kansas (75 KB) Map of Nemaha County, KS, showing the town of Seneca where John H. and Mary lived when Ida Mae was born in 1866.

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