Ch. of A. Jonathan and Polly (Thwing Swain) Allen (3rd m.)
a. Rufus Selden: b. in Vernon, O., Oct. 2, 1824; m., 1847, Olive
Genet Fuller. She d. 1865. He m., second, 1866, Phebe E. Dickson.
He d. Dec. 2, 1887. She d. 1906. He served in the Civil
War as Captain of a company of Dodge Co. Volunteers. Had
by the 1st m. 5 daus., and by the second m. he had Frank Elbridge,
b. in Dunkirk, Wis., May 16, 1867; m., Nov. 8, 1894,
Mabel E. Wheaton, and they had Ethan Elbridge Gerry and John
Haight.
Collection:
Seaver, Jesse Montgomery. Allen Family Records. American Historical-Genealogical Society, 1929.