Allen

Allen, Lloyd – Obituary

Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Last Rites Held For Lloyd Allen Lloyd Allen, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Allen, early pioneers of Wallowa passed away in the Walla Walla Hospital of a heart attack Thursday evening, January 24, 1952. Mr. Allen was born in Wallowa on December 18, 1883 and spent the early part of his life in Lower Valley and Lostine where he attended school and later was in the hardware and furniture business with his brother, Challis. He became a member of the Christian church at an early age. On June 18, 1913 he was united … Read more

Biography of Hollis Herbert Allen

Hollis Herbert Allen found his life work in the grocery business. He came to Arkansas City twenty-eight years ago, then a young man, and learned the grocery trade by work in every capacity, at first for others and afterwards for himself. Any one who had had experience in the grocery trade knows that hardly any other business is subject to the operation of more circumstances and influences affecting its prosperity, and anyone who had been successful in that line fully deserves all he had won. Mr. Allen now had one of the finest retail grocery houses in the State of … Read more

Weymouth ways and Weymouth people

Weymouth ways and Weymouth people

Edward Hunt’s “Weymouth ways and Weymouth people: Reminiscences” takes the reader back in Weymouth Massachusetts past to the 1830s through the 1880s as he provides glimpses into the people of the community. These reminiscences were mostly printed in the Weymouth Gazette and provide a fair example of early New England village life as it occurred in the mid 1800s. Of specific interest to the genealogist will be the Hunt material scattered throughout, but most specifically 286-295, and of course, those lucky enough to have had somebody “remembered” by Edward.

Henry W. Allen

1st Class Private, Headquarters, 322nd Infantry, 81st Div. Born in Martin County; the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Allen. Entered service at Williamston, N.C., Sept. 20, 1917. Was sent to Camp Jackson, S. C., and from there to Camp Sevier, S. C. Transferred to Camp Upton, N. Y. Sailed for Liverpool, Eng., and later La Havre, Aug. 11, 1918. Fought at St. Die, Verdun Sector. Returned to USA June 18, 1919. Landed at Newport News, Va. Was mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., June 25, 1919.

Biographical Sketch of William Allen

William Allen was born in Richmond, Va., in 1822; moved to McHenry County, Ill., in 1844, and engaged in blacksmithing. He went to California in 1849, and remained seventeen years. Three years of the time he was engaged in mining, and the remainder on a ranch. The steamboat landing in Tehama County, Cal., on the Sacramento River, known as Allen’s Landing, was named after Mr. Allen, for the reason of his owing the land a large wood-yard there. In 1868 he sold out and moved to Chicago, Ill., and engaged in business; removed to Fort Dodge, Ia., and was engaged … Read more

Allen Family of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts

The Allen family, to which Mrs. Louise Prescott Allen Chandler belongs, is one of the oldest in East Bridgewater or, indeed, in Massachusetts. We give her line from the emigrant ancestor, Samuel Allen, from whom she is descended in the ninth generation.

Genealogy of Nathaniel and Anna (Jones) Allen Family

Ch. of A. Nathaniel and Anna (Jones) Allen. a. Nathaniel: b. Dec. 16, 1774; m., 1802, Martha Blodgett; b. Oct. 18, 1775, d. 1860. He d. in E. Windsor Oct. 16, 1811. They had John, b. 1802, d. 1803, and Nathaniel, b. May 31, 1809 (m., May, 1832, Lydia W. Park. She d. 1846; he d. Jan. 7, 1860. They had Edward Park, b. 1835, d. 1859, and Levi Winthrop, b. Oct. 21, 1844, d. Dec. 13, 1861). b. Amzi: b. Aug. 16, 1776; m., Apr. 1, 1810, Bilhah Allen. c. Moses. d. Calvin: b. Jan. 12, 1785; m., 1811, … Read more

The Mason Family 1590-1949

The Mason Family title page

This short manuscript starts with Robert Mason, immigrant ancestor and founder of this branch of the Mason family in America, was born in England about 1590. In 1630 he came to America with Governor John Winthrop’s company, probably, as so many of the early Puritans came, in quest of religious freedom. Here he settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts, where his wife, her name unknown, later died in 1637. After that, he removed with his sons, Thomas, John and Robert, to Dedham, Massachusetts, where he was one of the original landholders in 1642. He died there October 15, 1667. It then with … Read more

Representative Men of Maine – Biographical Sketches and Portraits

Representative Men of Maine Title Page

A collection of portraits with biographical sketches of residents of the state of Maine who have achieved success and are prominent in commercial, industrial, professional, and political life, to which is added the portraits and sketches of all the governors since the formation of the state of Maine in 1820.

Charlton Massachusetts Warnings 1737-1788

Worcester County MA Warnings

In the following information all the names, dates and other essential particulars which appear in the returns to the Court in the County of Worcester during the entire period – a full half-century, from 1737 to 1788 – in which these entries were made, are given. The returns from each place have been brought together and arranged under the name of the town or district, in this case Charlton Massachusetts.

Genealogy of Ebenezer and Dinah (Fairchild) Allen Family

Ch. of 3. Ebenezer and Dinah (Fairchild) Allen: A. Joseph, B. Joseph, C. Benjamin Fairchild, D. Ebenezer, E. Nehemiah and F. Geo. Chapman; b. 1778; m.; 1806, Amey, dau. of Nehemiah and Mary (Pearsall) Allen; b. 1787. He d. 1857. She d. 1837. 8 ch.

M. O. Allen

Sergt., Motor Transport Corps, Co. C. Born in Alamance County; the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Allen. Entered the service May 27, 1918, at Mebane, N.C. Was sent to Ft. Thomas, Ky., and from there to San Antonio, Texas. Sailed for France Nov. 12, 1918. Served with 312th Motor Transport in France as Mechanic. Returned to the USA Oct. 15, 1919. Landed at Hoboken, N. J., and was mustered out at Camp Dix, N. J., Oct. 23, 1919.

List 2, Creeks

List of Creeks and Creek Freedmen, whose names were omitted from final rolls because no application was made or by reason of mistake or oversight. Shows the names of 62 persons of Creek blood and of 2 Creek freedmen all of whom except 10 are minors. Since the approved rolls of Creek citizens by blood contain 11,967 names, and the rolls of Creek freedmen contain 6,837 names, it is seen that the percentage of omissions is remarkably small.

Genealogy of Hezekiah and Abigail (Bartlett) Allen Family

Ch. of 6. Hezekiah and Abigail (Bartlett) Allen. A. Hezekiah: b. 1777; m., 1802, Azubah Gleason, of Middlefield, Mass. She d. in E. Windsor, 1808. He m., second, Nancy (Paine) Russell. She d. in E. Windsor in 1843. He d. 1846. 4 ch. by the 1st m.; 6 by second m. B. Joel: b. 1781; m. Lydia Butler; b. in Enfield, Conn., 1783. He d. in Springfield, Mass., in 1819. She d. 1873. 6 ch.

Winsor Genealogy of Duxbury and Fairhaven Massachusetts

Capt Alexander Winsor

The head of the Fairhaven family, the late Capt. Alexander Winsor, a master mariner long in the merchant service, sprang from a seafaring father, and as well reared, a son who most worthily bore the family name and sustained its reputation. Reference is made to the late Capt. Alexander Winsor, Jr., who won distinction on the seas in the service of the Chinese government during the country’s war with Japan. And another son of the older Capt. Alexander Winsor was the late Walter P. Winsor, of Fairhaven, for years president of the First National Bank of New Bedford, one of the leading citizens of this section of the State.Here follow in chronological order from the earliest definitely known American ancestor of the family the genealogy and history of the Duxbury-Fairhaven Winsor family here briefly considered.

Genealogy of John and Mary (Hannum) Allen

Ch. of (3) John and Mary (Hannum) Allen. (A) John: b. 1670; m., 1694, Bridget Booth; b. 1670; d. 1714. He m. second, 1716, Elizabeth Pander. Issue. (B) Samuel: b. Feb. 5, 1673; m., May 29, 1700, Hannah Burrougs, b. in 1675. He d. 1735.

Biography of Richard Allen

Richard Allen had been professor of history in the Montgomery County High School since the organization of that excellent institution more than fifteen years ago. He is one of the most widely known educators in Southern Kansas. His Allen ancestors came originally from England, one branch settling in Massachusetts and the other in Virginia during colonial days. His grandfather, William Allen, was born in Virginia in 1780, and some years later the family moved across the mountains into Kentucky, and subsequently became early settlers in Illinois. William Allen died in White County, Illinois, in 1845. Richard Allen was born in … Read more

Blackfeet of Today

In the olden times the Blackfeet were very numerous, and it is said that then they were a strong and hardy people, and few of them were ever sick. Most of the men who died were killed in battle, or died of old age. We may well enough believe that this was the case, because the conditions of their life in those primitive times were such that the weakly and those predisposed to any constitutional trouble would not survive early childhood. Only the strongest of the children would grow up to become the parents of the next generation. Thus a … Read more