| Submitter: | Charles Rush | |||
| Husband: | John Franklin ALLEN | |||
| Born: | December 2, 1809 | Place: | Northhampton Co., NC | |
| Married: | December 19, 1833 | Place: | Morgan Co., AL | |
| Died: | November 18, 1886 | Place: | Limestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Honest Ridge Cemetery | Place: | Limestone Co., TX | |
| Father: | Benjamin ALLEN | |||
| Mother: | Mary WILBURN | |||
| Other Spouses: | Cornelia SALE (listed below); Elcana ? | |||
| Wife: | Margaret LOVE FENNEL | |||
| Born: | May 27, 1814 | Place: | Wake Co., NC | |
| Died: | March 6, 1855 | Place: | Morgan Co., AL | |
| Cemetery: | Fennel Cemetery | Place: | Trinity, AL | |
| Father: | Wylie FENNEL | |||
| Mother: | Sarah FOX | |||
| Other Spouses: | William Wilburn LOVE | |||
| Children: | ||||
| 1 Name: | M | Benjamin Wylie ALLEN | ||
| Born: | Oct 27, 1834 | Place: | Trinity, Morgan Co., AL | |
| Died: | August 19, 1907 | Place: | Kosse, Limestone Co., TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | Marinda M. BUSBY | |||
| Married: | January 22, 1835 | Place: | ||
| 2 Name: | M | John William ALLEN | ||
| Born: | January 12, 1837 | Place: | Trinity, Morgan Co., AL | |
| Died: | February 7, 1919 | Place: | Marlin, Falls Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Calvary Cemetery | Place: | Marlin, Falls Co., TX | |
| Spouse 1: | Mary Hamilton McCAIN | |||
| Married: | February 13, 1866 | Place: | Marlin, Falls Co., TX | |
| 3 Name: | F | Mary Fennel ALLEN | ||
| Born: | December 28, 1838 | Place: | Trinity, Morgan Co., AL | |
| Died: | August 29, 1854 | Place: | Trinity, Morgan Co., AL | |
| Cemetery: | Fennel Cemetery | Place: | Trinity, Morgan Co., AL | |
| 4 Name: | M | James H. ALLEN | ||
| Born: | December 28, 1838 | Place: | Trinity, Morgan Co., AL | |
| Died: | after 1881 | Place: | Limestone Co., AL | |
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| 5 Name: | F | Celia Rebecca ALLEN | ||
| Born: | January 23, 1841 | Place: | Trinity, Morgan Co., AL | |
| Died: | March 25, 1868 | Place: | Milam Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Jones Prairie Cemetery | Place: | ||
| Spouse 1: | James NANCE | |||
| Married: | March 8, 1859 | Place: | Limestone Co., TX | |
| 6 Name: | M | Robert Malone ALLEN | ||
| Born: | December 29, 1843 | Place: | Trinity, Morgan Co., AL | |
| Died: | January 1, 1846 | Place: | Trinity, Morgan Co., AL | |
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| 7 Name: | M | Nelson Hix ALLEN | ||
| Born: | August 19, 1846 | Place: | Trinity, Morgan Co., AL | |
| Died: | March 25, 1917 | Place: | Iredell, Bosque Co., TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | Mary Ann COZBY | |||
| Married: | 1868 | Place: | Limestone Co., TX | |
| 8 Name: | M | Richard Samuel ALLEN | ||
| Born: | January 8, 1849 | Place: | Trinity, Morgan Co., AL | |
| Died: | January 19, 1870 | Place: | Trinity, Morgan Co., AL | |
| Cemetery: | Fennel Cemetery | Place: | Trinity, Morgan Co., AL | |
| 9 Name: | F | Margaret Matilda ALLEN | ||
| Born: | December 30, 1851 | Place: | Trinity, Morgan Co., AL | |
| Died: | December 19, 1931 | Place: | Bronte, Coke Co., TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | George Columbus LASSWELL | |||
| Married: | 1865 | Place: | Limestone Co., TX | |
| 10 Name: | F | Martha Louise ALLEN | ||
| Born: | March 5, 1855 | Place: | Trinity, Morgan Co., AL | |
| Died: | June 15, 1855 | Place: | ||
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| ** Second Wife ** | ||||
| Wife: | Corenlia Frances SALE | |||
| Born: | September 4, 1834 | Place: | ||
| Died: | April 19, 1865 | Place: | ||
| Cemetery: | Honest Ridge Cemetery | Place: | Limestone Co., TX | |
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| 1 Name: | M | Edward A. ALLEN | ||
| Born: | August 29, 1857 | Place: | Springfield, Limestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | December 18, 1931 | Place: | Groesbeck, Limestone Co., TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | Nancy E. Hall | |||
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| 2 Name: | F | Julia Catherine "Cornelia" ALLEN | ||
| Born: | November 28, 1858 | Place: | Springfield, Limestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | September 12, 1931 | Place: | Groesbeck, Limestone Co., TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | John Sidney GAYDEN | |||
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| 3 Name: | F | Cornelia Lewis ALLEN | ||
| Born: | November 13, 1860 | Place: | Springfield, Limestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | June 22, 1953 | Place: | Groesbeck, Limestone Co., TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | William Ruffin WIMBISH | |||
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| 4 Name: | F | Amelia Eugenia ALLEN | ||
| Born: | February 8, 1865 | Place: | Springfield, Limestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | October 26, 1952 | Place: | Groesbeck, Limestone Co., TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | William Thomas COX | |||
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| NOTES: Tombstones in Honest Ridge Cemetery located at Central Institute, about 9 miles northwest of Groesbeck, a similar distance southwest of Mexia, and two miles west of Lake Mexia: J. F. ALLEN, b. 12-2-1809, d. 11-17-1876 (error on tombstone, correct year 1886 reflected in the family Bible); Cornelia L. Allen, b. 9-4-1834, d. 4-19-1865, wife of J. F. Allen; Elcana Allen, b. 10-27-1804, d. 10-18-1892, wife of J. F. Allen |
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| SOURCES: 1.) John Franklin Allen family Bible, in possession of Ernest Allen Connally of Alexandria, VA in 1994 2.) John William Allen family Bible, in possession of Charles W. Rush of Colorado Springs, CO in 2006 |
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