Biography of J H Allen, Clay Co, AR

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From: 
The Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of N. E. Ark.
Biographical Information.

J. H. Allen, stockman and farmer of Clay County, Ark., was born in North
Carolina in July, 1828, being the eighth of nine children born to Isaac and
Sarah (Hawkins) Allen, who were born in North Carolina and Virginia,
respectively, the latter being a daughter of a Revolutionary patriot. Both
parents died on their home farm in North Carolina. J. H. Allen attended the
public schools for some time and remained at home until twenty-four years of
age, being engaged in overseeing the farm until the breaking out of the
Rebellion, when he gave up this work and began operating a grist mill. In
November, 1866, he came to what is now Clay County (then Randolph County), and
settled twenty-five miles from Pocahontas, in which locality he rented land for
some time. He then purchased 380 acres of wild land two miles west of Knobel, on
which he immediately began to make improvements. At the present time he has 150
acres under cultivation, well improved with good buildings, orchard, fences,
etc. He has added 120 acres to his original purchase, on which he raises a large
number of horses, cattle and hogs each year. He has devoted most of his
cultivated land to corn and stock for his cattle and horses, but this year
(1889) has put in about fifty acres of cotton. He has always been quite active
in politics, and has held the office of justice of the peace for ten years, and
has been school director a number of years. In 1853 he married Miss Margaret
Wagner, who was born in North Carolina, and by her had five children: William,
John, Isaac, Henry, and Albert, all of whom are dead. In 1871 he married Miss
Nancy Demaree, a native of Illinois, and to them were born three children:
Amanda, Jesse and David, all now living at home.