BIBB COUNTY, GA - OBITS   Captain John J. Allen

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Macon Telegraph, December 8, 1877

The sad news of the death of Captain John J. Allen,
the Mayor of Port Royal, reached the city yesterday.
He died suddenly in that place yesterday morning at
three o'clock. The particulars are very meagre and
unsatisfactory. The intelligence of his death is a
surprise to all, as he was in robust health but a
short time since. Captain Allen was, at the time of
his death, engaged in the business of manufacturing
shell lime, and was the Mayor of Port Royal. He was
well known in Macon, having been for a long time in
business in our city. Before the war he was a member
of the firm of Allen & Dunlap, who occupied the
stand of Messrs. Rogers, Clancy & Co., and did a
very large business. When the war was declared he
went in and commanded a company in the regiment of
which Colonel J. W. Stubbs was Lieutenant-Colonel.
In 1865 he engaged in the cotton packing business
with Colonel Stubbs. Subsequently he was a
proprietor and publisher of the Barnesville Gazette,
when that paper was issued by McMichael & Allen. A
year or two since he moved to Port Royal and was
soon elected its mayor. He passed safely and bravely
through the terrible epidemic and was very active in
his ceaseless and untiring efforts for the stricken
little seaport. Captain Allen was gentleman of the
most unbounded energy, and during the days of his
residence here had many friends in this city. His
remains will probably reach the city today.


John J. Allen served in the 27th Regiment, Company
B, Georgia Infantry, CSA. (Bibb Grays or Rutland
Grays)

wife: Sara Paul Reynolds (widow of James Reynolds of
Jones County, GA)

(married June 3, 1853 in Bibb County, GA)

children: Georgia Allen Pearce Ethridge


Sallie Allen Jackson


unnamed son (died 1856)


stepdaughter: Ann Eliza Reynolds Johnson


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