Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Allen, William Smith March 1926 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patty Theurer seymour784@yahoo.com August 13, 2005, 3:34 pm Payette Enterprise, Payette, Idaho, March 11, 1926 Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho March 11, 1926 WILLIAM SMITH ALLEN William Smith Allen was born at Bowling Green, Missouri, February 5th, 1851, an died at the home of his son in Payette, March 4th, 1926, and was therefore, 75 years, and 27 days of age at the time of his death. He was united in marriage to Martha Davis Hatch at Georgetown, Kentucky, October 2nd, 1874. He came west with his wife in 1916 and lived at Ontario, Oregon, until a little over a year ago, when they came to Payette making their home with their son Hugh Allen, manager of the shoe department, of the Golden Rule Store. Mr. Allen’s death was due to neuritis and other complications following an attact of the “flu” which lasted but a short time. During his younger days, more than twenty years of his life was spent as private secretary to John E. Liggett of the Ligett & Myers Tobacco Co., of St. Louis, Missouri. Besides his wife, he is survived by one son, Hugh Allen of Payette, also a neice Mrs. W. L. Weese of Ontario, and a nephew, Judge Dalton Biggs. Funeral services were held from the Baptist Church Saturday afternoon at 2:30, conducted by Rev. F. W. Dean. The singing was furnished by twelve male voices members of Hugh Allen’s male chorus. Interment was made in Riverside cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/payette/obits/a/allen322gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/idfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb