Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Allen, George W 
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Deb Haines http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00003.html#0000719 January 31, 2008, 3:02 am

Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

George W. Allen, deceased, came to Whiteside County in 1869, and located on 
section 4 of township 20, range 6 east, now Lyndon Township. Associated with 
his son, A. B. Allen, whose biography is given elsewhere, he bought 547 acres 
of land situated on sections 4, 9 and 16, most of which was already improved. 
Mr. Allen was born in Skeneateles, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Oct. 22, 1801. His 
father was named Ethan Allen. George W. grew to manhood in his native county, 
and was there married to Sophronia Besse, in 1825. She was born in 
Westmoreland, N. Y., March 11, 1802. After his marriage Mr. Allen bought a 
tract of land in Wales, situated in the Holland Purchase, on which he resided 
until 1844, when he sold and came to Illinois. He drove the entire distance, 
conveying his family and portable property in two covered wagons drawn by four 
horses. He first made a location in Du Page County, removing in 1846 to 
Kankakee County, and settling in the township of Rockville. He bought a 
soldier's warrant of 160 acres, on which he built a frame house and barn, and 
fenced and made the usual improvements. He sold the place in 1868 for $45 per 
acre. He came to Lyndon in the spring of 1869, and was a citizen of that 
township until his death, July 21, 1884. The first wife of Mr. Allen died in 
1850, in Kankakee County. Her successor was Mary Ann Kearns, to whom Mr. Allen 
was married Aug. 4, 1853. The record of the children of the first marriage, 
five in number, is as follows: Albert B. is the oldest, and a personal account 
of him is given elsewhere in this volume; Sarah Ann married L. G. Tubbs, and 
resided for a number of years in Iowa; she died in Kankakee, while visiting in 
that city; Seymour J. lives in Kankakee; Mandane married Milton Bloom, who 
entered the military service of the United States during the Civil War, and 
died before the expiration of his term of enlistment. His widow lives in 
Lyndon Township, with her son, Bernard Bloom. Two children were born of the 
second marriage, viz.: Ethan G., who lives in Tennessee; and Ada, who is the 
wife of W. E. Freeman, of Lyndon Township.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/whiteside/bios/allen2333nbs.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/

File size: 3.0 Kb