Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Allen, John M. 1858 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

JOHN M. ALLEN.

   John M. Allen, a former trustee of Democrat township, who is remembered well
for the capable administration of public affairs which he gave while the
incumbent of that office, owns a farm of one hundred and twenty acres located
four miles from Ockley on the Bringhurst, Radner and Cutler pike.

   Mr. Allen was born six miles east of Flora, in Carrollton township, Carroll
county, Indiana, August 23, 1858, and is the son of John and Mary Elizabeth
(Pogue) Allen, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and who came with his
parents to Ohio and two years later to Indiana. They settled on the old Goselle
farm. John Allen, who was born in 1816, was a young man at the time. He died in
1880 on the old farm. John Allen's father had died when he was a young man.
After John was married, he began farming on land which he purchased shortly
after his marriage. He sold out during the Civil War and moved to Monroe
township, where he bought land and where he spent the remainder of his life. He
and his wife were the parents of fifteen children, twelve of whom lived to
manhood and womanhood.

  The names of the Allen children are as follow: Ellen, the widow of John
Widiner, of Bringhurst; Katherine, the wife of Sam Hewitt, of Newport, Arkansas;
Elizabeth, the wife of William Young, of Attica, Indiana; Henry and William,
both of whom died early in life; Joseph, who lives in Monroe township; Nancy,
deceased, who was the wife of Harvey Ball; Simeon and Phoebe, twins, the former,
who is deceased, married Amanda Tritle, and the latter is the widow of Frank
Williams, of Newport, Arkansas; Miles T., who lives on the home farm; John M.,
who is the subject of this sketch; Maranda, deceased, who was the wife of Dr.
Henry Carter; C. H., who lives in Bringhurst; George M., of Deer Creek township,
and Alice, who died at the age of three years. The parents of these children are
both deceased. The former was a well-known Democrat in politics.

   John M. Allen, the subject of this sketch, lived at home until twenty-four
years old, having received, in the meantime, a good common-school education. On
December 2J, 1882, Mr. Allen was married to Sarah Elizabeth Elliott, the
daughter of George and Mary Ann (McManee) Elliott, the former a soldier of the
Civil War, and a prominent Republican in this county.

   After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Allen moved to the farm where they now
live. In the meantime, however, they lived for one year on eighty acres of land
nearby. At the time Mr. Allen purchased the farm, there were fifteen acres
cleared and it was mostly covered with swamps. Not only has Mr. Allen ditched
and cleared the land, but he has erected a magnificent brick house and put other
substantial improvements on the place.

   Mr. and Mrs. John M. Allen have been the parents of ten children, namely: Ira
H., who lives in New Mexico on a farm; Grace May, the wife of George Porter, of
Madison township; Dot, the wife of Harry Shaffer, of Madison township; Vern, the
wife of Elmer Huntley, of Democrat township; Joe, who lives at home; Ell Dee,
who lives in Monroe township; Arthur, who died at the age of eight months;
Katherine and Vada, both at home, and the youngest of the ten who died when an
infant.

   From 1908 until 1915, Mr. Allen was trustee of Democrat township, having been
elected to the position as a Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Allen attend the Mt. Olive
Methodist Episcopal church. Fraternally, Mr. Allen is a member of Bringhurst
Lodge No. 558, Free and Accepted Masons.


Additional Comments:
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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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