Lake-Porter County IN Archives Biographies.....Allman, Mary Luther 1832 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

MRS. MARY ALLMAN.

    Mrs. Mary Allman, the widow of Amos Allman, of Crown Point, whose sketch is
given above, was born in Concord, New Hampshire, October 18, 1832, and is a
daughter of James and Irena (Ransom) Luther. Her father was also a native of the
old Granite state and in the year 1834 he emigrated westward to Indiana,
becoming one of the pioneer settlers of the state. He took up his abode in
Porter county and there secured a tract of wild and unimproved land, which he
transformed into a good farm, carrying on agricultural pursuits on that property
up to the time of his death, which occurred when he was in his sixty-second
year. His wife survived him for some time and passed away in her sixty-ninth
year. This worthy couple were the parents of ten children, seven sons and three
daughters, all of whom reached years of maturity, but Henry, Maria, John, Amos,
Caleb, Charles and Martha A. are all now deceased. Those still living are
Martin, who makes his home in Colorado, and Mary A.

    Mary Luther was but two years old when brought by her parents to Indiana.
She was reared in Porter county and after attending the common schools of those
early days she became a student in Valparaiso. When about sixteen years of age
she began teaching and was thus engaged until twenty years of age. On the 22d of
March, 1860, she gave her hand in marriage to Amos Allman, whose life record is
given above. By her marriage she became the mother of two sons and three
daughters: Walter L., who is represented elsewhere in this volume; Mary L, the
wife of Judge McMahan, whose life history is also given in this work; Claude W.,
who is with his brother Walter in business; Jessie May, at home; and Nellie L.,
the wife of J. B. Neal, of Joliet, Illinois. All were born in Crown Point. Mrs.
Allman has spent almost her entire life in Indiana and has long been a resident
of Crown Point. She is one of the pioneer women of this portion of the state and
has witnessed the wonderful transformation that has occurred as Lake and Porter
counties have emerged from frontier conditions into a high state of
civilization. She has a wide acquaintance in northwestern Indiana and to-day
many friends entertain for her the warmest regard. Mrs. Allman is a lover of
flowers and among the beauties of nature she enjoys many happy hours.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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