Newton Co., IN Bio

Newton County, Jefferson Township.  From A History of Warren, Benton,
Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883.

   ROBERT W. ALLAN, wagon, carriage and repair shop, was born June 22,
1849, in Chateauguay County, Canada East, and is a son of Robert and
Sarah M. (Wilkinson) Allan, the former a native of Scotland, the latter
of Ireland.  These parents had ten children, nine of whom are living.
The mother died in November, 1869, at the age of forty-four.  The
father died in 1878, at the age of fifty-three.  Both were members of
the Presbyterian Church.  They came to Illinois in March, 1867, and to
Benton County, Indiana, in 1868.
   Robert W. had limited school advantages in Canada, attending but 
a few years.  He worked on his father's farm until he was sixteen years
of age, when he went to learn his trade.  After serving two years, he 
went to Kendall County, Illinois, and from 1867 to 1875 he farmed and
worked at carpentering and wagon making in Kendall, Grundy and La Salle
Counties, Illinois.
   He moved to Kentland in 1875, and worked for C.A. Wood about one 
year, and later he began for himself.  He is now pursuing his business 
in South Side, and is doing a good and increasing business.
   Mr. Allan was married, October 13, 1881, to Miss Patience E. Horne,
of Sheldon, Illinois, formerly of Knox County, Ohio.  These parents
have one child--Robert Angelo.  Mr. Allan is a chapter member of the
K. of P., Damon Lodge, No. 72, Kentland, and has twice acted as Past
Chancellor.  "Robert" has been the name of the eldest male in the Allan
family since 1657.


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