BIOGRAPHIES - ALLEN, Julian G., Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: 07 Feb 2000 The biographies are taken primarily from William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. Many Bourbon County, Kentucky, researchers have pointed out mistakes and they are notated. Name: Julian G. ALLEN _________________________________________ Birth: September 21, 1843, Bourbon County, Kentucky Father: Sanford ALLEN Mother: Susan SCHUMATE Spouses _________________________________________ 1: Mary "Mattie" MILLER Birth: February 20, 1849 Father: Mitchell MILLER Mother: Mary McCLELLAND Marriage: February 4, 1868 Children: Mary (1869-); Iva Dee (1872-); Sanford M. (1875-); Susie Lee (1877-) JULIAN G. ALLEN,1 merchant; P. O. Millersburg; was born Sept. 21, 1843, to Sanford and Susan (Schumate) Allen, she a daughter of Payton and Mary (Adair) Schumate; Sanford Allen, a native of Bourbon, was a son of Granville and Jane Brannum, also natives of Bourbon; the former was a brother to Julian Grosjean, who died Oct. 17, 1881, having lived a widow since the year 1879; she was the wife of Dr. John C. Grosjean, who died at twenty-seven years of age, after one year of married life; he was young, but a man of great promise and prominence. Sterling Allen, Esq,, was a brother; also Francis J. Allen, Esq., a very wealthy man of Cape Girardeau, Mo., noted for his eccentricities and travel in livery ; and Tandy Allen, a statesman, a leader and a man of prominence in the State of Illinois. The father of Granville Allen was the first Judge of Bourbon County; he had 12 children. The subject of this sketch is the oldest of seven sons now living. Three daughters are also living. Three sons and a daughter, deceased. The family are: Mary, now Mrs. Dr. Richart, of Sharpsburg, Bath County, Ky.; Mrs. Chesterfield Cracraft, a merchant at Bethel, Bath County; John Waller, married a Miss Uze Alexander, he a merchant of Sharpsburg; Eliza D., a Mrs. Rev. J. K, Nunnelley, a Baptist minister at Sharpsburg; Frank S., married Miss Imogene Stoner, he cashier of the Exchange Bank at Sharpsburg; Charles P. married Miss Bradshaw, daughter of Capt. Bradshaw, of Paris, Ky., he a merchant at Sharpsburg; Sanford C., with our subject, Henry T., a cadet at West Point; Thomas J., in the dry goods business with J. W. Allen, at Sharpsburg. The father of these was a very prominent man at Sharpsburg, where he carried on the dry-goods business for 39 years, and for 15 years before his death he owned and carried on the Exchange Bank of that place. He started a poor boy, working at 25¢ per day, finally, accumulating $500, he engaged in the mercantile business with a Mr. Payne; this they carried on a few years, then started a branch store at Sharpsburg, which, in a subsequent dissolution of the partnership, fell to Mr, Allen; he was enterprising and energetic, and soon proved himself powerful in business circles. He was an extensive slave-holder, an ardent advocate of the Democratic party, and a member of the Baptist Church. Our subject received a business education, beginning in 1853 with his father, and there remaining until in 1865, when he began business at his present place, continuing until the death of his father, when he sold out and returned to Sharpsburg, where he acted as President of the Bank until in September, 1879, when he again located at Millersburg, where he is doing an extensive business. He was married Feb. 4, 1868, to Miss Mattie E. Miller, who was born Feb, 20, 1849, to Mitchell and Mary (McClelland) Miller; both of whom were related to the first settlers of Millersburg. By this marriage there are four children: Mary, born March 3, 1869; I. D. Aug. 12, 1872; Sanford M., Sept. 22, 1875; Susie Lee, Sept. 19, 1877. He and his brother, J. W, were executors of his father's estate; he is a man of fine business qualifications and diligence in all matters of duty; he is a member of the Masonic Order, and with his family hold a membership in the Baptist Church. Sources 1. Perrin, p. 501 ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.