Shelby County, KY - Bios:  Allen, John P.
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John P. ALLEN 5048, Shelby Co. 

Surname: Allen, Baylor, Stuart, Blanton

NOTE: I have no connection and no further information.

Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887, Shelby Co.

JOHN P. ALLEN, JR., was born in 1850 in Shelby County, Ky., and is the youngest of a family 
of six children born to John P. Allen, Sr., and George Ann (Baylor) Allen. The Allens are of 
Scotch and the Baylors of English descent. John P. Allen, Sr., is among the earliest living 
settlers of Shelby County, and has engaged in many enterprises in which he has been successful. 
He was engaged for many years in the manufacture of hemp. Mrs. Allen was a daughter of Judge 
Baylor, who was judge of the supreme court of Kentucky. John P. Allen, Jr., was educated in 
the Shelbyville schools, and began life for himself on his own energies and resources. For 
many years he has been engaged in the selling of lime, salt, coal and other products, in which 
he has been very successful. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. In 1878 he married 
Miss Stuart, daughter of R. D. T. Stuart, president of the Shelbyville Female School. Mrs. 
Allen died in October, 1882. To them were born two children: Florence and Theodore. In 
February, 1885, he was again married, this time to Miss Bettie Blanton, of Shelbyville. 
Mr. Allen is a gentleman of business capacities and culture, and takes a high place in the 
moral forces of the community in which he resides.