Cass County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Allen, George W. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marshall H. Sanders, Jr. sanmarjr@sbcglobal.net June 22, 2006, 6:18 pm Cemetery: Calvin Community Chapel, Calvin Twp. Cass Co. Name: George W. Allen Date Of Photograph: May 27, 2006 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/cass/photos/tombstones/calvincommunityc/allen1416nph.jpg Image file size: 89.8 Kb George W. Allen 1874 - 1962 George W. Allen was born October 20, 1874 in Porter Twp. He died June 30, 1962. Marker is shared with Estella A. Allen (1876-1950). George Allen was the youngest son of Bennett Allen and Elma Wade Allen. George Allen and Estella Akens (Akins) were married November 27, 1892. She is the daughter of John and Emiley Akens (Akins). George and Estella were the parents of two children, Ida Mae Allen and Ernest F. Allen. George Allen was a former undersheriff of Cass Co. and former member and president of the Long School Board. George Allen was a lifetime farmer. George Allen provided teams of horses and was a member of the 1930 building committee during the construction of Calvin Community Chapel. George and Estella Allen were Charter Members of Calvin Community Chapel. After Estella Allen's death in 1950, George Allen married Gladys Ross September 20, 1951. Calvin Community Chapel Cemetery Additional Comments: Source: Allen History Manuscript by Rosanna nee Allen Wilson, 1924 and Descendants of Allen-Sanders by Maurice W. Sanders, 1985. Sanders Transcription Team Transcribed by: Maurice W. Sanders and Marshall H. Sanders, Jr. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/cass/photos/tombstones/calvincommunityc/allen1416nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb