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Allen, John F.

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John Flowers Allen Obituary
Born:  Aug. 10, 1854
	Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa
Died:  June 30, 1926
	Clark Fork Valley, Carbon Co., Montana

		 	CLARK FORK PIONEER DIES FROM PARALYSIS

	John F. Allen, 63 Years Resident of Montana, Came to State in Covered Wagon.

	John F. Allen of Chance, for 63 years a resident of Montana, died 
Wednesday morning at an early hour at his ranch home following a 
severe stroke three weeks ago which left him paralyzed, helpless and 
semi-conscious.  Mr. Allen had been a prominent resident of the Clark 
Fork valley in the Chance region for 30 years, coming there from 
Pony, Madison Co., Montana where the family home was established in 
the 1860’s.
	Mr. Allen, with his father and step mother and several brothers and 
sisters, made the trip to Montana overland, by way of the old Boseman 
Trail in 1863, with one of the first wagon trains penetrating the 
vast unpeopled Rocky mountain region.  The family settled near Pony 
and the original homestead is still in the family, two younger 
brothers of Mr. Allen still residing there.

	Some 23 years ago Mr. Allen homesteaded the present Allen ranch in 
the valley just below Chance and he was responsible for conquering 
some of the obstacles to irrigation of lands in the valley, designing 
the first irrigating flume across the rive to avoid impassable 
bluffs.  He has made his home there with his family ever since.  A 
few years ago failing health led him to try the coast for a year, but 
not much improvement was obtained.

	Born in Newton, Jasper Co., Iowa of hardy pioneer stock, on August 
10, 1854, Mr. Allen encountered rugged conditions from the start.  
When just a lad the pioneer spirit led the family to the covered 
wagon trail westward, finally finding satisfaction in the open spaces 
of Montana.

	Six sons and two daughters and the widow (Alma Bell Allen) survive.  
The sons are: Oliver, at White Sulphur Springs, Frank, address 
unknown, Zadock, Chicago, Illinois, Claud, Marshalfield, Oreogon, 
Elgin and Grant, at the ranch home at Chance, the daughters, Mrs. 
Henry Goldsmith (Rachel Alma), Forest Grove, Oregon, who is now in a 
hospital at Bearcreek convalescing from a recent illness, and Mrs. 
Eva Chance, Billings.  There are 15 grandchildren and five 
great-grandchildren.  Three brothers and five sisters also survive.

	Funeral arrangements are uncertain, pending word from the several 
sons and daughters at distant……

(John F. Allen is buried at the Cemetery in Chance, Carbon Co., Mt.)