Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Allen, John S. 1836 - 
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Author: Warner, Beers & Co.

   JOHN S. ALLEN, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Pleasant Township, Hardin
County, Ohio, May 21, 1836. His parents were Abel H. and Rebecca (Mackey) Allen;
the former a native of Hardy County, Va., born November 7, 1803, and the latter
a native of Franklin County, Ohio, born July 12, 1810. They moved to Hardin
County in 1833, and settled two miles east of Kenton, where Mr. Allen entered
100 acres of land. All was wild forest, and not a house marked the site of the
city of Kenton. He cleared his farm, added forty acres, and in 1852, sold; then
bought eighty acres in the same township, and 125 acres in Buck Township. He
died December 24, 1873, and in 1876 his widow removed to Kenton. Of the eight
children born to them six are living. The subject of this sketch was the eldest
member, and was reared on the homestead, aiding in clearing up the land. On
October 16, 1860, he was married to Isabella S., daughter of Henry G. Johnson,
and born in Logan County, Ohio, September 11, 1838. They have three
children-Edith L., born September 14, 1861; Hallie C., born September 22, 1866,
and Tressie B., born December 3, 1875. Edith L. is the wife, of Henry Bishop.
Mr. Allen located on his present farm November 13, 1860, and owns 120 acres of
land, and also gave his daughter, Edith L Bishop, a farm of fifty-six acres. He
is engaged in farming and stock-raising, and had marked success in exhibiting
his fine stock at the fairs. He and his wife are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and in politics he is a Republican.

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"The History of Hardin County, Ohio"
           containing
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES,
 SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY
   RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT
         MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY;
             HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS
                  MATTERS, ETC., ETC.

              CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO.
                          1883

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