FAYETTE COUNTY, TN - OBITAURY - G. W. (Gus) Allen, 1 Mar 1901
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Contributor's Note:  The following obituary appeared in the McKinney 
Democrat  (McKinney,  Collin County,  Texas) on March 7,  1901,  page 7.  
Gustavus Watts ALLEN was born December 02, 1840 in Moscow,  Fayette 
County,  Tennessee;  son of Edmund Lilly ALLEN an Rebecca Magdalene SMITH;  
married Mary Virginia DOWDY;  died March 01, 1901.  Served in 13th TN 
Infantry, Co D,  CSA as a corporal.	

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"G.  W.  (Gus) Allen,  aged 60,  died Friday morning in this city of
pneumonia.  The deceased was a gallant ex-Confederate,  having fought at
Shiloh and other notable battles.  He was a native of Tennessee but for 
the past fourteen years has lived in and around McKinney where he was held 
in high esteem.  His remains were laid to rest Saturday in Pecan Grove 
Cemetery.
Several grown children survive."