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Benjamin Allen Family

Benjamin Allen b. 5 Dec 1792 Chester SC d. 9 Sep 1891 Rockbridge IL                                   Allen Family Biographies
Susan Allen b. abt 1793 SC d. 1861 Greene Co IL  m. 5 Oct 1815 Hopkins Co KY        Benjamin Allen ~ The Oldest Man in Greene County

1) Mary "Polly" Allen Barnett Miller b. 17 May 1816 Madison Co IL d. 4 Feb 1890 Osawatomie KS   
    Abner Barnett b. 25 Aug 1810 KY d. 21 Jun 1842 Greene Co IL  m. 18 Dec 1834 Greene Co IL
         1) John Henry Barnett b. 11 Nov 1835 Greene Co IL d. 15 Jun 1901 Deepwater Twp. Bates Co., MO Buried White Cemetery
             Mahala Jane Henson Barnett b. abt 1841 Hopkins Co KY d. 21 Jun 1880 Bates Co MO  m. 24 Aug 1853 Greene Co IL
         2) Jane M. Barnett b. abt 1839
         3) William H. Barnett b. abt 1841
         4) Betsey Ann Barnett b. abt 1843
             Stephen Taylor m. 4 Nov 1861 Greene Co IL (7 Nov 1861 IL Marriage Records)
    Anson Miller b. 10 Mar 1814 (tombstone 1811) Kincaid's Point KY d. 1 Nov 1898 Osawatomie KS         BIO
    Rebecca Mitchell m. 7 Jan 1841, she died soon after; one child born to marriage) (Rachel W. Mitchell in IL Marr. Records)
    Martha L. Blood Miller 8 Dec 1844 Edwards Co IL
    Mary "Polly" Allen Barnett Miller b. 17 May 1816 Madison Co IL d. 4 Feb 1890 Osawatomie KS   m. 22 Jan 1845 Greene Co IL
          5) Sarah Catharine Miller b. 10 Dec 1847 Greene Co IL d. Feb 1875 Greene Co IL
              Elias N. Crane m. 15 Oct 1868 Greene Co IL
          6) Andrew K. Miller b. 1 May 1849 Greene Co IL d. 1935 Osawatomie KS
              Anna N. Miller b. abt 1845 IL   
                  1) Bertha M. Miller b. abt 1871 Valley KS
                  2) Harrison H. Miller b. abt 1873 Valley KS   
                  3) Walter A. Miller b. abt 1876 OR         
                  4) Velma B. Miller b. abt 1878 Valley KS 
                       William C. Moffett m. published 6 Oct 1899

2) Sarah Allen Hancock Courtney b. abt 1823 IL
     Armsted Hancock b. abt  m. 13 Mar 1839 first husband
           1) Betsey Ann Hancock b. abt  1842 IL
           2)
Emily Hancock b. 1845 MO (IL in 1850 Census)
               Philip Odell (m. 18 July 1861)     
          3) John Hancock b. abt 1845  IL
              Martha B. WILLIAMS 16 Dec 1865
          4) Margaret Hancock b. abt 1847  IL
              F.M.B. Liles 2 Feb 1865   
     Thomas R. Courtney b. abt 1810 Ky second husband of Sarah Allen
     Hannah NIX Courtney (m. 1 Nov 1827) first wife
          1) William Courtney b. abt 1827 IL
          2) Margaret Courtney b. abt 1830 IL
              Isaac Taylor 18 Feb 1851
          3) John W. Courtney b. abt 1831 IL
              Charity Lasater 22 April 1849
          4) James Courtney b. abt 1833 IL
          5) Joseph M. Courtney b. abt 1837 IL
          6) Amelia Courtney b. abt 1839 IL
          7) Jane Courtney b. abt 1839 IL
          8) Mary Courtney b. abt 1841 IL
          9) Elizabeth Courtney b. abt 1841 IL
     Sarah Hancock (m. 18 May 1849) second wife
          10) George H. Courtney b. 1850 IL
          11) Ann E. Courtney b. 1850 IL

3) John L. Allen b. abt 1826 Greene Co IL d. 17 Dec 1896 MS
    Amanda Huff Allen b. abt 1828 OH  d. 4 Aug 1887 Medora IL    m. 27 Sept 1848 Greene Co IL
          1) Henry M. Allen b. 1849 Greene Co IL (died young, not in 1860 census)
          2) Martha Allen b. 29 Aug 1850 Rockbridge IL d. 25 Mar 1933 Rockbridge IL
              William Gray m. 4 Sept 1872 Greene Co IL
              Stonewall Charles Jackson m. 23 Oct 1910
          3) Samantha Allen b. abt 1853 Greene Co IL d. 7 Feb 1874 Rockbridge IL
              Charles W. Burnett 13 Aug 1872 Greene Co IL
          4) Nancy Ann Allen b. Jan 1855 Greene Co IL d. 18 April 1929 Alton IL               
              Samuel Burnett m. 19 June 1875
                  Lucy Burnett b. abt 1874 IL
              John F. Cummings m. 23 July 1878 Greene Co IL
          5) Sarah J. Allen b. 1856 Greene Co Il d. aft 1929
              Benjamin F. Cummings m. 30 Mar 1878 Greene Co IL
          6) Etna Eliza Allen b. 19 Sept 1861 Greene Co IL d. 10 Oct 1940 Rockbridge IL
              William Smith m. 18 Mar 1880 Rockbridge IL
              Samuel Stevenson m. 14 Mar 1883 Rockbridge IL
          7) Jefferson Allen b. 27 Nov 1860 Rockbridge IL d. 20 July 1922 Jacksonville IL
              Ida Rosine Frecht m. 7 July 1889 Kane IL
          8) Thomas R. Allen b. 1866 Greene Co IL
          9) Ida Belle Allen b. 1869 Greene Co IL d. bef 1880 Greene Co IL     
     Mary J Crafton m. 29 Aug 1887

4) Nancy Allen b. 1827 Greene Co IL d. 1852 Greene Co IL
    Zacheus Cranfill b. abt 1813 Huntsville, Rowan Co NC d. 23 Dec 1870  Calloway, Upshur Co TX m. 18 Dec 1845 Greene Co IL
                          father Thomas Cranfill mother Sarah Eaton
          1) John H. Cranfill b. 1847  Greene Co IL d. 1878 Buffalo Gap Taylor Co TX m. 1870 Scott Co AR
              Mary Knight
          2) Benjamin F. Cranfill b. 1849  Greene Co IL d. 1852  Greene Co IL
          3) William Cranfill b. 1850  Greene Co IL d. abt 1851  Greene Co IL

5) Margaret Allen Dixon b. abt 1830 Greene Co IL
    Henry J. Dixon b. 1 Oct 1823 McLean (or McMinn) Co TN d.    m. 11 Sept 1848 Greene Co IL   BIO
          1) Sarah Jane Dixon Hardin b. 6 June 1849  Greene Co IL d. 23 April 1885  Greene Co IL
              Isaac Hardin  b. d.  m. 16 Nov 1865  Greene Co IL
          2) John H. Dixon b. 1854  Greene Co IL d. 23 Feb 1858  Greene Co IL
          3) Baby Dixon (unnamed infant) b. abt 1858 Greene Co IL d. abt 1858 Greene Co IL
          4) Clark Dixon b. 1 Feb 1861 Greene Co IL d.
              Harriet A Wilson Dixon b. d. m. 14 July 1878 Massac Co IL
              Lillie May Blair Dixon b. d. m. 5 June 1897 Greene Co IL
          5) Albert Dixon b. 7 Feb 1864  Greene Co IL d. 2 Feb 1882 Greene Co IL
          6) Benjamin F. Dixon b. 26 Dec 1870 Greene Co IL
              Sarah L. Waton Dixon b. d. m. 24 Oct 1889 Greene Co IL



     The information on this page was extrapolated from the 1830-40-50-60-80 Greene Co IL Censuses, the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, FamilySearch.org. family pages, Oakwood Cemetery records, Osawatomie KS, and 1880 Miami Co KS census.

     Thanks to Rick and Dana Davis for sending additions and corrections to the Benjamin Allen data and the John L. Allen line.

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