Husband James H. Allen 1
Born: 23 Nov 1832 - Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 2
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Father: David P. Allen (1805-1889) 2
Mother: Mary Whorley (Abt 1810-Aft 1893) 2
Marriage: 28 Feb 1867 2
Wife Martha A. Thompson 2
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Father: Wilson Thompson ( -1872) 2
Mother: Margaret Watkins ( -1840) 2
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1 F Bertha Allen 2
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2 M Wilson T. Allen 2
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3 M Albert Allen 2
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4 M Harry Allen 2
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General Notes: Husband - James H. Allen
He was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, and was brought with his parents to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, when an infant. At the age of twenty years he took a course of engineering at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and passed four years learning the machinist's business. After completing his studies he became a steamboat engineer, and for thirty-five years sailed the western waters-the Ohio and Mississippi-going as far north as St. Paul, and as far south as New Orleans. During the Civil war he was engaged in transporting troops and provisions, and was held as a prisoner for some time on the Cumberland river. He was on a boat that sank in the Ohio river, near Battingrape Island. After the war he returned home.