This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gurley, Lockridge, Allyn, Allen, White, Winchester Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2g.2ADE/1058 Message Board Post: Seeking additional information about the family of Mary E. Allyn Gurley Allen, b. Jan 1835, Indiana (probably Posey County), last known (Jun 1901) to be living at Belknap. She first married Laban Gurley (b. abt 1830, Saline Co., IL, d. 21 Nov 1861, Good Samaritan Hospital, St. Louis, MO, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery; he was a fifer in Co. F, 25th Indiana Volunteers.) Their children included Sarah Gurley (died young), William Jordan Gurley b. 18 Feb 1856, Isadora Gurley Lockridge (25 Mar 1858-12 Oct 1939), and Anna D. Gurley b. 6 Feb 1862. Mary Gurley married John P. W. Allen on 29 May 1865 in Posey County, IN. John died 27 Nov 1891, location unknown. Their children included Mary Allen, Edward E. Allen (see death notice on this board), and Orlando J. Allen, and another daughter, whose name may be Carra (not completely legible in 1900 census record). Others in Mary's household at the time of the 1900 census were her son Orlando, daughter Carra?, grandd! aughters Cora and Eva Gurley, and grandson Earl White. Mary is listed as being the mother of 11 children, four living. These would be Edward, Carra?, Orlando, and Isadora. Edward E. Allen married Cynthia Winchester in 1894 in Johnson County. They had a daughter, Bertha b. Aug 1899. Edward died in 1906 and Cynthia apparently died in 1908. Any one know what became of Bertha? Mary Allen owned land at the time of the 1900 census. Is there anyone who might be willing to look up deeds for the purchase and sale of that land? .