Dear listers, I've seen several mentions in the roll call of an ALLEN family. I know this is a very common surname, but just in case we share some family members, I'll mention a few of my own Allens... Thomas Jefferson ALLEN (son of Thomas Jefferson ALLEN and Eliza BROWN) b 11/25/1822 in Floyd county, IN d 1870 in ? m 1844 in Floyd county Martha GIBSON (daughter of John <?> GIBSON and Sarah Ann PEARSON) b 3/11/1822 in ? d 1896 in ? They had 9 kids that we know of -- Anna Belle, John Clarence, William Lawrence, Lewis Marion, Hester, Caroline Victoria, Thomas Akers, Jennie Lind and Lydia Gould ALLEN. We don't know their whereabouts until 1860 when Jennie was born in Bloomington. She married William Henry SEWARD of Bloomington. If any of these people sound familiar to anybody, please contact me "off list". Chuck Carey