Hoping someone out there can help me. I suspect that John Francis Allen b. 1860 d. 1909 is possibly my g/g/grandfather. My great grandmother (paternal) was Mary Permelia (Allen) Wright. She died in 1906 and "Frank" Allen was her father, as I've seen in the family bible. The closest I can come is John Francis Allen - incidentally, he is buried at Pisgah Methodist Church in Charles Co. This is area would most likely be correct. If anyone knows anything about him, I'd appreciate your contacting me. Thanks, Janet Scott Cox

On 18 Apr 2007 at 17:39, TIMOTHY AND JANET COX wrote: > Hoping someone out there can help me. > > I suspect that John Francis Allen b. 1860 d. 1909 is possibly my g/g/grandfather. My great grandmother (paternal) was Mary Permelia (Allen) Wright. She died in 1906 and "Frank" Allen was her father, as I've seen in the family bible. The closest I can come is John Francis Allen - incidentally, he is buried at Pisgah Methodist Church in Charles Co. This is area would most likely be correct. > > If anyone knows anything about him, I'd appreciate your contacting me. I believe Mary Permelia and John Francis Allen may have been the children of Francis and Anna Allen. The family is together in the 1860 census, but by 1870 Francis had died and Anna was head of the household - also in the household at that time was Richard Wright, Sarah Josephine (Barker) Wright, his wife, and Archard E. Wright, their daughter. Anna married Ethelbert Bowie probably on 11 August 1874 (Charles County Marriages has 1873 but Ethelbert's first wife was still living at that time). Did Mary Permelia marry Wesley Wright? Paula