These are the ALLENs buried in the Newer Part of the Bartlett City Cemetery: Arthur G. Allen 42 Eugene D. Allen 41 John M. Allen 42 Lucy K. Allen 41 Mary Jane Allen 42 Mayme B. Allen 42 Mercer C. Allen 42 Ouida Allen 42 Ray son of Stanton & Lucy 41 Stanton Allen 41 Nancy Allen, wife of Moses Allen is buried in the Old Bartlett Cemetery among other Allens. The location of her husband's, Moses Allen, burial site is unknown at this time. Alvin Elias Allen, Sr. Pgs. 283 & 284 Alvin Elias Allen, Sr., school teacher and community leader, was born July 16, 1876, in Logan Creek (now Ellington), Reynolds County, Missouri. He was the son of John Wiley and Julia Maria (Thornton) Allen. John Wiley Allen was a Methodist minister, school teacher, merchant and a veteran of the Civil War. Alvin was six weeks old when his parents left Missouri with a wagon train and moved to Texas. They settled on the Lampasas River about 15 miles west of Belton in the Cedar Knob community. He spent most of his life in Bell County. He attended school at Cedar Knob, Teague Branch, Union Grove, and graduated from Thomas arnold High School in salado with the class of 1901. Allen taught for 35 years in various Bell County schools, including Little River, Youngsport, Phoenix, Littl Nolan, Mountain View, Cedar Knob and Union Grove. He also taught in a number of schools in south Texas. He was a devout Christian, a deacon in the Southern Baptist Church and a Sunday School teacher. He was also active in community affairs. On July 24, 1904, A.E. Allen , Sr. married Julia Clarke Sinclair, a native of Mississippi, in a ceremony performed by Rev. R.L. Walker in Bartlett. To this union six children were born. They were: Wilbur David, (March 21, 1905 - 1913); Cecil Lewis, (January 16, 1907 - November 21, 1964), who married Leone Patterson. He is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cypress, California; Lorena Mabel (August 8, 1909 - October 2, 1979, who married Roy L. Leyrer and is buried in the Porterville, California Cemetery; Madeline Julia, who married Frank Joseph Durda; Alvin Elias Jr., who married Mayo Coppin; and Elizabeth Sinclair, who married Norman McLeod. Julia Clarke Allen died October 31, 1957, and Allen, Sr. died December 3, 1965. Their marked graves are in Cedar Knob Cemetery. Submitted by: A. E. Allen, Jr. ======================== Next: Elisha Allen