> > > > > I would still like information or help on any of these Hunt County, > Fannin County, and Montague County > > > descendants of John William Allen of Tennessee. > > > > > > Descendants of: John William Allen > > > > > > 1 John William Allen b. 06-23-1819 Bedford County, Tennessee d. After > 1891 > > > m. Anna Johnston b. circa 1820 Rutherford County, Tennessee d. before > > 1891 > > > [daughter of Thomas Johnston and Ellen McFarland] > > > John William Allen served in the Company A of the thirty-seventh > > > Tennessee > > > Infantry. He applied for a Confederate Service pension from the State > of > > > Tennessee on July 15, 1891. The 1850 Coffee County Tennessee Federal > > Census > > > and his Confederate Service Record listed his occupation as a well > digger. > > > He also served in th First Tennessee Regiment Volunteers in the Civil > > > War. He > > > was discharged for sickness. His physician Dr. J. Bennett stated in his > > > pension application,"I can state that I attended Mr. William Allen while > > > sick > > > with Typhoid Pneumonia after the first battle of Manassas. He was a good > > and > > > honest soldier". > > > His rank was private. His hieght was 5' 7", dark complexion, grey > > eyes, > > > and > > > sandy hair. He was discharged on 08-26-1861, at Manassas, Virginia with > a > > > disability. > > > When he applied for his pension, he was suffering from a complcation > of > > > diseases that included kidney and bladder trouble. He was unable to do > > > manual > > > labor. He had recently been working as a rail splitter. > > > 1. William Calvin Allen b. 04-20-1843 Coffee County, Tennessee d. > > > 04-02-1922 Hermitage, Tennessee He operated a restaurant in Montague and > Fannin County Texas. > > > William Allen was in Company B, 1st Tennessee Infantry during > > the > > > Civil War. > > > He was shot in the hip at Sharpsburg, Virginia. Two sisters nursed him > and > > > he > > > returned to his regiment. He was captured at the Battle of Gettysburg > and > > > sent > > > to prison at Ft. Delaware. He was later imprisoned at Nashville, > > Tennessee, > > > as > > > he would not sign an oath of allegiance. He applied for a pension in > 1901. > > > In > > > the IOOF home at Corsicanna, Texas, he was almost blind and had asthma. > > He, > > > in > > > 1918, lived with his sister, Mrs. C. M. Foster, in Monteagle, Tennessee. > > > 2 Thomas H. Allen b. 09-1845 Coffee County, Tennessee d. 01-10-1927 > > > Commerce, Hunt County, Texas > > > m. Mary Elizabeth (Bettie) "unknown" > > > Thomas H. Allen joined Company B, 37th Tennessee Regiment in > > 1861, > > > in the > > > Civil War. He was discovered to be too young for service and was > > discharged. > > > Thomas then joined Company B, 1st Tennessee Regiment and served until > the > > > end > > > of the war. His brother, W. C. Allen and father, William Allen was also > in > > > the > > > same regiment. In 1913, he was in Commerce, Hunt County, Texas and lived > > > there > > > until 1927, when he died of Brights Disease. His obituary listed his > > > children > > > but did not list his wife's name. > > > 3 A. Homer Allen > > > m. Effie Bigbee m. 11-03-1909 Hunt County, Texas b. circa 1898 > > > 4 Hortense Allen b. circa 1924 Hunt County, Texas > > > m. Jack Barbee m. 06-18-1939 Hunt County, Texas > > > 3 Josephine (Flossie) Allen b. 11-1872 Tennessee > > > m. Thomas P. Burt b. 10-1859 Mississippi > > > She married a Burt and lived in Mineral Wells, Texas. > > > 3 John H. (Jack) Allen b. 03-1880 Tennessee > > > He lived in Commerce, Texas. > > > 3 E. G. Allen > > > He lived in Wolfe City, Texas. > > > 3 Robert E. (Bob) Allen b. 09-1883 Texas > > > He lived in Lenord, Texas. His occupation was a forman on the > > > railroad. > > > 3 Thomas E. Allen b. 06-1886 > > > m. Martha E. "unknown" b. circa 1885 > > > 4 Pearl Allen b. circa 1908 Hunt County, Texas > > > 4 Scott Allen b. circa 1915 Hunt County, Texas > > > 3 Charles L. (Charley) Allen b. 09-1887 Texas > > > m. Anna "unknown" b. circa 1890 > > > He lived in Fairlie, Texas. > > > 4 Manja Allen b. circa 1902 Hunt County, Texas > > > 4 Hebert Allen b. circa 1904 Hunt County, Texas > > > 4 Overtra Allen b. circa 1903 Hunt County, Texas > > > 3 Katie M. Allen b. 08-1887 > > > 3. Celia Ellen Allen b. 1848 > > > m. William Sandrick m. 02-08-1868 Bedford County, Tennessee > > > 4. Catherine Madora Allen b. 03-28-1850 Coffee County, Tennessee d. > > > 02-25-1943 Manchester, Coffee County, Tennessee > > > m. Sylvester Boyd Foster b. 04-16-1841 Davidson County, Tennessee > d. > > > 11-22-1919 Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee > > > 5. Martha Allen b. 1851 > > > 6. James Allen b. 1853 > > > > > >