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Joseph Allen

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Joseph Allen

Birth
Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
17 Apr 1887 (aged 73)
Bureau County, Illinois, USA
Burial
La Moille, Bureau County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
block 34, lot 3, grave 6
Memorial ID
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Son of Samuel Allen & Elizabeth Davis
Joseph came to Bureau County in April 1836, settling in Lamoille township. He made a claim of 120 acres in section 18. Joseph Allen, Clarion, who is the subject of the following biography, was born May 21, 1813, in Hampshire County, Mass. His parents, Samuel and Elizabeth (Davis) Allen, were both natives of Massachusetts, where they died. They reared a family of three boys and three girls, viz.; Persis, Sally, Lucy, Davenport, Joseph and David. Of these, only Mrs. Lucy Rodes, David and Joseph Allen are yet living. The Allen family in America is of English extraction and were prominent among the pioneers of New England. Our subject was reared and educated in his native State, where he farmed till April 1836, when he emigrated and came to Bureau County, Ill. After one year's residence west of Princeton, he came to Lamoille Township, and made a claim on Section 18, consisting of 120 acres which he bought as soon as the land came into market. Owing to his untiring perseverance and industry, Mr. Allen was enabled to buy more land, and at present owns 600 acres in his homestead, 160 acres in the northwest part of the county and 200 acres in Ford County, besides other securities. He has been a successful farmer and stockman and a self-made man in every respect. And today, in the evening of his life, surrounded by many friends who know him to respect and revere him, we are glad to place him among our wealthiest citizens of Bureau County.

1880 lived in Clarion, Bureau, Illinois

Leonard March 57
Angeline March 57
Joseph Allen 67
James Love 24
Andrew J. Love 22
Son of Samuel Allen & Elizabeth Davis
Joseph came to Bureau County in April 1836, settling in Lamoille township. He made a claim of 120 acres in section 18. Joseph Allen, Clarion, who is the subject of the following biography, was born May 21, 1813, in Hampshire County, Mass. His parents, Samuel and Elizabeth (Davis) Allen, were both natives of Massachusetts, where they died. They reared a family of three boys and three girls, viz.; Persis, Sally, Lucy, Davenport, Joseph and David. Of these, only Mrs. Lucy Rodes, David and Joseph Allen are yet living. The Allen family in America is of English extraction and were prominent among the pioneers of New England. Our subject was reared and educated in his native State, where he farmed till April 1836, when he emigrated and came to Bureau County, Ill. After one year's residence west of Princeton, he came to Lamoille Township, and made a claim on Section 18, consisting of 120 acres which he bought as soon as the land came into market. Owing to his untiring perseverance and industry, Mr. Allen was enabled to buy more land, and at present owns 600 acres in his homestead, 160 acres in the northwest part of the county and 200 acres in Ford County, besides other securities. He has been a successful farmer and stockman and a self-made man in every respect. And today, in the evening of his life, surrounded by many friends who know him to respect and revere him, we are glad to place him among our wealthiest citizens of Bureau County.

1880 lived in Clarion, Bureau, Illinois

Leonard March 57
Angeline March 57
Joseph Allen 67
James Love 24
Andrew J. Love 22

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101326414/joseph-allen: accessed ), memorial page for Joseph Allen (21 May 1813–17 Apr 1887), Find a Grave Memorial ID 101326414, citing Greenfield Cemetery, La Moille, Bureau County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Har37x (contributor 47671892).