They had five children Vern B., Brush, Colo.; Kenneth E., Mrs. Floyd Lowe and Hugh E. all of Des Moines and J. Lowell Allen of Numa. At the time of his death he also had two granddaughters in Des Moines, Julia Ann and Marilyn Rose Lowe.
On Oct. 19, 1921, he married Anna A. Horner of Centerville.
At the time of William's death his brother James Allen lived in Boone, Iowa. He had three living sisters, Mrs. J. R. Brown, Mrs. Henry Pratt of Montana and Mrs. Kate Parrish of Kansas City, Missouri. A brother Hugh, who preceded him in death 13 years ago had a family living in Des Moines.
William started working in the mines at an early age and for 30 years of his life worked as a mine supervisor in Boone and Appanoose counties. At the end he was employed at the Numa Coal Company and was well known because of his association and leadership in the coal industry. He gave up his work 13 years before he died because his health was failing.
They had five children Vern B., Brush, Colo.; Kenneth E., Mrs. Floyd Lowe and Hugh E. all of Des Moines and J. Lowell Allen of Numa. At the time of his death he also had two granddaughters in Des Moines, Julia Ann and Marilyn Rose Lowe.
On Oct. 19, 1921, he married Anna A. Horner of Centerville.
At the time of William's death his brother James Allen lived in Boone, Iowa. He had three living sisters, Mrs. J. R. Brown, Mrs. Henry Pratt of Montana and Mrs. Kate Parrish of Kansas City, Missouri. A brother Hugh, who preceded him in death 13 years ago had a family living in Des Moines.
William started working in the mines at an early age and for 30 years of his life worked as a mine supervisor in Boone and Appanoose counties. At the end he was employed at the Numa Coal Company and was well known because of his association and leadership in the coal industry. He gave up his work 13 years before he died because his health was failing.
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