Mr. and Mrs. Allen had born to them four children, only one of whom,--a daughter, Martha Elizabeth Warner,--ever reached maturity. She was born in Houston on the 18th of July, 1838, and in this city married F. B. Chase, on April 19, 1859, and was made a widow by his death on the 20th of November following. She was married to James Converse, at Houston, September 21, 1863, and died at San Antonio April 14, 1886. She left one son, Thomas Pierce Converse, now the only descendant of the honored pioneers, Augustus C. and Charlotte M. Allen. (Source: History of Texas Biographical History of the cities of Houston & Galveston (1895)
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James Converse married Mrs. M. E. W. Chase, of Houston, on the 21st of September 1863, this lady being a native of the city of Houston, and a daughter of one of the founders of the town, Augustus C. Allen. Her mother, Mrs. Charlotte M. Allen, now in her ninetieth year, is the oldest settler of Houston as well as the oldest living representative of the large and historic family of Aliens, (Source: History of Texas Biographical History of the Cities of Houston and Galveston (1895)
Mr. and Mrs. Allen had born to them four children, only one of whom,--a daughter, Martha Elizabeth Warner,--ever reached maturity. She was born in Houston on the 18th of July, 1838, and in this city married F. B. Chase, on April 19, 1859, and was made a widow by his death on the 20th of November following. She was married to James Converse, at Houston, September 21, 1863, and died at San Antonio April 14, 1886. She left one son, Thomas Pierce Converse, now the only descendant of the honored pioneers, Augustus C. and Charlotte M. Allen. (Source: History of Texas Biographical History of the cities of Houston & Galveston (1895)
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James Converse married Mrs. M. E. W. Chase, of Houston, on the 21st of September 1863, this lady being a native of the city of Houston, and a daughter of one of the founders of the town, Augustus C. Allen. Her mother, Mrs. Charlotte M. Allen, now in her ninetieth year, is the oldest settler of Houston as well as the oldest living representative of the large and historic family of Aliens, (Source: History of Texas Biographical History of the Cities of Houston and Galveston (1895)
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