Chalkley W Allman was born in Iowa in 1862. He was the son of Jesse Allman and Esther W Haines Allman. Chalkley was named for his grandfather, Chalkley Haines. The progenitor of the Quaker Haines family migrated to America in 1682 aboard the ship, "Amity."

Chalkley's parents were Quakers and were originally from Columbiana County, Ohio. The Allman family were early settlers of Marshall County, Iowa. Chalkley's uncle, James Allman laid out the township of Le Grand and opened the first store in Marshall County. James was also the first Postmaster. The first school, a Quaker school, was taught by Chalkley's aunt Elizabeth Allman.

Chalkley married Rose L Jones, probably in Kansas in about 1890. They had one son, Jesse Samuel Allman.

Sources:

*Haines, John W., "Richard Haines and his descendants. A Quaker Family of Burlington County, New Jersey Since 1682." Carr Publishing Company, Inc., 1961. Vol. II, p.89.

*Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Publishing Co. 1946. Vol. IV, p. 960.

*The History of Marshall County, Iowa. LaCrosse, WI : Brookhaven Press, 1878, pp. 335, 529, 530, 591. 

1870 - Census, Chalkley Allman, 8 years old, living in Le Grand Township, Marshall County, Iowa with parents, "Hester" [sb Esther] (45), and Jesse (48), farmer, siblings, "Lanna" J (20), and Sarah M (17), and grandmother, Lydia (80):

• "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVK-B7D : Tue Mar 05 07:09:10 UTC 2024), Entry for Jesse Allman and Hester W Allman, 1870.

1880 - Census, Chalkley W Allman, 18 years old, living in Le Grand, Marshall County, Iowa with father, Jesse (58), farmer, and sister, Sarah M (27):

• "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDL3-7TD : Sat Mar 09 19:56:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Jesse Allman and Sarah M. Allman, 1880.

1885 - Iowa State Census, Chalkley W Allmon, 22 years old, living in Willow Township, Greene County, Iowa with father, Jesse (62), sisters, Leanna J Adamson (35), and Sarah M (31), brother-in-law, Thomas Adamson (36), farmer, and nephews, Chalkley E Adamson (4), Charles S (1), and Ora O Adamson (infant):

• "Iowa State Census, 1885", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HZXV-CMM : Fri Mar 08 08:33:21 UTC 2024), Entry for Thomas Adamson and Leanna J Adamson, 1885.

1895 - Kansas State Census, C W Allmon, 34 years old, farmer, living in Montgomery, Geary County, Kansas with wife, "Rosell" (20), and son, Jessee (3):

• "Kansas State Census, 1895", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8K-3HDF : Sat Mar 09 23:55:17 UTC 2024), Entry for C W Allmon and Rosell Allmon, 1895.

1900 - Census, "Chawkley" W Allman, 38 years old, farm laborer, married, but living as a boarder in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory (probably Oklahoma) with the McPeck family:

• "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSRK-HCN : Wed Mar 06 10:51:35 UTC 2024), Entry for Carl McPeck and Grace McPeck, 1900.

1918 - C W Allmon cited in the marriage record of son, Jesse Samuel Allmon, and Hazel Hewitt Bertrandias in San Francisco, California on 20 July 1918:

• "California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4B-FR3N : Sun Mar 10 06:54:45 UTC 2024), Entry for Jesse Samuel Allmon and C W Allmon, 20 Jul 1918.

1920 - Census, Chalkley W Allman, 58 years old, laborer, divorced, living in nephew's household in Jackson Township, Greene County, Iowa with nephews, Chalkley E Adamson [son of Leanna J Allman] (39), farmer, and David W Davis [son of Sarah M Allman] (29), laborer, nephew's wife, Elsie F Adamson (32), great-niece, Lorrene B Adamson (10), and great-nephew, Wendell W Adamson (7):

• "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8BY-JWF : Sun Mar 17 18:50:49 UTC 2024), Entry for Chalkley E Adamson and Elsie F Adamson, 1920.

1929 - Death in Dawson, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota on 6 March 1929. Father, Jesse Allman, and ex-wife, Rose L Jones, cited:

• "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z79B-LVMM : Sun Mar 10 21:30:42 UTC 2024), Entry for Cholkley William Almon and Jessie Almon, 6 Mar 1929.
• "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V43B-FCL : 4 December 2014), Cholkley William Almon, 06 Mar 1929; from "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Lac Qui Parle, Minnesota, record 532596, certificate number 006959, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis.