INA LEONA HIGGASON was born July 20, 1882 in Cedar, Mahaska Co., Iowa, and died Aug. 29, 1960 at the Shane Nursing Home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Burial was in Zearing Cemetery, Zearing, Iowa. She married LOAMI CRESSIE ALLEN, son of Esau Anderson Allen and Desty Elzira McDowell. He was born Jan. 20, 1879 in Wapello Co., Ia. and died Nov. 14, 1938 in Zearing, Ia. The 1940 census shows the recently widowed Ina, 57, and son Dale, 28, as Franklin County, Iowa residents but visiting her sister Hazel in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
More About LOAMI CRESSIE ALLEN:
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Children of INA HIGGASON and CRESSIE ALLEN are:
i. WYNBURN BRUCE ALLEN, b. April 27, 1905, Zearing, Ia., d. March 10, 1949, Zearing, m. Blanche Falen, Served in military 1927-30. Child: Donna Mae Allen.
ii. ARLO ESAU ALLEN, b. April 29, 1907, Zearing, d. Feb. 4, 1952 Hampton, Ia., m. Helen Corning, had three children.
iii. MILO REX ALLEN, b. Aug. 8, 1909, Zearing, d. Feb 1970, m. Alice Neva Stockdale, had three children.
iv. DALE CHESTER ALLEN, Denver, Co., b. 1911 in Minnesota, d. 1978.
m. Loretta Rachel Leonard, had three children.
v. LYLE CRESSIE ALLEN, Marion, b. Feb. 16, 1914 d. March 4 1970, m. Loretta Lavonne Vincent, had two children.
The 1956 book 'Community History Zearing, Iowa' by Donald H. Grimm, states: “The name Allen has been a prominent name in our community since 1880. The Allen family has always had an excellent reputation in the community. Members of the family did not neglect their duties as citizens. They were good business men and farmers.
“The local Allens are descendants of Joseph Allen Sr. and Elizabeth Ingram Allen, married June 23, 1853. They moved to our community in 1892 from Wapello county, Iowa.
Esau A. Allen, a son of Joseph Sr., came to this community from Wapello county in 1881. They farmed until 1903. Then Esau and his son, L. Cressie, were in the hardware business in Zearing.”
More About LOAMI CRESSIE ALLEN:
Went by his middle name
Children of INA HIGGASON and CRESSIE ALLEN are:
i. WYNBURN BRUCE ALLEN, b. April 27, 1905, Zearing, Ia., d. March 10, 1949, Zearing, m. Blanche Falen, Served in military 1927-30. Child: Donna Mae Allen.
ii. ARLO ESAU ALLEN, b. April 29, 1907, Zearing, d. Feb. 4, 1952 Hampton, Ia., m. Helen Corning, had three children.
iii. MILO REX ALLEN, b. Aug. 8, 1909, Zearing, d. Feb 1970, m. Alice Neva Stockdale, had three children.
iv. DALE CHESTER ALLEN, Denver, Co., b. 1911 in Minnesota, d. 1978.
m. Loretta Rachel Leonard, had three children.
v. LYLE CRESSIE ALLEN, Marion, b. Feb. 16, 1914 d. March 4 1970, m. Loretta Lavonne Vincent, had two children.
The 1956 book 'Community History Zearing, Iowa' by Donald H. Grimm, states: “The name Allen has been a prominent name in our community since 1880. The Allen family has always had an excellent reputation in the community. Members of the family did not neglect their duties as citizens. They were good business men and farmers.
“The local Allens are descendants of Joseph Allen Sr. and Elizabeth Ingram Allen, married June 23, 1853. They moved to our community in 1892 from Wapello county, Iowa.
Esau A. Allen, a son of Joseph Sr., came to this community from Wapello county in 1881. They farmed until 1903. Then Esau and his son, L. Cressie, were in the hardware business in Zearing.”
INA LEONA HIGGASON was born July 20, 1882 in Cedar, Mahaska Co., Iowa, and died Aug. 29, 1960 at the Shane Nursing Home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Burial was in Zearing Cemetery, Zearing, Iowa. She married LOAMI CRESSIE ALLEN, son of Esau Anderson Allen and Desty Elzira McDowell. He was born Jan. 20, 1879 in Wapello Co., Ia. and died Nov. 14, 1938 in Zearing, Ia. The 1940 census shows the recently widowed Ina, 57, and son Dale, 28, as Franklin County, Iowa residents but visiting her sister Hazel in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
More About LOAMI CRESSIE ALLEN:
Went by his middle name
Children of INA HIGGASON and CRESSIE ALLEN are:
i. WYNBURN BRUCE ALLEN, b. April 27, 1905, Zearing, Ia., d. March 10, 1949, Zearing, m. Blanche Falen, Served in military 1927-30. Child: Donna Mae Allen.
ii. ARLO ESAU ALLEN, b. April 29, 1907, Zearing, d. Feb. 4, 1952 Hampton, Ia., m. Helen Corning, had three children.
iii. MILO REX ALLEN, b. Aug. 8, 1909, Zearing, d. Feb 1970, m. Alice Neva Stockdale, had three children.
iv. DALE CHESTER ALLEN, Denver, Co., b. 1911 in Minnesota, d. 1978.
m. Loretta Rachel Leonard, had three children.
v. LYLE CRESSIE ALLEN, Marion, b. Feb. 16, 1914 d. March 4 1970, m. Loretta Lavonne Vincent, had two children.
The 1956 book 'Community History Zearing, Iowa' by Donald H. Grimm, states: “The name Allen has been a prominent name in our community since 1880. The Allen family has always had an excellent reputation in the community. Members of the family did not neglect their duties as citizens. They were good business men and farmers.
“The local Allens are descendants of Joseph Allen Sr. and Elizabeth Ingram Allen, married June 23, 1853. They moved to our community in 1892 from Wapello county, Iowa.
Esau A. Allen, a son of Joseph Sr., came to this community from Wapello county in 1881. They farmed until 1903. Then Esau and his son, L. Cressie, were in the hardware business in Zearing.”
More About LOAMI CRESSIE ALLEN:
Went by his middle name
Children of INA HIGGASON and CRESSIE ALLEN are:
i. WYNBURN BRUCE ALLEN, b. April 27, 1905, Zearing, Ia., d. March 10, 1949, Zearing, m. Blanche Falen, Served in military 1927-30. Child: Donna Mae Allen.
ii. ARLO ESAU ALLEN, b. April 29, 1907, Zearing, d. Feb. 4, 1952 Hampton, Ia., m. Helen Corning, had three children.
iii. MILO REX ALLEN, b. Aug. 8, 1909, Zearing, d. Feb 1970, m. Alice Neva Stockdale, had three children.
iv. DALE CHESTER ALLEN, Denver, Co., b. 1911 in Minnesota, d. 1978.
m. Loretta Rachel Leonard, had three children.
v. LYLE CRESSIE ALLEN, Marion, b. Feb. 16, 1914 d. March 4 1970, m. Loretta Lavonne Vincent, had two children.
The 1956 book 'Community History Zearing, Iowa' by Donald H. Grimm, states: “The name Allen has been a prominent name in our community since 1880. The Allen family has always had an excellent reputation in the community. Members of the family did not neglect their duties as citizens. They were good business men and farmers.
“The local Allens are descendants of Joseph Allen Sr. and Elizabeth Ingram Allen, married June 23, 1853. They moved to our community in 1892 from Wapello county, Iowa.
Esau A. Allen, a son of Joseph Sr., came to this community from Wapello county in 1881. They farmed until 1903. Then Esau and his son, L. Cressie, were in the hardware business in Zearing.”
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