David A. Allen was born about 1835 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. He was the son of Richard and Anna Walker Allen. He was the tenth of fourteen children. He probably helped his father and brothers out on the phone.
On September 7, 1856 he married Margaret Caroline Mann. She was the daughter of John and Isabella Bryson Mann. She was the youngest of their ten children.
David and Margaret had eight children together.
When the Civil War began David served on the confederate side with the 25th Regiment Troop of NC. They were known as the Haywood Highlanders. He was taken prisoner of war until the end of the war.
It was a long and tedious trip back with no food and no money. One can only imagine what he might have endured before reaching his family. He was probably malnourished and exhausted by the time he reached home. Imagine how elated Margaret and there three children would have been to see him. These were not easy times for anyone.
David worked as a farmer. The couple had five more children after the war ended.
Sometime between 1880-1886 both Margaret and David died. We can only speculate of what caused their deaths. We just know that there son, Madison Columbus, said they were both gone by the time he was 11. Mattison went to live with some family friends. No one knows what happened to their daughters Anna Josephine, Amelia Clemetine and Harriet. Family lore says they went to Nashville, TN. Apparently all communication was lost with the rest of the family.
David is believed to be married in an unmarked grave beside his parents in Greenhill Cemetery, Waynesville, NC. No one knows where Margaret is buried.
On September 7, 1856 he married Margaret Caroline Mann. She was the daughter of John and Isabella Bryson Mann. She was the youngest of their ten children.
David and Margaret had eight children together.
When the Civil War began David served on the confederate side with the 25th Regiment Troop of NC. They were known as the Haywood Highlanders. He was taken prisoner of war until the end of the war.
It was a long and tedious trip back with no food and no money. One can only imagine what he might have endured before reaching his family. He was probably malnourished and exhausted by the time he reached home. Imagine how elated Margaret and there three children would have been to see him. These were not easy times for anyone.
David worked as a farmer. The couple had five more children after the war ended.
Sometime between 1880-1886 both Margaret and David died. We can only speculate of what caused their deaths. We just know that there son, Madison Columbus, said they were both gone by the time he was 11. Mattison went to live with some family friends. No one knows what happened to their daughters Anna Josephine, Amelia Clemetine and Harriet. Family lore says they went to Nashville, TN. Apparently all communication was lost with the rest of the family.
David is believed to be married in an unmarked grave beside his parents in Greenhill Cemetery, Waynesville, NC. No one knows where Margaret is buried.
David A. Allen was born about 1835 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. He was the son of Richard and Anna Walker Allen. He was the tenth of fourteen children. He probably helped his father and brothers out on the phone.
On September 7, 1856 he married Margaret Caroline Mann. She was the daughter of John and Isabella Bryson Mann. She was the youngest of their ten children.
David and Margaret had eight children together.
When the Civil War began David served on the confederate side with the 25th Regiment Troop of NC. They were known as the Haywood Highlanders. He was taken prisoner of war until the end of the war.
It was a long and tedious trip back with no food and no money. One can only imagine what he might have endured before reaching his family. He was probably malnourished and exhausted by the time he reached home. Imagine how elated Margaret and there three children would have been to see him. These were not easy times for anyone.
David worked as a farmer. The couple had five more children after the war ended.
Sometime between 1880-1886 both Margaret and David died. We can only speculate of what caused their deaths. We just know that there son, Madison Columbus, said they were both gone by the time he was 11. Mattison went to live with some family friends. No one knows what happened to their daughters Anna Josephine, Amelia Clemetine and Harriet. Family lore says they went to Nashville, TN. Apparently all communication was lost with the rest of the family.
David is believed to be married in an unmarked grave beside his parents in Greenhill Cemetery, Waynesville, NC. No one knows where Margaret is buried.
On September 7, 1856 he married Margaret Caroline Mann. She was the daughter of John and Isabella Bryson Mann. She was the youngest of their ten children.
David and Margaret had eight children together.
When the Civil War began David served on the confederate side with the 25th Regiment Troop of NC. They were known as the Haywood Highlanders. He was taken prisoner of war until the end of the war.
It was a long and tedious trip back with no food and no money. One can only imagine what he might have endured before reaching his family. He was probably malnourished and exhausted by the time he reached home. Imagine how elated Margaret and there three children would have been to see him. These were not easy times for anyone.
David worked as a farmer. The couple had five more children after the war ended.
Sometime between 1880-1886 both Margaret and David died. We can only speculate of what caused their deaths. We just know that there son, Madison Columbus, said they were both gone by the time he was 11. Mattison went to live with some family friends. No one knows what happened to their daughters Anna Josephine, Amelia Clemetine and Harriet. Family lore says they went to Nashville, TN. Apparently all communication was lost with the rest of the family.
David is believed to be married in an unmarked grave beside his parents in Greenhill Cemetery, Waynesville, NC. No one knows where Margaret is buried.
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