Born in Mississippi; daughter of a Baptist preacher. Her father was Austin Keeton, her mother Sarah Anthony.
Mary Keeton married Augustus A. Allen, 1 March 1861, Sevier County, Arkansas. He was born 21 May 1841, died 9 Jan 1882.
Mary received a widow's pension on the Civil War record of Augustus A. Allen but that ceased when she married Wiley Snell Robinson, 24 Apr 1884, in Scott County, Arkansas. In 1915, more than 10 years after Robinson's death she began trying to reinstate that pension. She was entitled under the law but her application resided in red tape until 1921.
Mary's first widow's Declaration for Pension, 16 Mar 1883, states that she married Augustus A. Allen on 21 Mar 1861 at the Austin Keeton residence in Polk Co and they were married by Wiley Stinnett, Justice of the Peace.
Children of Mary and Augustus A. Allen were:
John Henry Allen (1863-1880)
Mariah Helen Allen (1866-after 1930) married William Y. Vise.
Mary Elizabeth Allen (1868-1957) married John Boyce Smith
Sarah Rhoena Allen (1875-1960) married Edward Evatt
Charles Orrin Allen (1880-1880)
Mary had one child with Wiley Robinson:
William Jay Robinson (1866-??)
Born in Mississippi; daughter of a Baptist preacher. Her father was Austin Keeton, her mother Sarah Anthony.
Mary Keeton married Augustus A. Allen, 1 March 1861, Sevier County, Arkansas. He was born 21 May 1841, died 9 Jan 1882.
Mary received a widow's pension on the Civil War record of Augustus A. Allen but that ceased when she married Wiley Snell Robinson, 24 Apr 1884, in Scott County, Arkansas. In 1915, more than 10 years after Robinson's death she began trying to reinstate that pension. She was entitled under the law but her application resided in red tape until 1921.
Mary's first widow's Declaration for Pension, 16 Mar 1883, states that she married Augustus A. Allen on 21 Mar 1861 at the Austin Keeton residence in Polk Co and they were married by Wiley Stinnett, Justice of the Peace.
Children of Mary and Augustus A. Allen were:
John Henry Allen (1863-1880)
Mariah Helen Allen (1866-after 1930) married William Y. Vise.
Mary Elizabeth Allen (1868-1957) married John Boyce Smith
Sarah Rhoena Allen (1875-1960) married Edward Evatt
Charles Orrin Allen (1880-1880)
Mary had one child with Wiley Robinson:
William Jay Robinson (1866-??)
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