Co. H 98th PA Vol Infantry Civil War
Josiah N. Allen, was a Congregational preacher, born in Otsego county, N.Y. He first moved to Erie county, Pa., where they raised their children. It was in 1872 that Josiah N. Allen emigrated with a colony of neighbors and friends to this county (Buffalo Co NE), locating near the present village of Shelton. His entire life has been given to the Master's service, his labors having begun as early as 1858. He is still alive and resides near Shelton, where he first located. He can tell many an interesting and thrilling tale of pioneer experience, but for these there is scarcely room in a brief sketch like this. Suffice it to say that he preached the first sermon in what is now Buffalo county, and also married the first couple. His faithful wife, Polly Miller, a native of Erie county, Pa., was born on the third of August, 1837, and still lives to share the comforts and trials of his declining years. The Allens trace their lineage back to Samuel P., the great-grandfather of Homer J. (son of Josiah N. Allen), who was of English descent. His son, Clother Beckwith Allen, was born in New York State, but passed the greater part of his later life in Erie county, Pa., whither his son, as above stated, had emigrated about 1827. He died there at the age of seventy-seven years.
Josiah and Polly had six children: Homer J. Allen, the subject of this sketch is the eldest of the six children, of whom five are still living. Emogene, wife of a Mr. George, is a resident of Custer county, this state (NE); Ernestine, now S.J. Hedges, lives near Sidney, Nebr.; Milly, wife of Stephen Stonebarger, lives at Shelton; Mertie B. lives with her parents at Shelton; Hadley Dean is dead.
>From BIOGRAPHICAL SOUVENIR of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, and Phelps in Nebraska, Chicago, F.A. Battey and Company, 1890.
Thanks to Diane Shada of USGenWeb/NE
Josiah N. Allen, was a Congregational preacher, born in Otsego county, N.Y. He first moved to Erie county, Pa., where they raised their children. It was in 1872 that Josiah N. Allen emigrated with a colony of neighbors and friends to this county (Buffalo Co NE), locating near the present village of Shelton. His entire life has been given to the Master's service, his labors having begun as early as 1858. He is still alive and resides near Shelton, where he first located. He can tell many an interesting and thrilling tale of pioneer experience, but for these there is scarcely room in a brief sketch like this. Suffice it to say that he preached the first sermon in what is now Buffalo county, and also married the first couple. His faithful wife, Polly Miller, a native of Erie county, Pa., was born on the third of August, 1837, and still lives to share the comforts and trials of his declining years. The Allens trace their lineage back to Samuel P., the great-grandfather of Homer J. (son of Josiah N. Allen), who was of English descent. His son, Clother Beckwith Allen, was born in New York State, but passed the greater part of his later life in Erie county, Pa., whither his son, as above stated, had emigrated about 1827. He died there at the age of seventy-seven years.
Josiah and Polly had six children: Homer J. Allen, the subject of this sketch is the eldest of the six children, of whom five are still living. Emogene, wife of a Mr. George, is a resident of Custer county, this state (NE); Ernestine, now S.J. Hedges, lives near Sidney, Nebr.; Milly, wife of Stephen Stonebarger, lives at Shelton; Mertie B. lives with her parents at Shelton; Hadley Dean is dead.
>From BIOGRAPHICAL SOUVENIR of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, and Phelps in Nebraska, Chicago, F.A. Battey and Company, 1890.
Thanks to Diane Shada of USGenWeb/NE
Co. H 98th PA Vol Infantry Civil War
Josiah N. Allen, was a Congregational preacher, born in Otsego county, N.Y. He first moved to Erie county, Pa., where they raised their children. It was in 1872 that Josiah N. Allen emigrated with a colony of neighbors and friends to this county (Buffalo Co NE), locating near the present village of Shelton. His entire life has been given to the Master's service, his labors having begun as early as 1858. He is still alive and resides near Shelton, where he first located. He can tell many an interesting and thrilling tale of pioneer experience, but for these there is scarcely room in a brief sketch like this. Suffice it to say that he preached the first sermon in what is now Buffalo county, and also married the first couple. His faithful wife, Polly Miller, a native of Erie county, Pa., was born on the third of August, 1837, and still lives to share the comforts and trials of his declining years. The Allens trace their lineage back to Samuel P., the great-grandfather of Homer J. (son of Josiah N. Allen), who was of English descent. His son, Clother Beckwith Allen, was born in New York State, but passed the greater part of his later life in Erie county, Pa., whither his son, as above stated, had emigrated about 1827. He died there at the age of seventy-seven years.
Josiah and Polly had six children: Homer J. Allen, the subject of this sketch is the eldest of the six children, of whom five are still living. Emogene, wife of a Mr. George, is a resident of Custer county, this state (NE); Ernestine, now S.J. Hedges, lives near Sidney, Nebr.; Milly, wife of Stephen Stonebarger, lives at Shelton; Mertie B. lives with her parents at Shelton; Hadley Dean is dead.
>From BIOGRAPHICAL SOUVENIR of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, and Phelps in Nebraska, Chicago, F.A. Battey and Company, 1890.
Thanks to Diane Shada of USGenWeb/NE
Josiah N. Allen, was a Congregational preacher, born in Otsego county, N.Y. He first moved to Erie county, Pa., where they raised their children. It was in 1872 that Josiah N. Allen emigrated with a colony of neighbors and friends to this county (Buffalo Co NE), locating near the present village of Shelton. His entire life has been given to the Master's service, his labors having begun as early as 1858. He is still alive and resides near Shelton, where he first located. He can tell many an interesting and thrilling tale of pioneer experience, but for these there is scarcely room in a brief sketch like this. Suffice it to say that he preached the first sermon in what is now Buffalo county, and also married the first couple. His faithful wife, Polly Miller, a native of Erie county, Pa., was born on the third of August, 1837, and still lives to share the comforts and trials of his declining years. The Allens trace their lineage back to Samuel P., the great-grandfather of Homer J. (son of Josiah N. Allen), who was of English descent. His son, Clother Beckwith Allen, was born in New York State, but passed the greater part of his later life in Erie county, Pa., whither his son, as above stated, had emigrated about 1827. He died there at the age of seventy-seven years.
Josiah and Polly had six children: Homer J. Allen, the subject of this sketch is the eldest of the six children, of whom five are still living. Emogene, wife of a Mr. George, is a resident of Custer county, this state (NE); Ernestine, now S.J. Hedges, lives near Sidney, Nebr.; Milly, wife of Stephen Stonebarger, lives at Shelton; Mertie B. lives with her parents at Shelton; Hadley Dean is dead.
>From BIOGRAPHICAL SOUVENIR of the Counties of Buffalo, Kearney, and Phelps in Nebraska, Chicago, F.A. Battey and Company, 1890.
Thanks to Diane Shada of USGenWeb/NE
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