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William Lawton Allen

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William Lawton Allen

Birth
Audrain County, Missouri, USA
Death
2 May 1900 (aged 64)
Upper Lake, Lake County, California, USA
Burial
Upper Lake, Lake County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Ogden's Addition, Block 3, Lot 9
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WILLIAM LAWTON ALLEN
1835--1900

William Lawton Allen was born. November 25, 1835 in Audrain County, Missouri. His parents, John and Polly Williams Allen, had twin boys before they moved from North Carolina and six younger brothers and sisters followed William on the Missouri farm.

January 17, 1856, William married Catherine Boyd Boyes. Her parents were William and Margaret "Peggy" Ann Barry Boyes.

In 1857, William, Catherine and her parents and siblings left for California and settled near Millville. Here, Lillian Mae was born April 14, 1859 and that same year William took his family back to Audrain County, Missouri, where son John William was born May 2, 1861. In the spring of 1862, William was captain of a wagon train guiding several related families and neighbors to California. Son James Grandison was born on this train in September, in Nevada. Williams family settled on Rose's farm on Old Cow Creek where their third son, Robert Green was born February 4, 1864.

On September 8, 1864, while William was, haying about two miles from the house, two renegade Indians attacked; they shot Catherine, beat the children and left them for dead. Newspaper reports said two of the children had been killed and Dr. Guptill of Millville was not sure any of them could live; he covered a hole in baby Robert's head with a silver fifty-cent piece and put a silver plate in Lillian's head, and all four survived.

Catherine was buried near the house where she was killed. Her stone is still there and readable -- B. ALLEN --Died September 8, 1864.

William tried to provide a mother for his children, but Julia Ann Kilgore Allen, his second wife, and their infant son, Benjamin F. Allen are buried beside Catherine. The children were raised in the Millville area. Later William with his mother and daughter, Lillian, moved to Upper Lake.
William took a third wife, Nancy Moore Hust. Though they had two children, there are no living descendants from this marriage. Nancy survived William by fourteen years; William died May 2, 1900 and both are buried in Upper Lake Cemetery.

WILLIAM LAWTON ALLEN
1835--1900

William Lawton Allen was born. November 25, 1835 in Audrain County, Missouri. His parents, John and Polly Williams Allen, had twin boys before they moved from North Carolina and six younger brothers and sisters followed William on the Missouri farm.

January 17, 1856, William married Catherine Boyd Boyes. Her parents were William and Margaret "Peggy" Ann Barry Boyes.

In 1857, William, Catherine and her parents and siblings left for California and settled near Millville. Here, Lillian Mae was born April 14, 1859 and that same year William took his family back to Audrain County, Missouri, where son John William was born May 2, 1861. In the spring of 1862, William was captain of a wagon train guiding several related families and neighbors to California. Son James Grandison was born on this train in September, in Nevada. Williams family settled on Rose's farm on Old Cow Creek where their third son, Robert Green was born February 4, 1864.

On September 8, 1864, while William was, haying about two miles from the house, two renegade Indians attacked; they shot Catherine, beat the children and left them for dead. Newspaper reports said two of the children had been killed and Dr. Guptill of Millville was not sure any of them could live; he covered a hole in baby Robert's head with a silver fifty-cent piece and put a silver plate in Lillian's head, and all four survived.

Catherine was buried near the house where she was killed. Her stone is still there and readable -- B. ALLEN --Died September 8, 1864.

William tried to provide a mother for his children, but Julia Ann Kilgore Allen, his second wife, and their infant son, Benjamin F. Allen are buried beside Catherine. The children were raised in the Millville area. Later William with his mother and daughter, Lillian, moved to Upper Lake.
William took a third wife, Nancy Moore Hust. Though they had two children, there are no living descendants from this marriage. Nancy survived William by fourteen years; William died May 2, 1900 and both are buried in Upper Lake Cemetery.



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