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James Larkin Allen

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James Larkin Allen

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
13 Apr 1872 (aged 39)
Burial
Howell County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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"Lark Allen was a member of Quantrills Raiders during the Civil War and was hunted by the Vililantes. He was an outlaw. They had 1 son Lark Allen Jr. During Lark Allen's visit to Sarah the Vigilantes watched him and when he left the house and got to the edge of the woods about 200 feet from the house he was shot down. This happened on the old Hill home at Hilliard and is part of the local history..." [Lynn Holt Sanders, Ypsilanti, Michigan, letter 24 Nov 1967]

Sarah's maiden name was Hill. She 1st md James Larkin Allen who was 1st md to Miranda Adams (maiden name per RootsWeb; other from census recs). Larkin and Miranda had 6 children (Elizabeth, Caroline, John, Mary J., Martha A., Susan E.). In 1870 Larkin, Sarah, his minor children, and their child Nancy C. 9 mos in Myatt Twp, Howell Co. MO. Larkin died in 1872. The same year Larkin died, Sarah gave birth to James Larkin Allen Jr. [Carolyn Surine , August 2009]
"Lark Allen was a member of Quantrills Raiders during the Civil War and was hunted by the Vililantes. He was an outlaw. They had 1 son Lark Allen Jr. During Lark Allen's visit to Sarah the Vigilantes watched him and when he left the house and got to the edge of the woods about 200 feet from the house he was shot down. This happened on the old Hill home at Hilliard and is part of the local history..." [Lynn Holt Sanders, Ypsilanti, Michigan, letter 24 Nov 1967]

Sarah's maiden name was Hill. She 1st md James Larkin Allen who was 1st md to Miranda Adams (maiden name per RootsWeb; other from census recs). Larkin and Miranda had 6 children (Elizabeth, Caroline, John, Mary J., Martha A., Susan E.). In 1870 Larkin, Sarah, his minor children, and their child Nancy C. 9 mos in Myatt Twp, Howell Co. MO. Larkin died in 1872. The same year Larkin died, Sarah gave birth to James Larkin Allen Jr. [Carolyn Surine , August 2009]


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