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Hezekiah Allen

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Hezekiah Allen

Birth
Montgomery County, New York, USA
Death
21 Sep 1891 (aged 83)
Wells County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Uniondale, Wells County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Son of Ebenezer Allen (1778-??) & Abigail Slocum (1777-1825) who were born and married in Rhode Island and moved to New York in the late 1790s. They are credited with having 15 children.


Hezekiah was married and widowed three times.

His was first married on 10 Nov 1836 in Trumbull Co., OH to Sarah Rinear, the daughter of Edmond Rinear (1788-1869) & Mary Ann Norcross (1790-??). Sarah died in 1853.

Children: Jonathan, Mary Jane, Ransom, Isaac, Hannah, Rhoda, and Elizabeth.


He married second Elizabeth Harshman on 18 Oct 1855. Both of their children died in infancy and Elizabeth died before 1860, probably with their second child.

Children: Ida Beverly and Jasper Newton


Hezekiah's third wife was Mary Ann Jennings, the widow of John H. Reed. Online marriage collections erroneously show the marriage as taking place in January 1863 in Wells Co., Indiana, however, according to the 1860 census, they were married before July 25, 1860. She is buried with her first husband in the Old Ossian Cemetery.

They had one child: Emma E., born December 1863 who married William Purley Scott in 1883.

Son of Ebenezer Allen (1778-??) & Abigail Slocum (1777-1825) who were born and married in Rhode Island and moved to New York in the late 1790s. They are credited with having 15 children.


Hezekiah was married and widowed three times.

His was first married on 10 Nov 1836 in Trumbull Co., OH to Sarah Rinear, the daughter of Edmond Rinear (1788-1869) & Mary Ann Norcross (1790-??). Sarah died in 1853.

Children: Jonathan, Mary Jane, Ransom, Isaac, Hannah, Rhoda, and Elizabeth.


He married second Elizabeth Harshman on 18 Oct 1855. Both of their children died in infancy and Elizabeth died before 1860, probably with their second child.

Children: Ida Beverly and Jasper Newton


Hezekiah's third wife was Mary Ann Jennings, the widow of John H. Reed. Online marriage collections erroneously show the marriage as taking place in January 1863 in Wells Co., Indiana, however, according to the 1860 census, they were married before July 25, 1860. She is buried with her first husband in the Old Ossian Cemetery.

They had one child: Emma E., born December 1863 who married William Purley Scott in 1883.



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  • Maintained by: Lee Ann
  • Originally Created by: ME
  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20657772/hezekiah-allen: accessed ), memorial page for Hezekiah Allen (6 Oct 1807–21 Sep 1891), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20657772, citing Prospect Cemetery, Uniondale, Wells County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Lee Ann (contributor 47148943).