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Samuel Jefferson Allen Veteran

Birth: 15 Apr 1843
White Hall, Greene County, Illinois, USA
Death: 11 Feb 1920 (aged 76)
Manette, Kitsap County, Washington, USA
Burial: Forest Lawn Cemetery

Seattle, King County, Washington, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 47.5411387, Longitude: -122.3688319
Memorial ID: 42030000 View Source

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Private, Co. A, 115th Reg't, Illinois Infantry

Samuel fought in the batte of Missionary Ridge, and was wounded in the left knee. He was discharged 11 Jun 1865.

Samuel's brother-in-law Thomas J Langley, husband of his sister Mary Melvina was also in the same unit, enlisting in 1864.

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Uriah Rocky Allan

1809–1892
Eliza Jane Coffman Allan

1822–1899

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Mary Caroline Alexander Allen

1850–1919 (m. 1866)

Siblings

William Jackson Allen

1838–1921
Mary Melvina Allen Langley

1846–1880
George Pleasant Allen

1850–1932
Edward Dane Allen

1853–1903
James Logan Allen

1856–1943
Uriah Allen

1858–1869
Ida Jane Allen

1862–1865
Jessie Eliza Allen

1868–1868
Frances Sherriel Allen

1869 – unknown

Children

Leonard Welton Allen

1868–1960
Henry P. Allen

1869–1944
Edith Elberta Mae Allen Ryan

1872–1958
Charles Clarence Allen

1875–1954
Samuel Jefferson Allen Jr

1876–1971
Lillie Opal Allen Swan

1879–1983
Eugene W. Allen

1881–1984
Robert Ross Allen

1882–1959
Pearl V. Allen Burgess

1885–1973
Roy Arthur Allen

1893–1971

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Samuel Jefferson Allen and Mary Caroline Alexander on their 50th wedding anniversary October 10th, 1916.

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Uriah Rocky Allan

Eliza Jane Coffman Allan

Mary Caroline Alexander Allen

William Jackson Allen

Mary Melvina Allen Langley

George Pleasant Allen

Edward Dane Allen

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Ida Jane Allen

Jessie Eliza Allen

Frances Sherriel Allen

Leonard Welton Allen

Henry P. Allen

Edith Elberta Mae Allen Ryan

Charles Clarence Allen

Samuel Jefferson Allen Jr

Lillie Opal Allen Swan

Eugene W. Allen

Robert Ross Allen

Pearl V. Allen Burgess

Roy Arthur Allen

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