Langel-Strickler-Hays-Youngberg Genealogy

Jurinda Sarah McClinton

b. Sep 11, 1823, d. 1896

Father

Samuel McClinton¹ b. Dec 25, 1800, d. May 29, 1856

Mother

Nancy Agnes Miller¹ b. Dec 15, 1804, d. Feb 15, 1881

     Jurinda was born in Sparta, Randolph Co, IL, on Sep 11, 1823.^1,2,3,4,5
     She married Aaron Minor Allen in Sparta, Randolph Co, IL, on Mar 3, 1843.^6,7,8,9
     Jurinda, Nancy, Avis and Mary was listed as a household member living with Aaron Minor Allen on the 1850 Census in Sparta, Randolph Co, IL.¹⁰
     Aaron and Jurinda sold property to Jacob N. and Nicholas Hemel in Randolph Co, IL, on Feb 15, 1855. The land is described as the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4, the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4, and the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 8, Township 5S, Range 7W. The purchase price was $1500.¹¹
     They sold property to John M. McClinton in Randolph Co, IL, on Nov 28, 1856. John paid $1600 for the NE 1/4 of Section 10 Township 5S Range 5W, "except 30 acres of the East side which has been sold to Robert Clark by James McMillan.".¹²
     Jurinda, Sarah, Nancy, Avis, Mary, William and Samuel was listed as a household member living with Aaron Minor Allen in the 1860 Census in Sparta, Randolph Co, IL.¹³
     Jurinda, Mary, Avis, Sarah, William, Samuel, Winnie, Laura and Henry was listed as a household member living with Aaron Minor Allen on the 1870 Census in Township 5 Range 5, Randolph Co, IL.⁹
     Jurinda was listed as Aaron Minor Allen's wife on the 1880 Census in St. Louis Street, Sparta, Randolph Co, IL.⁸

Jurinda McClinton Allen
Photo Courtesy of Sarah Olsen

Jurinda Sarah Allen was buried in 1896 at Union Cemetery, Randolph Co, in IL.¹⁴

Allen and Jurinda Allen
Union Cemetery, Sparta IL

They sold property to Henry H. Allen in Sparta, Randolph Co, IL, on Jan 29, 1896. The land was a sliver, approximately 40 by 202 feet, along the edge of Lot 5 Block 3 of McDill's addition. Henry paid $150..¹⁵
Jurinda died in 1896 in Sparta, Randolph Co, IL.^16,17,18,19

Family

Aaron Minor Allen b. December 25, 1818, d. December 4, 1903

Children

Nancy J. Allen+¹ b. Jan 8, 1845, d. Feb, 1888
Avis Allen+¹ b. Sep 11, 1847, d. Dec 4, 1954
Mary Elizabeth Allen+^1,9 b. Aug 26, 1849, d. Jul 21, 1923
John Chesley Allen²⁰ b. Nov 17, 1851, d. Jan 24, 1857
Sarah Allen+^21,9 b. Aug 21, 1856, d. Jul 17, 1934
William C. Allen+^1,9 b. Sep 11, 1857, d. 1929
Samuel Stanley Allen+^1,9 b. Jul 10, 1859, d. Mar 27, 1930
Winnie Allen^1,9 b. Jun 10, 1864, d. 1934
Laura Allen+^1,9 b. Aug 12, 1866, d. Mar 19, 1932
Henry H. Allen+^1,9 b. Feb 14, 1869, d. Mar 19, 1936

Citations

[S388] Descendants of Robert Allen, online http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/o/t/Lorna-Toti/…
[S848] Ancestry World Tree, October 18, 2001, (this source says March 29, 1824).
[S851] 1860 U.S. Census, Illinois, Randolph County, Sparta, page 232, line 27, dwelling 1703, family 1703 (age is 35, suggesting Sept 1824), Illinois, Randolph County.
[S900] 1880 U. S. Census, Illinois, Randolph County, Sparta, page 21B/560, E.D. 145, line 38, dwelling 215, family 233, Illinois, Randolph County, (says 55 in 1880, which is probably just shaving and not really an alt date).
[S1514] 1870 U.S. Population Census, Illinois, Randolph Co, Township 5 Range 5, sheet 42, line 35, dwelling 294, family 296, Illinois, Randolph County, This source suggests born 1825.
[S389] IL Marriage Index.
[S848] Ancestry World Tree, October 18, 2001, (this source says March 2).
[S900] 1880 U. S. Census, Illinois, Randolph County, Sparta, page 21B/560, E.D. 145, line 38, dwelling 215, family 233, Illinois, Randolph County.
[S1514] 1870 U.S. Population Census, Illinois, Randolph Co, Township 5 Range 5, sheet 42, line 35, dwelling 294, family 296, Illinois, Randolph County.
[S971] 1850 U. S. Census, Illinois, Randolph County, Sparta, page 15, line 38, dwelling 248, family 252, Illinois, Randolph County.
[S2456] Warranty Deed Books, Book EE: page 691.
[S2456] Warranty Deed Books, Book HH: page 437.
[S851] 1860 U.S. Census, Illinois, Randolph County, Sparta, page 232, line 27, dwelling 1703, family 1703, Illinois, Randolph County.
[S1521] Aaron M Allen and Jurinda S. Allen Cemetery Marker, Union Cemetery, Sparta, Randolph Co, IL.
[S2456] Warranty Deed Books, Book 47: page 118.
[S388] Descendants of Robert Allen, online http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/o/t/Lorna-Toti/…, this source says Mar 6, 1892.
[S848] Ancestry World Tree, October 18, 2001, this source says May 6, 1892.
[S1521] Aaron M Allen and Jurinda S. Allen Cemetery Marker, Union Cemetery, Sparta, Randolph Co, IL, Although the same marker has the wrong date for Aaron, I am inclined to believe this is more accurate that the 1892 date. Among other reasons, there was no obituary for Jurinda in the May 1892 papers.
[S1935] 1900 U. S. Census, Illinois, Randolph County, Sparta, ED 77, page 24A, line 28, 205 1/2 N. St. Louis Street, resident 502, household 543, Illinois, Randolph County.
[S1522] John Chesley Allen Cemetery Marker, Union Cemetery, Sparta, Randolph Co, IL.
[S100] A.H., Strickler, J.S., Strickler, A.N., & Strickler, M.E. Strickler, Stricklers of Pennsylvania.