William C. Allen

b. Sep 11, 1857, d. 1929
FatherAaron Minor Allen1,2,3 b. Dec 25, 1818, d. Dec 4, 1903
MotherJurinda Sarah McClinton4,2 b. Sep 11, 1823, d. 1896
     William was born in Sparta, Randolph Co, IL, on Sep 11, 1857.5,6,1,2
     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; A. M. was a merchant, with $4,000 in real estate and $8,000 in personal property. Nancy, Avis, Mary and Sarah were in school. A Charles Stamon, 23, a grocer, was living with the family.6
     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.2
     William, Samuel and Henry was listed as a son in Aaron Minor Allen's household on the 1880 Census in St. Louis Street, Sparta, Randolph Co, IL.1
     He married Mary J. Millender in IL in 1885.4,7
     William C. Allen and Mary J. Allen lived in Jan, 1920 in Bissol? Street, Chester, Randolph Co, IL.8
     William was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census in Chester, Sparta Co, IL. William was an oiler in a flour mill, Witwa was a stenographer at a railroad, and they lived in a rented house.8
     William C. Allen lived in Mar, 1920 in Chester, Randolph Co, IL.9
     William died in 1929 in Chester, Randolph Co, IL.4,7

Family

Mary J. Millender
Children
  • William D. Allen7 b. Oct, 1885
  • Harry K. Allen7 b. Feb 21, 1888
  • Cecil Allen7 b. Nov 26, 1889, d. Dec, 1969

Citations

  1. [S900] 1880 U. S. Census, Illinois, Randolph County, Sparta, page 21B/560, E.D. 145, line 38, dwelling 215, family 233, Illinois, Randolph County.
  2. [S1514] 1870 U.S. Population Census, Illinois, Randolph Co, Township 5 Range 5, sheet 42, line 35, dwelling 294, family 296, Illinois, Randolph County.
  3. [S1523] Sparta Plaindealer, December 11, 1903, page 4, column 1.
  4. [S388] Descendants of Robert Allen, online http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/o/t/Lorna-Toti/…
  5. [S848] Ancestry World Tree, October 18, 2001, (says Nov. 9).
  6. [S851] 1860 U.S. Census, Illinois, Randolph County, Sparta, page 232, line 27, dwelling 1703, family 1703, Illinois, Randolph County.
  7. [S848] Ancestry World Tree, October 18, 2001.
  8. [S904] 1920 U. S. Census, Illinois, Randolph County, Chester, ED 111, Sheet 9A, dwelling 190, family 200, Illinois, Randolph County.
  9. [S1304] Copy of executor's report on heirs unknown file number.
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