James Henry AllenAge: 84 years1842–1927
- Name
- James Henry Allen
- Given names
- James Henry
- Surname
- Allen
 Birth | June 10, 1842 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 3 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 14 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 18 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 24 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 24 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 26 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Marriage | Mary Elizabeth Patterson — View this family June 6, 1875 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 35 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Birth of a son#1 | Butler Allen June 6, 1882 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 55 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Marriage of a child | Butler Allen — Jenny Smith — View this family January 25, 1901 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Clarence Edward Allen November 10, 1902 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | C W Allen September 2, 1904 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Charles H Allen September 2, 1904 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Francis O Allen January 14, 1910 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mary Elizabeth Patterson 1910 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 73 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a grandson | Charles H Allen June 27, 1917 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 74 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 75 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Marriage of a child | Butler Allen — Myrtle Welch Walker — View this family November 1920 (Age 78 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Laverne Allen July 15, 1926 (Age 84 years) |
 Death | 1927 (Age 84 years) |
| Family with parents |
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Henry Allen Death: |
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James Henry Allen Birth: June 10, 1842 — Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States Death: 1927 — Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States |
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George Allen Death: Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
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Riley Allen Death: Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, United States |
| Family with Mary Elizabeth Patterson |
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James Henry Allen Birth: June 10, 1842 — Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States Death: 1927 — Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Mary Elizabeth Patterson Birth: June 14, 1856 — Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States Death: 1910 — Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: June 6, 1875 — Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, United States |
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7 years son |
Butler Allen Birth: June 6, 1882 39 25 Death: Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States |
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22 years son |
C W Allen Birth: September 2, 1904 62 48 Death: Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, United States |
| son |
George W Allen Death: Peoria, Illinois, United States |
| daughter |
Harriet Elizabeth Allen Death: Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States |
| son |
Vernon E Allen Death: Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa, United States |
| son |
William E Allen Death: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |