James Orville “Shep” AllenAge: 68 years1890–1959
- Name
- James Orville “Shep” Allen
- Given names
- James Orville
- Surname
- Allen
- Nickname
- Shep
 Birth | September 10, 1890 34 32 |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Nancy Isabella Shemwell August 21, 1893 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Gladys Myrtle Allen October 11, 1896 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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 |
 Census | June 11, 1900 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Franklin Driskill April 18, 1902 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ethel Allen June 4, 1906 (Age 15 years) |
| Census | April 25, 1910 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Sophrona Kitchens December 19, 1912 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 25 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 26 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 27 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/ |
| Census | January 15, 1920 (Age 29 years) |
 Marriage | Pearl D Gentry — View this family June 21, 1926 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Patsy Lou Allen February 14, 1928 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 39 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a father | James Nathan Allen Jr. December 3, 1929 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a mother | Louisa Alverta “Lou” Driskill February 28, 1930 (Age 39 years) |
| Census | April 5, 1930 (Age 39 years) |
| Census | May 11, 1940 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 51 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 59 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a wife | Pearl D Gentry May 8, 1957 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 55 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | May 26, 1959 (Age 68 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Buffalo Springs Cemetery |
 Last change | May 10, 2020 – 15:13:12 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Nathan Allen Jr. Birth: December 1855 33 26 — Smith, Tennessee, United States Death: December 3, 1929 — Pulaski, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Birth: February 23, 1858 29 29 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 28, 1930 — Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 31, 1884 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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11 months elder sister |
Mary Ethel Allen Birth: January 1, 1885 29 26 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: June 4, 1906 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years himself |
James Orville “Shep” Allen Birth: September 10, 1890 34 32 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 26, 1959 — Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Gladys Myrtle Allen Birth: October 11, 1896 40 38 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 26, 1992 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Pearl D Gentry |
| himself |
James Orville “Shep” Allen Birth: September 10, 1890 34 32 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 26, 1959 — Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Pearl D Gentry Birth: August 7, 1883 — Lincoln, Kentucky, United States Death: May 8, 1957 — Lincoln, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: June 21, 1926 — |
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20 months daughter |
Birth: February 14, 1928 37 44 — Lincoln, Kentucky, United States Death: November 11, 2011 |
James Orville “Shep” Allen has 23 first cousins recorded
Father's family (1)
Parents William B Allen + Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Metzker
Mother's family (22)
Parents Arthur Davis Driskill + Ida May Mohon
Parents Robert H Jackson + Frances Tennessee “Fannie” Driskill
Parents Sylvester Merryman Driskill + Anna Belle “Annie” Mohon
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Nathan Allen Jr. - Household
Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Nathan Allen Jr. - Household
Main Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Nathan Allen Jr. - Household
Main Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - James Orville “Shep” Allen - Household
Forest Lebanon, Marion, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - James Orville “Shep” Allen - Household
Water Works Street Lincoln, Kentucky
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