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Continued: We've tried unsuccessfully for years to locate Josiah's parents. Our best guess to date is that he may be the son of Benjamin and Frances Collins Allen; listed in Rhea Co., TN on the 1850 Census as their son, Joseph. Both Josiah and Joseph are abbreviated 'Jos,' and it's possible that the census taker might have confused the two names. Everything else seems to match perfectly, if so. The 1860 Census states that Josiah was born in NC, where the family of Benjamin and Franky Allen were residing at that time. He then marries in Meigs Co., TN in 1852, while the family of Benjamin and Franky Allen are residing in adjacent Rhea Co. By 1858, Josiah and wife, Naomi Renfro, had moved to Cedar Co. MO. They were in Wright Co., MO for the 1860 Census.
If anyone has contradictory or supporting evidence, please let us know. Thanks.
Born in NC abt 1830, per 1860 Census.
MAY appear on the 1850 Census in Rhea Co., TN, IF he is the son of Benjamin and Franky Allen.
Married in Meigs Co., TN in 1852.
1855, still in TN, per birth location of Sarah Elizabeth Allen.
Relocated to Cedar Co., MO by 1858, per death certificate of Mary Letitia Allen.
Living in Wright Co., MO on 1860 Census.
MEIGS COUNTY MARRIAGES, 1850 - 1900: ALLEN, Isaiah [sic] RENFRO, Naoma 25 Dec 1852 http://www.tngenweb.org/meigs/memar_a.htm
REGIMENTAL INFO: Josiah Allen Regiment Name 6 Missouri Cavalry Side Union Company B,K Soldier's Rank_In Pvt. Soldier's Rank_Out Pvt. Alternate Name Notes Film Number M390 roll 1 http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm
POSSIBLE 1850 United States Federal Census about Joseph [Josiah?] Allen Name: Joseph Allen Age: 21 Birth Year: abt 1829 Home in 1850: District 5, Rhea, Tennessee Gender: Male Family Number: 409 Household Members: Name Age Benjamin Allen 53 Frances Allen 53 Martha Allen 24 Joseph Allen 21 Emily Allen 19 William Allen 18 John Allen 16 Missouri Allen 14
1860 United States Federal Census about Josiah Allen Name: Josiah Allen Age in 1860: 30 Birth Year: abt 1830 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: Wright, Missouri Gender: Male Post Office: Hartville Household Members: Name Age Josiah Allen 30 Naomi Allen 26 R A Allen 7 Sarah E Allen 4 Mary L Allen Wm Martin 15
ALLEN NAME MEANING AND HISTORY English and Scottish: from a Celtic personal name of great antiquity and obscurity. In England the personal name is now usually spelled Alan, the surname Allen; in Scotland the surname is more often Allan. Various suggestions have been put forward regarding its origin; the most plausible is that it originally meant ‘little rock’. Compare Gaelic ailín, diminutive of ail ‘rock’. The present-day frequency of the surname Allen in England and Ireland is partly accounted for by the popularity of the personal name among Breton followers of William the Conqueror, by whom it was imported first to Britain and then to Ireland. St. Alan(us) was a 5th-century bishop of Quimper, who was a cult figure in medieval Brittany. Another St. Al(l)an was a Cornish or Breton saint of the 6th century, to whom a church in Cornwall is dedicated. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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