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Note: Andrew Allen was the fifth generation of Allens to live in New Hampshire
AndrewAllen deposition of 3 Jan 1851 claimed he was in the War of 1812 and applied for land. Andrew obtained bounty land near Magnolia, Iowa for his service in the War of 1812. His land was bordered on the east by a creek that would become known as Allen Creek.
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Raglan, Harrison, Iowa is NE of Magnolia, Harrison, Iowa about 5 miles. Both are north of Council Bluffs, IA about 35 to 40 miles.
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When son Jude Allen and wife Mary Ann Nicholas Allen traveled west with the Benjamin Gardner Company his mother Eunice Miner Allen traveled with him. His father Andrew Allen remained on his land in Iowa.
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Kanesville, Pattawattamie, IA is now Council Bluffs, Pattawattamie, IA - Harrison county is about 20 miles north of Council Bluffs.
4 Aug 1782 Epsom, Merrimack, New Hampshire
Gender Male
Buried Jan 1867, Magnolia, Harrison, Iowa
Died 10 Jan 1867, Magnolia, Harrison, Iowa
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Last Modified 14 Jan 2006
Family
Nancy F. or S. White, b. 11 Nov 1811, , Halifax, Virginia , d. Aft 1880, Of, , Iowa
Married 17 Sep 1854 , Pottawattamie, Iowa
Children :
1. Emma Jeanette Allen, b. 24 Aug 1855, Magnolia, Harrison, Iowa , d. 29 Apr 1936, Correctionville, Woodbury, Iowa
Family ID F346
Group Sheet
Notes
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1. Censuses:
1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return:
Allen: Jude 39, Mary A. 30, Martha 12, Mary 12, Jane 10, Joseph 8, Emily 6, Harriett 4, Andrew 2. Also in household is John Osterhout 13. [Note that Jude's parents Andrew and Eunice Allen are not in the 1851 Iowa census; however, Andrew's future wife Nancy White Maynard is as a single mother after apparently her just recent separation with Samuel Adair.
1852 Iowa: Kanesville Pct., Pottawattamie County, p. 24:
Samuel Adair, 8, 3, 1, 1. Note also an Andrew Allen and a Jude Allen family is listed 7 and 8 entries below; Andrew Allen marries Samuel's separated wife after 1852 [Nancy did not go west, nor does Andrew Allen; Andrew's first wife Eunice who he separates from because he doesn't want to go west does go to Utah in same company as her children [Jude Allen] and Samuel in 1852. Jude's daughter Jane eventually marries Bishop John Stoker. This census is only statistical with heads of households and does not provide much useful family information.
1854 Iowa: Rockford, Pottawattamie, Iowa, FHL film 1022207:
Andrew Allen, 3 males, 2 females, 1 voter, 1 militia, 5 total.
Note: there are no Andrew Allens listed in Harrison County and this is the only one in Pottawattamie County. There is no way if knowing if this is the same Andrew Allen or not.
1860 US: Magnolia P.O., Raglan Township, Harrison, Iowa, p. 782, dwelling 196, household 180, enumerated 22 Jun 1860 US:
Andrew Allen, 78, farmer, $800, $500, VA.
Nancy F., VA.
Joshua, 9, IA.
Emma J., 4, IA.
2. See Samuel Adair file for copy of Andrew Allen's deposition of Jan. 3, 1851 for the War of 1812 bounty land at Magnolia, Harrison, Iowa.
3. Verified Rootsweb Worldconnect 31 Aug 2003.
4. Parents are Jude Allen and Sarah Philbrick.
5. Jeannie Aldredge believes he may be a veteran of the War of 1812.
6. On file from Jeannie Aldredge, I have a 40 page Nancy Fountain White descendancy listing with research notes. I have cited all information concerning this specific individual into these notes.
7. There were two other Allens in early LDS history which are separate and distinct from this individual. One was Andrew Lee Allen who is the only Andrew Allen listed in the extensive Kirtland, Ohio LDS histories that I reviewed in Salt Lake City. The other is Andrew Jackson Allen who eventually made it to Utah through Iowa. One example of this is the following:
Journal History, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 20 Jan 1848, p. 25: "Following is the petition for a post office on the Pottawattamie lands, referred to, with the signatures attached. To the Honorable Postmaster Gerneral of the United States. Sir: There are many thousand inhabitants in the vicinity of the Log Tabernacle, which is situated on the Government purchase of the Pottawatamies and in the State of iowa, whose interest is materially injured, and whose journey, business and improvements are retarded or destroyed by non intercourse; there being no Post Office within forty or fifty miles of said Tabernacle, and the public good requires a convenient office: Therefore, We your Petitioners, Citizens of the United States and residents of said vicinage, pray your Honor to cause, such an office to be located at or near said Tabernacle without delay, to be called the Tabernacle Post Office... [Approximately 2,000 plus all male signatures including] Wm. G. Perkins, Jude Allen, Daniel Tyler, Wm. Stoker, Israel Barlow, William Thompson [and William Thompson, Jr.], Joseph Mangum, William Richey, John B. Richey, William B. Richey, John R. Holden [Wiley Holden and Joshua Holden are immediately adjacent -- relations?], Andrew Allen [with Ira Allen, Franklin Allen, Joseph Allen immediately adjacent -- relations?], John Coon [with Samuel Coon, Eli Coon, Jacob Coon, and Joseph Coon immediately adjacent -- relations?]. Note: Jude is Andrew's son but I don't think this is the right Andrew since our Andrew moves to Iowa by 1852.
BIOGRAPHY:
1. Biography included in the "1984 Centennial for Magnolia, Harrison County, Iowa," p. 71: "One of the first persons to serve on the jury in Harrison County was Andrew Allen. He died in 1878 and is buried in Magnolia Cemetery. He had a daughter Emma Jannette Allen and she had some half brothers and sisters by the name of Adair. The descendants of the family remember their grandmother telling them that Allen Creek was named for Andrew Allen. Descendants living in this area are Marjorie Sorenson and Vivian Earleywine of Logan and Nellie Collett of Magnolia."
2. FHL book 977.747-H2n: "History of Harrison County, Iowa," 1891, p. 74: "The first criminal case tried, was that of the State vs. Aaron Earnest, charged with larceny; and the first petit Jury in the county, n a court of record, was had in this case. They were as follows... Andrew Allen... They soon broght in a verdict of 'not guilty'." Similar reference is also found on p. 76 of the book "History of Harrison County, Iowa," 1915, FHL film 934944.
3. Received 6 Sep 2003 from Barbara Eades : This story, "The Life of Jude Allen" was given to me by Mabel Nelson Hoganson. Mabel's grandfather, Charles Joshua Allen (my great grandfather) was the son of Jude Allen. (Jude Allen was Mabels great grandfather, and was my great-grandfather). I have retyped the story as the copies given to me are very hard to read. Helen Sunderland, 24 April 1982: "All during these years that Jude Allen family lived in Iowa, his father and mother, Andrew and Eunice Miner Allen, with their sons Cyrus and Ira lived in Iowa also. Here the Government had given Andrew a good piece of land called Bountyland in Magnolia, Harrison County, Iowa for his service in the War of 1812. This was a good piece of land and Andrew knew that it was valuable and was very proud of it. Andrew had never joined the L.D.S.Church, although most of his family were members [Kerry's note: this appears erroneous because the LDS Times and Seasons of that time reported the excommunication of Andrew Allen, an elder]. In a story told to me by Helen Edwards Bennett, a granddaughter of Joseph and Nancy Allen Nicholes, brother and sister of Jude and Mary Ann, she said that Nancy Allen and Joseph Nicholes had married in 1847 and moved from Parma, Iowa [note: Ohio]. They decided to make the trip to Utah with Jude and Mary Ann, another daughter of Andrew and Eunice Allen, Sarah who had married Hemel Colton were there also ready to make the trip to Utah. Their mother Eunice wanted to go on to Utah with her family and she had on several occasions begged her husband Andrew to give up his land and go to Utah with his family. When Nancy Allen Nicholes was born, she was crippled in one leg and always had to push a chair in front of her to be able to walk across the floor, her mother Eunice had always wanted to help her with her babies and with her house work, it seems, the one desire in the heart of Eunice Miner Allen, was to be near the head of the Church and she was willing to make any sacrafice for the Church. The morning that the wagons were lined up ready to start for Winter quarters, where they were to meet with the other Saints making the trip West, Eunice once again asked her husband Andrew to give up his land and make the trip to Utah, he turned to her and said 'I wish to hell you would go to Utah and that I would never see you or hear you mention Utah again.' With that she turned and went into the house where she rolled up what few clothes she had, put her shawl around her shoulders and walked out to the wagons.. She climbed into Jude's wagon, never looking back and came to Utah with Jude, Sarah and Nancy and their families. She left her next to oldest son and her youngest son Cyrus and Ira with their father in Iowa, both young men were married. Eunice Miner Allen was 69 years old at that time and she lived several years, helped her daughter Nancy with her children and helped out with Jude's family after the death of his wife Mary Ann in 1860. She died at the age of 92 years at Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah. She is burried there. Eunice never saw her husband or two sons in life again."
4. FHL film 934944 "History of Harrison County, Iowa," 1915, p. 460: "Allen Township. The last civil township to be created by the board of supervisors in Harrison county, was Allen, constituted in 1872, which comprises congressional township 81, range 43, and was named in honor of one of the early settlers. It is on the northern line of the county, west of Lincoln, north of Magnolia and west of Jackson township. It has a population in 1885 of 300; in 1890, it had 574 and, according to the last, 1910, United States census it was given as 633. Until recent years this township worked under the difficulty of being far from towns and railroad places for shipment, but during the last dozen or so years the Mondamin branch of the Northwestern system has given stations at both Pisgah and Orson in Jackson township at the west of Allen..."
5. Extracts from 15 page biography or Eunice Miner with photos received 31 Aug 2003 from Barbara L. Eades :
"On January 3, 1806, Eunice [Miner] married Andrew Allen in Montpelier, Vermont. Her husband was from New Hampshire and was the fifth generation of Allens to live in that state. He and brothers were raised as farmers in Epsom, NH where his father owned land. Around 1804 he left Epsom to explore Vermont. The Allens were descended from the immigrant Englishman, Charles Allen, who married Susanna Huggins in 1667 at Hampton, NH. Being the newest member of the [Miner] family, Andrew Allen bought Lot 66, the land adjacent to the Miner's land, on November 18, 1806 for $100 from Eunice's brother Israel. On March 7, 1808, Andrew bought more land, Lot 60 for $190 from Israel Miner. Eunice gave birth to three of their children while they lived in Duxbury: Gordon in 1806, Clarissa in 1807, and Cyrus in 1809... On November 30, 1808, Andrew Allen conveyed a mortgage Deed to Dan Carpenter for a parcel of land. He was to receive $250, to be paid the following August with interest. Andrew and Eunice sold their land to Roswell Wells for $300. During the transactions, Andrew traveled to Waterbury (the town just north of Duxbury) on October 24, 1809, to sign the documents before the justice of the peace, Hiram Peck. What prompted Eunice and Andrew to sell and move? An economic depression developed in Vermont because Thomas Jefferson had sponsored the "Embargo Act" of 1807. This stopped all foreign trade especially with Canada. Vermont farmers and merchants became financially ruined. The "Embargo Act" was a failure and was lifted in 1809. In order to get a new start, many of the people headed west. Andrew and Eunice loaded up an ox cart with their belongings, their three children, and traveled west over the Green Mountains to the Eastern Shore of Lake Champlain. They ferried across the lake to New York to Willsboro and eventually purchased Lot 92. This was a larger city than Duxbury in 1810 having many types of businesses (shipbuilding, a distillery, a forge, an anchor shop, a carding machine company, and mining). This was a new start for the Allen family. At some point, Eunice's mother came to live with them in Willsboro. It is not known if both her parents came or if her father had died and just her mother lived with them in her older years. On June 18, 1812, President James Madison signed a declaration of war against the British and Canada so the War of 1812 began. On October 11, 1812, in Willsboro NY, Eunice's fourth child was born whom they named Jude Allen after his grandfather Allen. On July 21, 1813, her fifth child Harriett Allen was born. Two months later, Andrew Allen was drafted into the army leaving Eunice at home with five small children – Gordon at 7, Clarissa at 6, Cyrus at 4, Jude at 1 and Harriett at 2 months. This may have been when Eunice's mother actually came to live with them to help her daughter with a new baby and her small children while Andrew was off to war. In the campaign that involved Andrew, it was hoped that Montreal would be taken. James Wilkinson was to sail eastwards from Sackett's Harbor down the St. Lawrence River, and Wade Hampton was to advance northward from Plattsburg along Lake Champlain, but they eventually returned to winter quarters at the end of the year without attacking. According to a notarized statement before Edwin B. Mastick on January 3, 1851, Andrew Allen declared that he was a private under the command of Captain Luman Wadham: which company was detached from the 37th Regiment and 40th Brigade of the State of New York in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812, that he was drafted at Willsborough, Essex Country, New York on or about the 5th day of September AD 1813 for the term of Six months as deponish believes and continued in actual service in said war for the term of two months & Fourteen days and was honorably discharged at Plattsburgh on the 19th day of November AD 1813 as will appear by his original certificate of discharge herewith presented. In May of 1814, a flotilla of British ships sailed near Willsboro on Lake Champlain at the mouth of the Bouquet River; this river flowed through Willsboro. Lt. Colonel Noble ordered the 37th New York militia regiment to assemble. Again the threat of war interrupted Eunice and Andrew's lives. The Americans killed and wounded a score of British invaders and later by September of 1814, a naval battle was held on Lake Champlain. Finally the Treaty of Ghent was signed on December 24, 1814 ending the war. As often happens, a famine caused by the aftermath of war plus severe cold temperatures in the summer of 1816 struck Willsboro. In the summer of 1817, wheat was so scarce that the price rose to $3 a bushel. Many families resorted to making potash and selling it so they could keep from starving. During the 20 years while living in Willsborough, Eunice and Andrew's became the proud parents of the following 10 children:
Their Children Birth Place
Gordon Allen 19 SEP 1806 Duxbury, VT
Clarissa Allen 13 DEC 1807 Duxbury, VT
Cyrus Allen 21 APR 1809 Duxbury, VT
The following children were all born in Willsborough, NY:
Jude Allen 11 OCT 1812
Harriet Allen 21 JUL 1813
Mary Allen 4 APR 1816
Emily Allen 20 APR 1820
Sarah Allen 25 APR 1822
Ira Allen 19 FEB 1824
Nancy Allen 08 AUG 1827
...On December 4, 1827, Andrew and Eunice sold part of their land, Lot 92, for $125 in Willsboro to Theodore French and Daniel Southwich. On June 7, 1828, they sold another portion of their land, the southern part of Lot 92, for $93 to Solomon Townsend & Joshua B. Townsend. Both Eunice and Allen signed both land deeds since it was in their joint names. The Allen family continued to stay in Willsboro until about 1833... Their oldest daughter, Clarissa Allen married William Beal in 1831, and the Beals moved to Middleburg, Ohio when the Allen family moved to Parma, Ohio. In 1831, Eunice's mother, Mary Camp Miner, was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Eunice was the next person to embrace the gospel and was baptized by Lee Carter in New York State on April 15, 1832. Andrew her husband was baptized in 1833 in Willsboro. The missionaries recommended that the saints gather close to Kirkland, Ohio. This is probably what prompted Eunice and Andrew to move their family to Ohio... On February 16, 1836, Justin Ely sold 50 acres, the north part of lot 23 in Parma, to Andrew Allen (who had been living in Parma, Ohio). Parma was 12 miles south of Cleveland and almost 40 miles southwest of Kirtland, Ohio where the saints were building a temple...Andrew Allen lost his enthusiasm for the church probably due to the economic panic of 1837 when some of the banks failed and many saints lost money. Five of Eunice's children were now married and two of her adult daughters had died leaving only three children left at home. Andrew attended a conference at Grafton, Ohio on February 20, 1841, where he denounced the Book of Mormon. Times and Seasons, stated: 'It being presented to the conference that Andrew Allen, an elder, denied the truth of the book of Mormon, he being present acknowledged the charge true, and the conference voted that he be no longer a member of this church, and a request gave up his license.' The remaining faithful saints in Eunice's family tried changing her husband's mind about the church but it became a sore point in their marriage... After the "Bounty" act was passed in 1850, Andrew wrote to his son requesting his help in locating good land in Iowa. Andrew finally made up his mind to move and so on January 3, 1851, Andrew applied for bounty land. A copy of the disposition was scanned from Jimmie B. Stoker's book, But Language Cannot Tell: A history and Biography of Jude Allen, A Mormon Frontiersman and Patriarch. ( Family History Library, film #934,943 item 3-4, page 23.) In 1851 Andrew and Eunice moved to Harrison County, Iowa. They settled on land close to a creek, which was named 'Allen Creek'. In The History of Harrison County, Iowa written by Joe H. Smith in 1888, page 23 states, 'Allen Creek was named after Andrew Allen, who in 1851 squatted on this stream.' Although the history of Harrison County stated that he had squatted on this land, Andrew eventually cleared the land title by getting his Land Grant... Andrew and Eunice had lived in the new town Raglan about a year finding excellent farmland. About this time, Jude, Gordon, the William Beal family, Heman and Sarah Allen Coltrin, Joseph and Nancy Nicholas, and John Osterhout (Joseph Nicholas' nephew) were moving to Utah because the Saints were asked to go there. Andrew did not want to move again, but Eunice wanted to go to Utah with her children... All of the family tried to persuade Andrew Allen to move to Utah with the rest of the family but with no luck. Eunice had been trying to talk her husband into moving to Utah as well, but he wanted to stay in Iowa. So, on the morning that the wagons were to roll, 69-year old Eunice again asked her husband to leave and go with them to Utah. Andrew Allen said to his wife, "I wish to hell you would go to Utah and that I would never see you or hear of Utah again." Eunice went into their house, rolled her clothes in a bundle, put on her bonnet and shawl, walked to the wagon, and climbed into the wagon with her daughter Nancy, and left for Utah never looking back. They joined Benjamin Gardner's Wagon Company. Eunice walked her share of the way across the plains, endured all the same hardships that all of pioneers endured. It was hard enough to losing four daughters to death but the ultimate test for Eunice was how joining the Mormon Church split her family... Andrew Allen lived alone for about three years and then married a much younger woman - 30 years younger - by the name of Nancy who had a son by a previous marriage. Andrew helped to raise young Joshua. Andrew's beloved daughter Emma Jannet Allen was born in 1856. Andrew died at age 84 years and 5 months on January 10, 1867, leaving his estate to his 11-year old daughter Jannet and his 55-year old wife Nancy. (Will written on January 6, 1866. FHL film 1510,109 item 4 p. 522.) He stated in his will that if his wife Nancy remarried, his estate would go to his daughter Jannet. Eunice and her family arrived in Salt Lake City on September 24, 1852. From Jimmie B. Stoker's book, But Language Cannot Tell: A history and Biography of Jude Allen, A Mormon Frontiersman and Patriarch, the following quote from page 104 was taken talking about Eunice's decision to come west: 'She'd made the right decision to leave Andrew in Iowa. She had always been protective of her Nancy, the girl with the crippled leg. When Nancy arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, she was four or five months pregnant. It was often a struggle for her to walk. Eunice provided legs for her while crossing the plains. Eunice was convinced that she was needed more now than ever. She was needed and she knew it. Her husband, Andrew, had legs, but they carried him in the wrong direction. He walked away from the Church. Eunice walked towards it. She was true to her beliefs in the prophet, beliefs her children shared with her. She and her children would live near the oracle of God.' The Allen family group lived on the church farm for two months. They then moved to Sessions (now Bountiful) Utah and settled next to the Holbrooks and Lovelands. They moved into the North Kanyon ward where John Stoker was their Bishop..." [Note: John marries Jane Allen, daughter of Jude Allen, as his third wife -- see her separate entry elsewhere in this database.]
BIRTH:
1. From Barbara Eades 30 Aug 2003 email: 4 Aug 1782 in Epsom, Merrimack, New Hampshire.
MARRIAGE:
1. From Barbara Eades 30 Aug 2003 email: Eunice Miner -- 3 Jan 1806 at Montpelier, Vermont.
2. Per FHL book 977.771 V2p� Pottawattamie Co., IA Early Marriages 1848-1869�: "Andrew Allen and Nancy Maynard 17 Sep 1854." LDS Ordinance Index shows per film 1553846, sheet 39, batch 9022907 a modern temple sealing 24 May 1991 for a marriage between Andrew Allen and Nancy Maynard 17 Sep 1854 in Pottawattamie Co., IA. About a year later Emma Allen is born to this couple from which we can suppose that Nancy Maynard is Nancy White and probably had married a _____ Maynard between Samuel Adair and Andrew Allen. Until better documentation, I will use this unverified marriage date and place.
DEATH:
1. From Barbara Eades 30 Aug 2003 email: "I have several documents in my possession relative to this family. I have Andrew's will, a document Nancy signed when Emma married, and deed(s) wherein Nancy basically signed over to Emma, per Andrew's will, land. In the one deed in particular, Nancy signed her name as O'Banion, and a notation something to the effect of formerly Nancy F. Allen. This would tend to support her marriage to an O'Banion, obviously. Andrew's will was probated 1 Apr 1867. Andrew died 10 Jan 1867 in Harrison County, IA." Note many people on WorldConnect and FamilySearch use 16 Jan 1866 as death date.
2. I use Magnolia since his land was there and he is reported in the 1860 census there.
3. Will copy transcript provided by Barbara Eades from Harrison Courthouse, pp. 522 and 523, with no book however noted: "In the matter of the last will and testament of Andrew Allen Deceased. Now on this fourth day of February AD 1867 the last will and testament of Andrew Allen was produced and read in open court. Now the court ____ the first Monday in March AD 1867 for proving the same and it is ordered that all persons interested be notified by publishing a notice of the same by two consecutive insertions in the Western Star a paper published in Magnolia, Harrison County, Iowa prior to the first Monday in March AD 1867. J.M. Harvey Cty. Judge. The above hearing is continued and set for hearing on Monday the 1st day of April 1867. J.M. Harvey, Cty. Judge. Now on the 1st day of April AD 1867 the above matter came up for hearing and the will was approved to be the last will and testament of Andrew Allen Deceased by J.H. Smith and A.L. Harvey it is therefore ordered that said last will and testmanet be admitted to probate and recorded in the probate records of Harrison County Iowa. J.M. Harvey, County Judge. I Andrew Allen of the County of Harrison and State of Iowa being of sound mind and memory and considering the uncertainty of life do make and publish this my last will and testament that is to say. Item 1st: That all my debts that remain unpaid at the time of my death I hereby order to be paid from the proceeds of the sale of my personal propery of sufficient amount to pay the same. Item 2nd: I give and bequeeth unto beloved daughter Emma Jannet all of my personal property remaining after the payment of my debts together with all the Real Estate "belongin" to me at my death. Item 3th: I further order that my beloved wife shall have use and control of my improved farm in Raglan Township Harrison County Iowa during her natural life as my widow but should she marry again then the said Mrs. Allen now my beloved wife forfeits all use of said farm from date of said marriage. I witness whereof I Andrew Alen have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of January AD 1866. (Signed) Andrew Allen. The above written will was subscribed by the said Andrew Allen in our presence and acknowledged by him to each of us that he at the same time published and declared the above will so subscribe by him in our presence to be his last will and testament and we at the testators request and in his presence signed our names and opposite our said names our respctive places of residence and we do further certify that we saw the above teatator sign his name to the above will. Witness our hands this 24th day of January AD 1866. J.H. Smith, Magnolia, Harrison, Co., Iowa. A.L. Harvey, Magnolia, Harrison Co., Iowa."
BURIAL:
1. Photo from Barbara Eades of tombstone on file. It reads on front: "Andrew Allen, 4 Aug 1782, 10 Jan 1867, Married 3 Jan 1806, 1. Eunice Miner, 2. Nancy White." Rear: "Children: Gordon 1806, Clarissa 1807, Cyrus 1809, Jude 1811, Harriet 1813, Mary 1816, Emily 1820, Sarah 1822, Ira 1824, Nancy 1827, Emma J. 1855." The tombstone is new and was only placed a couple of years ago. Cemetery is in Magnolia, Harrison County, Iowa which is a few mileswest from where he lived on Allen Creek. Also on file is a photo of the original tombstone which is hard to decipher but does definitely say "Andrew Allen...1867...aged..."
ORDINANCES:
1. Verified 3 Sep 2003.
2. Excommunicated per biography above: "Andrew attended a conference at Grafton, Ohio on February 20, 1841, where he denounced the Book of Mormon. Times and Seasons, stated: 'It being presented to the conference that Andrew Allen, an elder, denied the truth of the book of Mormon, he being present acknowledged the charge true, and the conference voted that he be no longer a member of this church, and a request gave up his license.' "
BAPTISM: Per online Ordinance Index with Jude Allen as proxy/relative.
ENDOWMENT: Per online Ordinance Index with Jude Allen as proxy/relative.
SEALING TO PARENTS: Parents are Jude Allen and Sarah Philbrick. Per online Ordinance Index FHL film 1239634, p. 302, ref. 10027.
SEALING TO SPOUSE:
Eunice Miner: 18 Jan 1933 SLAKE per online Ordinance Index per FHL film 1239583, ref. 16900. Alt. reference is FHL film 184757.
Nancy Maynard: Online Ordinance Index per FHL film 1553846, sheet 39, batch 9022907 shows sealing 24 May 1991 between Andrew Allen and Nancy Maynard 17 Sep 1854 in Pottawattamie Co., IA.
ACTION:
1. Look up at FHL: Stoker, Jimmie, "But Language Cannot Tell: A history and Biography of Jude Allen, A Mormon Frontiersman and Patriarch", 921.73 Al 53sj, Joseph Smith Memorial Building, SLC. His email may be jastok@bossig.com per Barbara Eades.
2. Check for divorce records in Iowa from 1852 on.
3. Get from Barbara Eades a copy of Andrew's will and location she found And., Nan., Josh., and Emma in 1860 census. She notes: I have the 1860 IA and Federal census which does show Andrew, Nancy,
Joshua as well as Emma. I need to look those up again. The IA had Andrew's age wrong, but the Federal census shows his correct age. It is possible that the film of the IA State Census was simply hard to read
accounting for his wrong age. It certainly would not be the first nor last time census records are hard to read. Joshua, though, is listed as Allen - guess the census taker just assumed he was an Allen - again not the first time such a thing happened in census enumerating.
4. Supposedly Jude Allen kept a journal.
5. 3 Sep 2003. Barbara Eades to write 1st Presidency for reinstatement.
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Andrew Allen was born in Epsom August 4, 1782, son of Jude Allen of Epsom. Andrew's son Jude joined the Mormon church and eventually settled in Utah. Below is just one of several accounts that gives some background on Andrew Allen of Epsom.
Andrew and Eunice were married the January 3, 1806 at Montpelier, Orange County Vermont, and their first child was born the19th September of that same year, at Duxbury, Washington County, Vt., where they must've gone to make their home. The next two children were born to them at the same place in 1807 and
1809. Jude, the fourth child, was born in 1811 at Willsborough, as were the balance of the family of 10. Hence the Andrew Allen family spent the years from 1811 to 1827 in their new home in New York State, just across Lake Champlain, and about 50 miles from Montpelier, Vermont. The move was not a drastic one and still it was on the frontier.
To retrace our story to the time of leaving of the North Pidgeon, it is reported that Eunice Miner Allen wanted to go west with the others, but her husband Andrew, wouldn't leave until he had sold his property. Her son-law, Joseph Nicholas and son Jude were all ready with their families to leave. Eunice cried and carried on because she couldn't go too, and Andy told her, he wished she would either stopped bawling or go. He shouted, "I wish to God you would go". Whereupon, she rolled up a few things and climbed into the wagon of Joseph, and took off, with her daughter Sarah and Nancy. She never saw Andrew again. Andrew stayed in Iowa and remarried and raised another family, so it is reported.
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