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Note: olumbiana County, Ohio and Representative Citizens", pp. 766-767:
"Jesse M. Allen, deceased, one of the early merchants at Columbiana, who was in business in this town for nearly two score years, was born in 1808*, and came to this locality with his uncle, Jesse Allen.
"This Jesse Allen [the elder] was the first merchant in Columbiana and began business in 1812. For a time Benjamin Hana had an interest and the firm was known as Jesse Allen and Company. They occupied a small building on the northeast corner of the "Square" untill 1816, when Mr. Allen continued alone for some number of years. Subsequently, he bought property and built a brick building where the bank was located on the northwest side of the "Square". There he continued in successful merchandising, in the meantime taking his nephew, Jesse M. Allen, into partnership. The latter succeeding his uncle in business and continued for almost 40 years. The brick block on the west side of the "Square" in which Mrs. Allen resides, he built in 1841, three years after his marriage. After a long, exemplary and useful life, he died in 1874.**
"In 1838 Mr. Allen married Mary Nichols, who is a daughter of William and Mary (Janney) Nichols, who reared a family of 10 children, of which Mrs Allen is the only survivor. ...
"Mrs. Allen has witnessed the development of Columbiana from its beginning and with her husband has much to do with the advancement of education and the refining of crude conditions into the civilization of to-day. With her brother, Isaac Nichols, and her husband, Jesse M. Allen, she laid out 100 acres in town lots, this addition being situated north of the "Square". She is a lady who is held in great esteem both in Columbiana and in Salem, where she has business connections and a wide circle of friends."
* Jesse M. Allen was born 12 Sept. 1807.
** or he died in 1876 (Goose Creek MM; from Hinshaw, Vol. VI, p. 685.
NOTE: Jesse M. Allen, Jesse Allen, the elder, and the Allen family were also Quakers.
Jesse M. Allen, son of James and Orpha Allen of Columbiana Co., and Mary Nichols married at Middleton MM 20 Sept. 1838.
Middleton MM minutes; from Hinshaw, Vol. IV, p. 605:
ALLEN
James & Orpha
Ch:
Thomas b. 1799,11,11 Hannah b. 1802,7,14 David M. b. 1805,2,14 Jesse b. 1807,9,12 Nathan b. 1810,3,26 Ann b. 1813,1,1 Sarah b. 1816,3,14 1822,2,18. Hannah gct Marlborough MM
1822,2,18. Thomas gct Marlborough MM
1822,2,18. James & w, Orpah [sic: Orpha --NMS], & ch, David,
Nathan, Ann & Sarah, gct Marlborough MM Jesse Allen (likely the uncle) was received at Middleton MM 12 Sept. 1807 from Chester MM, dated 27 July 1807. Jesse Allen (likely the same), son of Benjamin and Hannah Allen, married at Middleton MM 26 Nov. 1807 Ann Mercer, daughter of David and Sarah Mercer, all of Columbiana Co., OH.
Note: From a biographical sketch of Jesse M. Allen, published in "History of C
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