Neil Richardson Allen (1894 - 1959)

Born 1 May 1894 in Pullman, Whitman, Washington, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Evelyn Marie (Carey) Allen — married 14 Sep 1918 in Palo Alto, Santa Clara Co., California

Descendants

Died 13 Apr 1959 at age 64 in Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Wilford and Frances Allen sent both of their sons to college and to war. Niel R. Allen attended Stanford University and served as an officer in the U.S. Army during World War I. Wilford Allen, Jr., attended the University of Oregon and served in the U.S. Naval Reserve, also during the war. He worked at the same newspaper as his father. In 1922, he left the University of Oregon School of Journalism as a senior "to take over his old position as head of news department at the Grants Pass Courier." Like his father before him, Wilford "Pete" Allen was editor of the paper, from 1926 to 1929. He was also a sheriff's deputy.

Family links: Parents: Wilford C Allen (1868 - 1942) Frances M Allen (1872 - 1960)

Spouse: Evelyn M. Carey Niebel (1899 - 1996)*

Children: Niel C. Allen (1925 - 1989)* Lucy Jane Allen Cooper (1928 - 2011)*

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM5S-WV9 : accessed 2 September 2015), Wilford Allen, North Pullman City and South Pullman City Precincts Pullman City, Whitman, Washington, United States; citing sheet 9A, family 176, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,754.

• US Army WWI 2nd Lieutenant. May 15, 1918-Aug 6, 1919. 8th Infantry, Company C, 8 Div (per headstone application). Flat Bronze marker with Christian Cross.

• Find A Grave Memorial# 137217673