Elijah
Allen
Born in Franklin County, Illinois, USA
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sophronia (DeWitt) Allen
— married
26 Oct 1865 in Jefferson county, Illinois
Descendants 
Father of
Ina Myrtle (Allen) Jones
Died
at age 79
in Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 May 2016
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Biography
Elijah was born in 1844. From FAG: Age 20 years enlisted at Dixon Illinois March 3, 1865 as Private with Co. G. 15th Illinois Infantry mustered out September 16, 1865 at Fort Leavenworth Kansas.
1890 1890 Veterans Schedules Missouri, Jasper, Twin Groves
Son of Reuben Allen and Nancy Richardson.
Illinois Inf. PVT Enlisted in and born in Missouri: Elijah Allen Head M 56 Missouri Sophronia Allen Wife F 52 Illinois Ida M Allen Daughter F 22 Kansas Pearl L Allen Daughter F 16 Missouri Francis M Allen Daughter F 13 Missouri Ina M Allen Daughter F 9 Missouri
"United States 12th Census, 1900," Sophronia Allen in household of Elijah Allen, Twin Groves Township (part of) Carl Junction city, Jasper, Missouri, United States; citing sheet 11A, family 229, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,867.
Sources
- Veterans death record: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6WB-GHD
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136094061/elijah-allen: accessed 20 July 2023), memorial page for Elijah Allen (13 Dec 1844–12 Apr 1924), Find a Grave Memorial ID 136094061, citing Carl Junction Cemetery, Carl Junction, Jasper County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (contributor 48353502).
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