Delilah (Allen) Wireman (1860 - 1938)

Born 17 Sep 1860 in Magoffin County, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Wiley Wireman — married 22 Mar 1877 in Magoffin, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Sep 1938 at age 78 in Magoffin County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Delilah Allen was born on 17 September 1860 on her parents' farm in Magoffin County, Kentucky, USA. Her parents were Adam Allen, b: 1832 in Kentucky, and his wife, Mary (Bradley) Allen, b: 1837 in Kentucky. On the June 1870 US Census, "Delila Allen" was recorded as white, 9 years old, living on her parents' farm in Salyersville, District 6, Magoffin County, Kentucky. The household included her parents, 5 children, and a 26-year-old single woman (Delilah's aunt), Hezekiah Allen. ^[1]

On 22 March 1877, Delilah Allen married Wiley Wireman, b: 3 Jan 1859 in Magoffin County, Kentucky. ^[2]

The couple had a family farm in Magoffin County, Kentucky, USA, and had 8 children there:^[3]

1. Cassey Wireman, 1878–1956
2. Russell Wireman, 1879–1930
3. Ella Wireman, 1881–deceased
4. Elliott Wirema, 1885–1951 ​​
5. Ida Wireman, 1886–1913
6. Kellie Wireman, 1887–deceased
7. Polly Wireman, 1893–1945 ​
8. Walter Wireman, 1897–1983

On the June 1880 US Census, Delila Wireman was recorded as white, 21 years old, married to Wiley Wireman, age 21, a Farmer in Trace Fork Township, Magoffin County, Kentucky, USA. Their 2 oldest-children: daughter Cassey (age 2) and son Russell, b: Sep. 1879, completed the household.^[4]

On the June 1, 1900 US Census, "Lila Wireman," was recorded as white, 42 [she was 41] yrs., married to 41-yr.-old Wiley Wireman, a Farmer, in Meadows Twp., Magoffin County, Kentucky, USA. The couple had 2 sons & 4 daughters living with them. The Census declared they had been married 23 years. Delila had had 8 children, 6 of whom were living in June 1900. ^[5]

Widow Delilah (Allen) Wireman passed away on 17 September 1938 in Magoffin County, Kentucky. According to her husband's Find A Grave Memorial, she was buried on Vernon and Blanche Vanderpool's farm in Magoffin County, Kentucky. Around 2012 her remains were moved "a short distance from [their] original resting place" to make way for the expansion of Mountain Parkway. Her husband had predeceased her; Wiley Wireman died on 8 November 1920 in Magoffin County, Kentucky, USA. He was buried at the Wiley Wireman Cemetery, Waldo, Magoffin, Kentucky, USA. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXW2-T2X : 12 June 2019), Delila Allen in entry for Adam Allen, 1870..
2. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V65H-76B : 17 May 2018), Wiley Wireman and Delia Allen, 22 Mar 1877; citing Marriage, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,003,631.
3. ↑ Delila Allen Profile on FamilySearch; cites 15 Sources]
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZ6-FZP : 7 September 2017), Delia Wireman in household of Wiley Wireman, Trace Fork, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 125, sheet 615B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,431.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9HZ-9Y1 : accessed 29 November 2019), Lila Wireman in household of Wiley Wireman, Magisterial District 4, Meadows, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56, sheet 22A, family 337, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,541.
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLN-FXMS : 13 December 2015), Wiley Wireman, 1920; Burial, Waldo, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States of America, Wiley Wireman Cemetery; citing Find A Grave: Memorial #95069194.

• "The Allen Family of Eastern Kentucky" by the Magoffin County Historical Society. Page 140.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Allen-535 was created on 11 September 2010 through the import of obney.ged.