James Walter Allen was born on May 10, 1888, in Napier, Braxton County, West Virginia, USA. He was the son of John Russell Allen and Lucy Jane Allen.
James married his first cousin, Lillie Victoria Blake, on October 6, 1908, in Braxton County, West Virginia.
James Walter Allen's mother, Lucy Jane Wine, and Lillie Victoria Blake's mother, Elizabeth Wine, were sisters.
James Walter Allen died on November 18, 1963, in Gassaway, Braxton County, West Virginia, USA. He was buried in the Little Kanawha Memorial Gardens Cemetery, in Heaters, Braxton County, West Virginia, USA.
"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRFJ-L9N : 11 February 2018), James W. Allen and Lillie V. Blake, 06 Oct 1908; citing Braxton County, West Virginia, Vol. 8, p29, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 573,809.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPNW-2XV : accessed 4 January 2021), James W Allen, Kanawha, Braxton, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 1B, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1677; FHL microfilm 1,375,690.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMCF-7RM : accessed 4 January 2021), James W Allen, Saltlick, Braxton, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 2B, line 68, family 36, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2527; FHL microfilm 2,342,261.
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