Esther W. (Haines) Allman (1825 - 1880)

Born 17 Mar 1825 in Columbiana, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Jesse Allman — married 2 Nov 1848 in Columbiana, Ohio, United States

Died 6 Apr 1880 at age 55 in Le Grand Township, Marshall, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Esther was a Friend (Quaker)

Esther Haines was the eldest child of Chalkley Haines and Sarah Morgan. She was born in 1825^[1] in Columbiana County, Ohio, near the town of Salem.

On November 2, 1848,^[2] Esther married Jesse Allman, the son of William Allman and Lydia Heston Walker,^[3] in Columbiana County, Ohio. In 1850, shortly after the birth of Esther's first child, she and her husband and two of his brothers, John and James, moved to Iowa City, Iowa, but by 1852 they had moved on to Marshall County, Iowa where they were among the earliest settlers. Jesse's brother, James, laid out the township of Le Grand and opened the first store in Marshall County. James was also the first Postmaster. The first school, a Quaker school, was taught by Elizabeth Allman, the wife of Jesse's brother, John.^[4]

Esther and Jesse owned and farmed eighty acres of land in Le Grand Township. They had three children^[5] who were:

• Leanna J Allman (1849-1926), m. Thomas Adamson;
• Sarah Matilda Allman (1853-1924), m. Stephen Elijah Davis; and
• Chalkley W Allman (1862-1929), m. Rose L Jones.

On April 6, 1880, Esther died of cancer in Le Grand Township, Marshall County, Iowa.^[6] She was only 55 years old. Esther is buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Le Grand.

Sources

1. ↑ The History of Marshall County, Iowa. LaCrosse, WI : Brookhaven Press, 1878, p. 591.
2. ↑ The History of Marshall County, Iowa. LaCrosse, WI : Brookhaven Press, 1878, p. 591.
3. ↑ Jesse Allman, FamilySearch ID KHQ5-QZN
4. ↑ The History of Marshall County, Iowa. LaCrosse, WI : Brookhaven Press, 1878, pp. 335, 529, 530, 591.
5. ↑ United States Census, 1860, 1870
6. ↑ Iowa Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880

• Family notes and photographs.
• Haines, Nannaruth Taggart, My Story.
• The History of Marshall County, Iowa. LaCrosse, WI : Brookhaven Press, 1878, pp. 335, 529, 530, 591. (https://books.google.com/books?id=v1M0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA591&lpg=PA591&dq=esther+haines+allman&source=bl&ots=2joFYvYfY2&sig=fvYeKP5nlOnyhXJwX7o2ISPAe9g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CE0Q6AEwDWoVChMIvZCp2Ya5xwIVh82ACh0hdwys#v=onepage&q=esther%20haines%20allman&f=false : Accessed 3 Sep 2022)

1860 - Census, Esther Allman, 35 years old, living in Le Grand Township, Marshall County, Iowa with husband, Jesse (38), farmer, and children, Leanna J (10) and Sarah M (7):

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8L7-KLH : 18 February 2021), Esther Allman in entry for Jesse Allman, 1860.

1870 - Census, Hester W Allman, 45 years old, living in Le Grand Township, Marshall County, Iowa with husband, Jesse (48), farmer, children, "Lanna" J (20), Sarah M (17), and Chalkley (8), and mother-in-law, Lydia (80):

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVK-B76 : 29 May 2021), Hester W Allman in entry for Jesse Allman, 1870.

1880 - Death from cancer in Le Grand Township, Marshall County, Iowa on 6 Apr 1880:

• "Iowa Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3C-276P : 16 March 2018), Hester Allman, 1880.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32619539/esther-w-allman: accessed 04 September 2022), memorial page for Esther W Allman (1824–6 Apr 1880), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32619539, citing Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Le Grand, Marshall County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Dawn Bilik (prev. Stewart) (contributor 46839075) .

1886 - cited in the marriage record of daughter, Sarah Matilda Allman, to Stephen E. Davis, the son of James Davis and Elizabeth Rippey, in Greene County, Iowa on 10 Feb 1886:

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJKY-4XS : 27 September 2017), Esther Haines in entry for Stephen E. Davis and Sarah Matilda Allman, 10 Feb 1886, Greene Co., Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,034,210.

1924 - cited in the death record of daughter, Sarah Matilda Davis, who died in Bayard, Guthrie County, Iowa of heart disease on 26 Mar 1924:

• "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68C5-1H3Y : 12 August 2021), Esther Haines in entry for Sarah Matilda Davis, 26 Mar 1924, Bayard, Guthrie, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #39413, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101784537.

1926 - Haines cited on the death certificate of daughter, Leanna James Adamson, who died of heart disease in Willow Township, Greene County, Iowa on 30 September 1926:

• "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Z-BY54 : Sun Mar 10 04:20:53 UTC 2024), Entry for Leanna James Adamson and Jesse Allman, 30 Sep 1926.