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Thomas Edward Allee was born on June 18, 1840, in Cooper County, Missouri,[1] to |William Allee and Anna Nellie Rowland Holt Hill.[2]
He was married to Sally Ann Birdsong[3], most likely in Moniteau County, Missouri (since she left only once in her life, according to the memoirs) in about 1859.[1]
After their marriage, he left to join the Confederacy.[1] He had been on an enumeration list in July/August of 1863 of Union draftees in the fifth Congressional District; it is unknown whether he joined the Confederacy to dodge the Union draft, or for another reason, but no other record can be found by this researcher to support his War service. More details on the family story of his service can be found below in the excerpts taken from the "Memoirs."
In 1870, the family, including two sons and a daughter, was living in Moreau, Moniteau, Missouri.[4] In 1880, they were living in the same place, with an additional four sons and daughter.[5] By the 1900 census, their youngest son had joined the family, and they had settled in Pilot Grove, Moniteau, Missouri, where Thomas and Sally would stay the rest of their lives.[6][7][8][9]
These eight children all survived their parents; two other children, unrecorded by the census, died in infancy.[1] In 1910, their grandsons, Clarence and Everett, were staying with them in their Pilot Grove home[7], and their daughter Aurilla stayed with them through 1930, by which time Clarence had moved back in.[8][9]
He died at his home in Moniteau County[10] on January 14, 1931, of senility and malnutrition,[2] He is buried at Flag Spring Cemetery in California, in the same county,[10]
Note: These memoirs are available in their entirety on the page of Thomas Edward Pennington; portions relating directly to Thomas Edward Allee are below.
"My maternal grandfather was Thomas Edward Allee. He was born in Cooper County, MO, June 18, 1840, and died in Moniteau County on Jan. 14, 1931. He was the son of William Allee and the grandson of David Allee. This David Allee was a soldier in the American Revolution who settled in Cooper County, MO, where he was a farmer, Baptist preacher and teacher. He directed thebuilding of the first church to be built in Cooper County. It was used both as a church and school house. My maternal grandmother was Sally Ann (Birdsong) Allee. It is my understanding that she was born in Moniteau County Sept. 7, 1842, and that she left the county only once during her long life. After being an invalid for several years she died Jan. 21, 1921. Both of these grandparentsare also buried in the Cemetery of the Flag Springs Baptist Church."
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"Grandpap and Grandma Allee were married while they were still quite young. But not before Grandpap had taken a trip on a wagon train expecting to go to California."
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"Soon after their marriage Grandpap went to serve the Confederacy. I believe he was in what was called Price's Army, and served under General Marmaduke. He saw action in the Battles of Pea Ridge, AR, Wilson Creek, MO, and Booneville, MO.
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"In several minutes he approached the door and ran inside. He had been taken prisoner at the Battle of Booneville. He had escaped the prison camp, and after two weeks' travelling mostly at night, he had found his way home. The war was about over, and no one ever came seeking him.
There are so many interesting things to tell about those rugged grandparents. They were the parents of ten children; two died in infancy. All the others survived their parents with the exception of Columbus (Uncle Lum). He was the oldest of their children, and was killed in a railroad accident."
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"A few years later an old, old man lay in the same bed in the same room. He asked to be raised from his pillow, and when he was in a sitting position a look of rapture came over his old worn and be-whiskered face. He clasped his hands and made a joyful utterance, and as he rested back on his pillow he said, "I've just seen Sally Ann. She had a ribbon in her hair and looked just like she did the first time I ever saw her." He cleared his eyes and whispered,
"I'll soon be with you, Sally Ann." My grandparents were paupers. They left very little of this world's goods. But my, oh my! What a noble heritage! They lived to see their children to the fourth generation, and now that has been extended to the fifth and sixth. So far as I know, there is not a lost sinner in the whole group.
What they left is far more precious than silver or gold. Their faith was simple. They read the Bible and believed what they read. Surely theirs is the reward of the righteous."
"Thomas Edward Allee, a native born of one of the first families to settle in Moniteau County, died at his home on the Latham Road about 5 miles from California, Wednesday, January 14, 1931, ninety and a half years of age.
He was born at the family home northwest of California, June 18, 1840. His grandfather, the Rev. David Allee, settled in that neighborhood in 1820, being among the very first in the county, some few families came to the county in 1818, but the immigration came quite rapidly after that time."
1850 --- U. S. Census, District 58, Moniteau County, Missouri -- Page: 264 - Microfilm Roll: 407. ----- William Alley 52 (head) Kentucky - John 15 (son) Missouri - Louisa 13 (daughter) Missouri - William 13 (son) Missouri - Thomas 10 (son) Missouri -- Nicholas 8 (son) Missouri - Alvin 6 (son) Missouri - Elizabeth Scott 27 (daughter) Missouri - Henry Scott 5 (grand-son) Missouri - Mary Scott 1 (grand-daughter) Missouri --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. --- Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1860 --- U. S.Federal Census Township 45 Range 15, Moniteau County, Missouri -- Dwelling Number: 1748 - Line: 29 - Page: 787 - Microfilm Roll: 634 ----- Wm. Allee 60 (head) Kentucky -- Nancy 50 (wife) Virginia -- T. E. 20 (son) Missouri -- Nicholas 18 (son) Missouri -- A. P. 10 (son) Missouri -- Martha Birdsong 1 (granddaughter) Missouri -- Mary E. Birdsong 1 (granddaughter) Missouri --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. --- Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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