Emilla Allen (1823 - 1888)

Born 7 May 1823 in Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Died 4 Oct 1888 at age 65 in Boone County, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Emilla (aka Molly/Milly) was born in 1823. She was the daughter of John Allen and Elizabeth Brenton. By 1850, the family had moved to Indiana.^[1]

By 1860, a Milly (aka Molly or Emilla) was living with her widowed father and two siblings, Simeon and Margaret, in Boone County, Indiana. Her father and Simeon were farming.^[2]

By 1880, Milly was living with her widowed brothers, William and Simeon, and sister, Mary, in Center, Boone, Indiana.^[3]

Milly apparently never married.

She passed away in 1888. Burial was in the Beck Cemetery, Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana.^[4]

Note

Some census records were transcribed as "Molly", however, her nickname was apparently "Milly."

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVN-PN2 : 12 April 2016), Molly Allen in household of John Allen, Boone county, part of, Boone, Indiana, United States; citing family 295, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FZ-WKR : 13 December 2017), Milly Allen in entry for John Allen, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM6-KHT : 24 August 2017), Millie Allen in household of William Allen, Center, Boone, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 118, sheet 109B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0266; FHL microfilm 1,254,266.
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 December 2018), memorial page for Emilla Allen (7 May 1823–4 Oct 1888), Find A Grave: Memorial #11841507, citing Beck Cemetery, Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by LVoyles (contributor 46783470) .