When John Elbert Allen was born on August 2, 1846, in Cleveland, North Carolina, his father, Larkin, was 24 and his mother, Mary, was 16. He married Annie Elizabeth Earle on May 19, 1867, in York, South Carolina. They had 16 children in 35 years. He died on March 10, 1925, in Crossville, Alabama, at the age of 78, and was buried in Lathamville Baptist Church Cemetery, Lathamville, Alabama.
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Year: 1880; Census Place: Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina; Roll: 958; Family History Film: 1254958; Page: 514A; Enumeration District: 068; Image: 0720 Year: 1880; Census Place: Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina; Roll: 958; Family History Film: 1254958; Page: 514A; Enumeration District: 068; Image: 0720
Year: 1900; Census Place: Lathamville, De Kalb, Alabama; Roll: 14; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0075; FHL microfilm: 1240014
Year: 1910; Census Place: Jay Bird, Marshall, Alabama; Roll: T624_25; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0098; FHL microfilm: 1374038
"Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK3L-K4V : 15 February 2018), John Allen in entry for Lola Ellen Smith, 11 Apr 1969; citing reference cn 9947, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,992,708.
"Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK3L-K4V : 15 February 2018), John Allen in entry for Lola Ellen Smith, 11 Apr 1969; citing reference cn 9947, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,992,708.
"Alabama, Census of Confederate Veterans, 1907, 1921, 1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DP-WNBV : 17 March 2018), John E Allen, 1921; citing Virginia, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, citing Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,533,723. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C912-63B8-W?i=591&cc=2487274
"Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDVP-7C8 : 15 February 2018), John E. Allen, 11 Mar 1925; citing reference cn 5321, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,268.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLG-L159 : 13 December 2015), John E Allen, 1925; Burial, Lathamville, DeKalb, Alabama, United States of America, Lathamville Baptist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 107869105, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107869105
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