Allen Bible
ALLEN.tba
Allen Family Bible
Submitted Sept 17, 1996 by:
William Dale Allen
2013 Prowse Street,
Placentia, CA 92870
USA
Email: ballensr@concentric.net
The following is from the first two pages of my g-g-grandfather, James G.[Givens?] Allen's
bible, which we possess. The bible came to us from Allen Foster, who was the grandson of
Anna Allen Foster, one of James G. Allen's daughters. James and Anna are both listed in the
bible as shown below.
Surnames in this record:
ALLEN
FOSTER
ST. CLAIR
[first page of bible entries]
John Allen died September the 10th 1862
[second son of James and Elizabeth Allen, who died at 19 as a result of Civil War illness].
Samuel Allen died August the 24th 18-7
[other records lead us to believe the above year is 1857]
[James' fourth or fifth son]
David Allen died Oct. 20, 1912
[James' third son]
Sarah Martha St Clair Allen [should have been listed as Allen St. Clair]
[died] August 1920
[James' second or third daughter]
William M. Allen
[died] Jamuary 12th 1921
[James' eldest son and my g-grandfather. his mother was Elizabeth
Martin]
Anna (Allen) Foster
[died] February 21st 1923
[James' daughter who was Allen Foster's grandmother]
James G. Allen died
[died] Nov.6-1893
[my g-g-grandfather]
Elizabeth Allen
died Dec. 27-1898
[James' wife]
[second page of bible entries]
William Allen born
January 29th 1841
John Allen bornd[sic]
January 15th 1843
David Allen bornd[sic]
October 20th 1868
Anna Allen bornd[sic]
September 8th 1852
Samuel Allen bornd[sic]
May 7th 1855
Sarah Martha Allen
bornd[sic] August 16 A D 1861
James G. Allen born
July 28th A D 1813
Elizabeth Allen born
August 9th A D 1822
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