Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John J. Allen    
                Born: ca 1829              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Aug-27-1863          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
      Cause of death:                      typhoid fever  3
             Resided: 1861                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  1
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
            Military:                      7th Corporal, Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (died of typhoid fever)  3 (see note 1)
              Father: Israel Allen   (1792 - 1853) 
              Mother: Rachel J. Whiteman 
Other spouse 1
                Wife: Mary A. Bates     
             Married: Aug- 6-1852          in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  4
                Born: ca 1835               5
              Census: 1850                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Father: Andrew Bates   (1806 -     ) 
              Mother: Delila Swiger 

Sources:
(1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(2) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(3) Historical Military Records, www.fold3.com. 
(4) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Military records show that JohnJ. Allen enlisted in Co A, 14th W.Va.
Infantry, on 28 Jul 1862 at West Union.  He mustered in as a 7th Corporal at
Wheeling on 23 Aug 1862.  Muster rolls show that at some point he was reduced in
rank to Private and that he was sick at home as of 7 Jul 1863.  He died at home
of typhoid fever on 27 Aug 1863 while on sick furlough from US General Hospital
in Cumberland, Maryland.







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