Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

1829 - 1863 (~ 34 years)

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Name	John J. ALLEN
Born	CA 1829	Harrison Co, (W)VA [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Military	7th Corporal, Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War (died of typhoid fever) [3]
	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.
Census	1860	Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Residence	1861	Doddridge Co, (W)VA [1]
Died	27 Aug 1863	Doddridge Co, WV [3]
	Cause: typhoid fever
Person ID	I101087	Doddridge County Roots
Last Modified	29 Mar 2017

Father	Israel Joshua ALLEN, b. CA 1792, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 27 Jan 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA (Age ~ 61 years)
Mother	Rachel J. WHITEMAN
Family ID	F43350	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

[S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
[S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.
[S37] Historical Military Records, (www.fold3.com).
[S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 136, line 8 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790709&Type=Marriage.
Identified as John J. Allen, widowed, 32, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Israel & Rachel, farmer; and Jane Weekly, single, 25, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of James & Mary. "Solemnized Sept. 1st 1861 By H. F. Garrett."
[S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).