Edgar ALLEN

1846 - 1916  (~ 69 years)

• Name	Edgar ALLEN
  Born	Jul 1846	Doddridge Co, (W)VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850, 1860	Doddridge Co, (W)VA
  Census	1870, 1880, 1900	McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Occupation	farmer  [3]
  Residence	Roberts, Doddridge Co, WV   [4]
  Died	13 Jan 1916	Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV   [1, 5]
  	Cause: paralysis
  	at Poor Farm
  Person ID	I51595	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Doddridge ALLEN,   b. 8 Feb 1822,   d. 18 Sep 1879, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Rachel SWIGER,   b. CA 1826,   d. 31 Mar 1884, Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Family ID	F21322	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Nancy ROBERTS,   b. 20 May 1851, Doddridge Co, (W)VA ,   d. 27 Apr 1906  (Age 54 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1869	Doddridge Co, WV   [2]
  Notes	1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated in June 1880: Edgar Allen, 32, farmer; wife Mary N, 27; son Grant, 7; son Ellsworth, 5; son William, 3. 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 12 1900: Edgar Allen, 53, b. Jul 1846, farmer, married 30 yrs; wife Mary N, 48, b. May 1856, mother of 11 children (4 still living); son Grant, 28, b. Aug 1871, salesman, single; son Ellsworth, 25, b. Dec 1874, farm laborer, married 3 months; son William, 24, b. Sep 1875, oil well rig builder, single; dau-in-law Genevra, 22, b. Jul 1877. (Note: The day before, also in McClellan District, Grant Allen appears also to have enumerated as a lodger without occupation in the household of Martin Weekley, a merchant. Given Grant's occupation as salesman, Martin could have been his employer.) Obituary, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Jan 20 1916, in its entirety: DEATH AT COUNTY HOME Supt. H. W. Thomas reports the death of Edgar Allen at the County Infirmary early Thursday morning, January 13. He was formerly a resident of McClellan District and had been an inmate at the County Home for two years. He was fifty-eight years old and leaves four sons. [4, 6, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Irvin ALLEN,   b. 14 Oct 1870, Riggins Run, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 2 Dec 1938, Riggins Run, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 68 years) + 2. Ulysses Grant ALLEN,   b. 14 Nov 1871, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 16 Nov 1942, Hopemont, Preston Co, WV  (Age 71 years) + 3. Elsworth E. ALLEN,   b. Dec 1874, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 29 May 1948, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  (Age ~ 73 years)   4. William ALLEN,   b. Sep 1875   5. Levi J. ALLEN,   b. 19 Feb 1885,   d. 3 May 1885, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 0 years)   6. (Female) ALLEN,   b. 16 Nov 1885,   d. 17 Nov 1885, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 0 years)   7. (Male) ALLEN,   b. 5 Sep 1887,   d. 6 Sep 1887, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F21289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] Obituary. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)). [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). [S692] Obituary of wife. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. [S1570] Obituary of son. [S110] Obituary of husband.