Henry A. Wise ALLEN

1855 -

• Name	Henry A. Wise ALLEN
  Born	Apr 1855	Doddridge Co, (W)VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	Doddridge Co, (W)VA
  Census	1870	McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Census	1880	McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
  Census	1900	McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Occupation	farmer  [1]
  Person ID	I91400	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Marshall ALLEN,   b. CA 1825, Harrison Co, (W)VA ,   d. 24 Aug 1881, McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth GEORGE,   b. CA 1826,   d. 13 Dec 1910  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Family ID	F42599	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sevilla BATES,   b. CA 1858
  Married	30 Jan 1877	Doddridge Co, WV   [3]
  Notes	1880 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on Jun 21/22 1880: Henry Allen, 25, farmer; wife Sevilla, 20; son Charles R, 2; dau Rachel T, 1. All born in Va/WVa.
  Children	1. Charles R. ALLEN,   b. 19 Nov 1874,   d. 10 Aug 1941, Wood Co, WV  (Age 66 years)   2. Rachel Tobitha Pearl ALLEN,   b. 22 Apr 1879, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV ,   d. 2 May 1959, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 80 years)   3. Stella Elizabeth ALLEN,   b. 1883, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 14 Mar 1968, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 85 years)   4. Arthur ALLEN,   b. 24 Nov 1885, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 8 Sep 1962, Clairton, Allegheny Co, PA  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F46206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Effie MOORE,   b. 1 Apr 1877, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 17 Mar 1922, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 44 years)  [4]
  Married	CA 1894  [1, 2]
  	A marriage license was issued in Doddridge County on 26 Apr 1897 for Henry Allen (42) and Effie Moore (20). Informants for the license were Henry Allen and Gemima Moore. But there was no minister's return and no documentation that they were ever married. However, they did appear together as a married couple in the 1900 Census, indicateing six years of marriage, along with several children.
  Notes	1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 14 1900: Henry W. Allen, 45, b. Apr 1855, farmer, cannot read, married 25 yrs [sic]; wife Effie, 23, b. Nov 1876, cannot read/write, married 6 yrs, mother of 4 children (3 still living); son Arthur, 14, b. Sep 1885, farm laborer; son Grover C, 12, b. Mar 1888, farm laborer; dau Selvy A, 10, b. Mar 1890; dau Ida M, 5, b. May 1895; dau Rosa N, 3, b. Jul 1896; son (unnamed), b. Mar 1900. All born in West Virginia.
  Children	1. Rosa N. ALLEN,   b. Jul 1896, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 24 Mar 1922, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age ~ 25 years)   2. Robert Everett ALLEN,   b. 5 Mar 1903, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 1980  (Age 76 years)   3. Eva L. ALLEN,   b. 10 Sep 1904, Flint, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 2 May 1972, Marietta, Washington Co, OH  (Age 67 years)   4. Howard Dale ALLEN,   b. 6 Oct 1910, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 15 Mar 1972, Monongalia Co, WV  (Age 61 years)
  Documents		91400_HenryAllen_EffieMoore_MarriageLicense_26Apr1897_NoReturn.jpg
  Family ID	F39326	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793350&Type=Marriage. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com). [S1567] Marriage record of son.