Allen Family of Polk Co., Bradley Co., Arkansas & Trinity Co., Texas

William Robert Allen

Born: June 1858, Arkansas (Census)
Born: 23 Sep 1858 in Arkansas (Family Bible record.)
Married: Nancy Jane Eiland 1896 (divorced)
Died: 6 June 1922, aged 64
Buried: Unmarked grave, Taylor Cemetery, Trinity Co., Texas.

To go to Taylor Cemetery from Trinity, Texas take Farm to Market Road 356 east for five miles, turn right on to dirt road through a wooded drive for three-fourths of a mile and the cemetery is on the right of the road. Directions Courtesy of Trinity County Historical Commission page on Taylor Cemetery

Issue:

Dottie Cordelia "Aunt Delia" Allen
b. 9 Jan 1897
d. April 1984
m1: Andrew Jackson Lee
Issue:
   Woodrow Lee b. 25 Jan 1915
   Odessa Lee m: Jack Tackett
   Nellie Bea Lee m: Thompson d. at age 19
   Issue: George & Margaret Thompson. Sent: Orphanage in Fairfield.

Willie Eleanor 'Nellie' Allen
b. 25 Jan 1900 Montgomery Co. Texas
d. 20 March 1973 Trinity Texas

Boy Allen
b. c.1901
d. c.1905
Died around the age of four when he was bitten by a rattlesnake.
His mother is said to have witnessed the event; and in desperation she cut open the wound and poured kerosene into it. His first name is not remembered.

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