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Well, better late than never. After a busy weekend with Halloween and the kids, I find myself writing this on Monday morning.

I have updated the data at over on the Koen Family Genealogy site to include all recent discoveries, including those given here.

This week’s activities included a trip to the St. Louis County Library to investigate what they have on Montgomery County, Missouri. In particular there was one book that I wanted to look at, “Family Maps of Montgomery County, Missouri” by Gregory A. Boyd, J.D. Mr. Boyd has taken and mapped out all of the original Federal land grants with in the Montgomery County and others across the country. Unfortunately, I think my research in Montgomery County has taken me far enough back in time to really make use of the book. I am fairly certain that I don’t have all of my direct line ancestors from Montgomery County identified. This should prove to be a very useful book, when I am ready for it.

Building on what I worked on the previous week, I looked at all of the other children of Edward Lee Allen . These would be George Draper Allen (1892-?) and Joseph Burnace Allen (1893-1956) .

What I know about George Draper Allen

According to his WW I Draft Registration Card, he was born 4 Mar 1892 in New Florence, Montgomery, Missouri, USA. He married Bertha J. Ekey on 10 Oct 1914 presumably in Montgomery County, Missouri, USA. At this point, I do not know when he left this world, There is no record in the Missouri Digital Heritage database. I have found him in each of the Federal Censuses from 1900-1930, all in Montgomery County.

I have not done much research on the Ekey family, so what I have for Bertha J. Ekey, is scant. She was born about Aug. 1892, probably in Montgomery County, Missouri, as this is where her siblings were born.

George and Bertha had two daughters:

1. Jewel E. Allen, b. Abt. 1914.
2. Vaurine Allen, b. Abt 1917.

Research to do

• Determine George Draper Allen’s date of death
• Land Records
• Newspapers to flesh out other details of his life

Notes

My mother has put me in contact with one of Jewel’s children, who may have some of the data needed on this family as well as the Joseph Burnace Allen family.

There were brothers and sisters who married brothers and sisters, between the Ekey and Allen family. This created double cousins. My maternal grandmother used to talk about this.

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From the Montgomery City Standard, 20 Oct 1952, page 1 column 3:

Mrs. E. L. Allen Dies In Wellsville

Magnolia Elrod, daughter of the late James and Amanda Elrod, was bord July 16, 1867 south of Danville, Missouri and departed this life September 25, 1952 in Wellsville, Missouri at the Knight Nursing Home, at the age of 85 years 2 months and 9 days.

At an early age she professed faith in her Savior and united with the Methodist Church. She was a faithful member and, as long as her health permitted, was a regular attendant at Sunday School and church.

On June 9, 1889, she was united in Holy Matriomony in the Methodist Church in Danville with Edward Lee Allen who preceded her in death March 12, 1949. To this union were born four children: Orpha (Mrs. Henry Ekey), George and Burnace all of New Florence, and Frank, who preceded her in death at the tender age of two years.

She leaves to mourn her passing three children, four grandchildren, four great grandchildren; one brother, James Elrod of New Florence; two nieces: Lucy Elrod and Mrs. Helen Groteweil; one nephew, Merlin Elrod; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Jennie Marlow, and many other relatives and a host of friends.

Funeral services were conducted at New Florence Methodist Church Sunday afternoon by her pastor, Rev. Jon Kirk and burial was in New Florence Cemetery—Hopkins service.

Tags: Allen Family, Elrod Family, Genealogy, Missouri, Montgomery County, Obituary

From the Montgomery Standard, 17 March 1949, page 1 column 2:

Ed Allen Dies At Eighty-Five Years

Edward Lee Allen, son of J. C. and Mollie Allen, was born October 5th, 1863 near Mineola, Missouri. He departed this life March 12, 1949 at the age of 85 years, 5 months, and 7 days.

On June 9, 1889, he was united in marriage to Magnolia Elrod at Danville Methodist Church. To this union four children were born, namely—Orpha, George, Burnace, all of New Florence; and Frank, who preceded him in death at the tender age of two years.

He united with the Methodist Church at Americus in his early boyhood and lived a consistent christian life. He spent most of hist life in Montgomery County, except for four years, during which time he ran a general store in Revere, Clark County.

He leave to mourn his passing his wife, three children, four grandchildren, four great grandchildren, one sister—Mrs. Jennie Marlow of Montgomery City, many other relatives and a host of friends.

Funeral services were conducted at the New Florence Methodist Church with J. Preston Cole in charge on Monday, March 14th, and burial was at New Florence.

Mr. Allen was an auctioneer for a number of years, in addition to his farming. He was a member of the Oddfellows Lodge.

We extend our sympathy to the family, who has an unusual record—there not having been a death in the immediate family since the death of the two-year-old Frank years ago.

Tags: Allen Family, Genealogy, Obituary

I spent some time this week getting my family history data put online with the TNG software it resides at http://genealogy.koen.net now. I will continue to post what research activities I completed this week as well as plans for upcoming research. I am including links to the data on the individuals discuss below. All source information on this family is included in the database.

After the success of last week, I continued further up the family tree and looked at the Edward Lee Allen family. Edward Lee Allen (1863-1949) and Magnolia Elrod (1867-1952) are the parents of Orpha Allen who I researched last week.

What I know

Edward Lee Allen was born 3 October 1863 in Mineola, Montgomery, Missouri, USA. He married Magnolia Elrod. He died on 12 Mar 1949 in New Florence, Montgomery, Missouri, USA and was buried in the New Florence Cemetery, New Florence, Missouri, USA.

At this point, I have found him in the 1900 U.S. Census in Bear Creek Township, Montgomery, Missouri. He is located in the Danville Township in each of the 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. Census.The census schedule indicate he was farmer and owned the land he farmed.

According to his death certificate, he died at his home from coronary thrombosis due to a cerebreal haemmorhage, due to arterio-sclerosis. His parents were Joseph C. Allen and Mollie Windsor. His son George is listed as the informant.

Magnolia Elrod was born 16 July 1867 in New Florence, Montgomery, Missouri, USA and died 25 September 1952 at the Knights Nursing Home in Wellsville, Montgomery, Missouri. She was buried 28 September 1952 in the New Florence Cemetery as well.

She was located in the census schedules with her husband Edward in 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930. Her death certificate says that she died from bronchial pneumonia and a cerebral haemmorhage and the son George was also the informant. Her parents were listed as James Elrod and Amanda Wright.

Edward and Magnolia had four children:

1. Orpha Allen, b. 3 Aug 1890, m. Henry Harrison Ekey 7 May 1910, d. 28 Apr 1964
2. George D. Allen, b. abt 1892
3. Joseph Burnace Allen, b. 14 Dec 1893, m. Georgie A. Davis Dec 1914, d. 25 Jan 1956
4. Frank Allen, b. 18 Jul 1896, d. 15 Dec 1898

I  have  obituaries for Edward and Magnolia as well from the Montgomery County Standard and will post them later.

Research to do

• Locate Edward Lee Allen and Magnolia Elrod in the other Census schedules.
• Trace the children of the family forward through all offspring.
• Research the land records of Edward Lee Allen.
• Get tombstone pictures from the New Florence Cemetery
• Find marriage information for Edward Allen and Magnolia Elrod.

Notes

Again, what is detailed here is what is available from the folks at Ancestry.com. There are a number of books available at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters through the NGS book collection that I will be looking at, hopefully, this week.

Tags: Allen Family, Elrod Family, Genealogy, Missouri, Montgomery County, Windsor Family, Wright Family