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He was married Nov. 21, 1844 to Susan M. Chapman (Taliaferro Co., GA Mar. Bk. A, p. 172). She was born July 14, 1820, died Dec. 16, 1907, Taliaferro Co.; daughter of John Chapman and his second wife, Hepzibah “Sue” King. John and Susan are both buried at Crawfordville Baptist Cemetery. During the War Between the States, he was a private in Company D., State Guard Cavalry Unit (Tilly's Rangers). He is seen in Taliaferro Co. records as a member and trustee of Juniper Division No. 89, Sons of Temperance. Some others found mentioned with him as members were John Chapman, Samuel W. Chapman, Absalom Rhodes and Joseph D. Hammack. The Sons of Temperance was a Protestant "fraternal Order" which was formed in the early 1840s and spread very quickly throughout the United States. It continued until sometime after the War Between the States. Children: I. MARY ANN ALLEN, daughter of John Thomas and Susan M. (Chapman) Allen, was born 1846, died 1928. Apparently never married. II. JOHN WILLIAM ALLEN, son of John Thomas and Susan M. (Chapman) Allen, was born Sept. 1847, died 1907, Taliaferro Co. Married Dec. 18, 1873, Wilkes Co., to Martha E. Hackney. Children: of John W. and Martha Allen: (1) Anton John Allen, born March 3, 1877, Taliaferro Co., GA, died Jan. 24, 1946. Married Sept. 1, 1919, to Janet Inez Allen, Taliaferro Co. (2) Samuel H. Allen. (3) Walter H. Allen, born 1875, died 1938. Married June 15, 1905, Taliaferro Co. to his cousin, Sallie Lou Allen, daughter of Nathan A. and Margaret O. (Harrison) Allen. (4) Susan Katherine “Katie” Allen, born May 1879. Married Dec. 18, 1904 to William E. Stewart. III. NATHAN A. ALLEN, son of John Thomas and Susan M. (Chapman) Allen, was born June 12, 1852, Taliaferro Co., died July 4, 1927, Taliaferro Co. Married Dec. 17, 1874, Taliaferro Co., to Margaret Ophelia Harrison, born Nov. 4, 1855, died February 27, 1925, daughter of Joseph Thomas Harrison and Sarah Ann Darracott. Nathan and his wife are both buried in Crawford- ville Baptist Cemetery. Children of Nathan & Ophelia (Harrison) Allen: (1) Beulah Allen, born Sept. 18, 1875, Taliaferro Co., died January 26, 1978 at the age of 102 in a nursing home in Jefferson County, GA. She was married about 1890-91 to Charlie Clemmie Chapman, son of Thomas Lyne Chapman and Susan E. Rhodes. Charlie was born June 17, 1871 in Taliaferro County, died November 21, 1938 in Hancock Co., GA. (2) Eva Allen, born June 10, 1879 (1900 census says July), died April 28, 1940. Married Aug. 15, 1894, Taliaferro Co., to Lee Hill. (3) Sallie Lou Allen, born April 1880, died October 2, 1956. Married her cousin, Walter H. Allen (see above). (4) James G.(?) Allen, born Nov. 1883. (No further info.) (5) Susie E. Allen, born March 1885, died Sept. 5, 1957. Married Nov. 30, 1913, Taliaferro Co., to Hiram F. Nelson. (6) Ida L. Allen, born Aug(?) 1890, died February 21, 1923. Married Dec. 18, 1912, Taliaferro Co., to Roy Smith Jones. (7) John T. Allen, born July 1894. IV. VINCENT S. ALLEN, son of John Thomas and Susan M. (Chapman) Allen, was born Oct. 1855, died April 21, 1939. Married Dec. 4, 1879, Taliaferro Co., to Nancy Cox, born June 1854, died Oct. 12, 1927. In the 1900 census, it shows that Nancy had given birth to 5 children and three were living. The 1910 census shows Nancy having 5 children with one living (Janet). Known children of Vincent and Nancy (Cox) Allen: (1) Pearl Allen, born Sept. 1880, died 1903. Married Jan. 7, 1900, Wilkes Co., to William A. Poss. The had one son, Percy Allen. Pearl is buried in the Thomas Nash Cemetery in Wilkes County. (2) Mary M. Allen, born July 1882, died July 1904. Married Jan. 7, 1900,Wilkes Co., to Edward Nash Poss. They had one daughter, Maggie M. Poss, (born ca. 1903), living with her grandfather, Vincent Allen, in 1910 and 1920. (3) Jeanette (Janet) Inez Allen, born April 1886, died 1958. Married her cousin, Anton J. Allen, son of John W. & Martha Allen (see above). V. HENRY M. ALLEN, son of John Thomas and Susan M. (Chapman) Allen, was born April 1868, died February 14, 1946, Taliaferro Co. Married Sept. 14, 1892, Taliaferro Co., to Bessie E. Gunn, daughter of John Ross Gunn and Mary Jane Cox. Bessie was born Nov. 1870, died 1959. They had no children. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCES: Taliaferro Co., GA Census Records Wilkes Co., GA Census Records Taliaferro Co., GA Marriage Records Wilkes Co., GA Marriage Records Tombstone Inscriptions Abstract of Will of John W. Allen, Taliaferro Co. Will Rec. B, p. 305. Abstract of Will of Vincent S. Allen, Taliaferro Co., Will Rec. C, Page 106. Obituary of Beulah (Allen) Chapman Taliaferro Co., Georgia Records and Notes, by Alvin Mell Lunceford, Jr. ===========================================================================