U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Allman, Nathan (1829-1918) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 387 NATHAN ALLMAN; born December 14, 1829, on Bridge run. Son of Abram Allman and Winifred Crites, a daughter of Michael Crites, settler of the Buckhannon settlement prior to the Nineteenth Century. Abram Allman was a son of William Allman, whose wife was a Miss Wetherholt and their children numbered thirteen. The subject of this sketch being the oldest. Nathan Allman married Elizabeth Bligh, a daughter of James and Mary Bligh, who moved from Rockingham County, Va., to the bounds of Upshur County in 1846, settling on Little Pecks run, then in Barbour County. Mary Bligh was the daughter of John Burkholder, whose wife's maiden name was Rose Blaine, and the granddaughter of Jacob Burkholder, a Pennsylvania German, who moved from Pennsylvania to Rockingham County, Va., prior to the year 1800. Children of Mr. Allman: Alexander Simpson, who married Nancy Abbott, George C., lives in Washington State, Thomas, married a Miss Rinehart, William Jefferson, whose first wife was a Miss Rinehart and whose second wife a Miss Gross, John, lives in Washington, Theodore, married a Miss Rinehart, Lorana, wife of Mallory Clark, Mattie, wife of Charles Betts. The subject of this sketch is a farmer and carpenter, has always lived on Bridge run. Belongs to the Methodist Protestant Church and is a Democrat. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #10701 FULL-NAME: Nathan Allman BIRTH-DATE: December 14, 1829 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: October 11, 1918 DEATH-PLACE: Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Abram Allman (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Winnie Crites (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Fracture Hips INFORMANT: Mrs. Chas. Bets BURIAL: Lorentz Cemetery (wife of Nathan Allman) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #1339 FULL-NAME: Elizabeth Bleigh Allman BIRTH-DATE: February 26, 1831 BIRTH-PLACE: Va. DEATH-DATE: January 1, 1928 DEATH-PLACE: Lorentz, Buckhannon District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Mar. OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: James Bleigh (born in Va.) MOTHER: Dolly Burkholder (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Senility BURIAL: Lorentz, W.Va. There's a double tombstone in Lorentz Cemetery, Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV ALLMAN Nathan Allman (1828-1918) Elizabeth, hise wife (1830-1928) ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------