Family Group Sheet for

Dr. Benjamin F. ALLEN and Mary Louisa COOK

 
  Husband: Dr. Benjamin F. ALLEN (1)(2)(3)(4) 
  Born:    May 1831           			in:  Ohio
  Married: 27 June 1861         		in:  Marion Co., Ohio
  Died:    after 1900               		in:  
  Father:                 			Mother:   
  Other Spouses: 
  Wife:    Mary Louisa COOK(1)(2)(3)(4)
  Born:    July 1842        			in:  New York
  Died:    after 1900           	        in:  
  Father:  Giles COOK  	   			Mother: Eliza Lucretia HUDSON
  Other Spouses:
CHILDREN
  Name:    William W. ALLEN(1)(2)(5)
  Born:    est 1863                    		in:  Ohio
  Married: 14 March 1885                 	in:  story Co., Iowa
  Died:    after 1886                		in:  
  Spouse:  Len NELSON
  Name:    Edward/Edgar A. ALLEN(1)(2)
  Born:    est. 1865                    	in:  Ohio
  Married:            				in:  
  Died:                				in:  
  Spouse:  
  Name:    Arnold S. ALLEN(1)(2)
  Born:    est. 1869                    	in:  Ohio
  Married:            				in:  
  Died:                				in:  
  Spouse:  
  Name:    Eliza Lavonta ALLEN(2)(3)(6)(7)
  Born:    20 July 1870               	  	in:  Ohio
  Married: 25 January 1891           		in:  
  Died:    20 June 1961            		in:  Clackamas Co., Oregon
  Spouse:  John Sylvanus George MACKLIN(8)(9)
  Name:    Lucia A. ALLEN(2)
  Born:    est. 1879                    	in:  Ohio
  Married:            				in:  
  Died:                				in:  
  Spouse:


Notes:

Census records for 1860, 1880 and 1900 indicate that Mary Louisa Cook Allen was born in New York. She was probably the Louisa Cook living with her aunt and uncle, Luther and Esther Markham, in the 1850 census of Worcester, Otsego county, New York, aged 7. Mary Louisa married B. F. Allen in Marion county Ohio in 1861. Louisa, her husband, and small children stayed behind when her father and step-mother moved to Story county, Iowa in 1867.

Dr. Benjamin F. Allen and Sarah Cook Allen followed Giles and Ruth Ann to Lafayette, Story Co., Iowa sometime between 1871 and 1879. In the 1880 Lafayette, Story Co., IA census daughter Eliza is shown with a birthplace of Ohio and age 9, while her younger sister, Lucia, is shown with a birthplace of Iowa and age 1. An older son, William W. Allen, married Len "Tini" Nelson in March, 1885 in Story County, Iowa. Dr. Allen delivered their first child, a daughter, born 27 Sep. 1886 in Story Co., Iowa.

Lightning struck the Allen home in 1885, "Lightning followed a telegraph wire to Dr. B. F. Allen's house, Tuesday morning and tore off a window casing with some lath and plaster, but did no other damage.-(July 22, 1885.)". (A HISTORY OF STORY COUNTY, IOWA Carefully Compiled, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present. March 1, 1887. By WILLIAM G. ALLEN: NEVADA, IOWA, DES MOINES, IOWA PRINTING COMPANY, 1887., pg. 188) Dr. B. F. Allen is listed as a Physician in the Story City Directory for 1886-7. (A HISTORY OF STORY COUNTY, IOWA Carefully Compiled, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present. March 1, 1887. By WILLIAM G. ALLEN: NEVADA, IOWA, DES MOINES, IOWA PRINTING COMPANY, 1887., pg. 188)

Louisa's father, Giles Cook, passed away in 1890. In his will he leaves half of his estate to his daughter, Louisa, wife of Doct. B.F. Allen, now residing in Washington Territory. (Will of Giles Cook, Story Co., Iowa). There is also a bequest to Dora Brady, his granddaughter.

Louisa and her husband, Benjamin Allen, appear in the 1900 census in Seattle, King's county, Washington. Also living with them is a married daughter, Eliza Macklin and her husband, John.

Sources:

  1. U.S. Government, 1870 Federal Census, Big Island, Marion Co., Ohio, Page 6.
  2. U.S. Government, 1880 Federal Census, Lafayette, Story Co., Iowa, Page 233C.
  3. U.S. Government, 1900 Federal Census, Seattle, King Co., Washington, ED 92, pg. 13.
  4. Marion Co. Ohio Marriages, (Film 0384237), Vol. 6, page 131, Allen, Benjamin F. Jr. Cook, Louisa 6/27/1861 Rev. A. D .Mathews.
  5. Story County Marriage Record
  6. Oregon City Enterprise-Courier Obituary, 20 June 1961; pg. 8, col. 4, Mrs. Eliza L. Macklin, 90, of 5681 River Street, West Linn, died Tuesday morning at her home following a long illness. Oregon City Enterprise -Courier Obituary, 20 June 1961; pg. 8, col. 4, Mrs. Eliza L. Macklin, 90, of 5681 River Street, West Linn, died Tuesday morning at her home following a long illness. Mrs. Macklin was born in Ohio on July 20, 1870. she was the widow of S. George Macklin who died eight years ago. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Walter (Lucia) Buse, West Linn; Mrs. Harry (Reba) Jamieson, LaMesa, Calif.; and one granddaughter, Mrs. Donna Lucia McCloud, Ann Arbor, Mich. Private funeral services will be held Thursday, June 22 at noon at the the Holman-Hankins-Rilance funeral home in Oregon City. Rev. Horace Bachelder will officiate and private committal will follow at the Portland memorial.
  7. Oregon Department of Health Services, State Death Record File No. 6783.
  8. Oregon Department of Health Services, State Death Record File No. 12141.
  9. Oregon City Enterprise -Courier Obituary, 17 Nov 1953; pg. 3, col. 2, Private funeral services will be held Tuesday for George Macklin of River road in West Linn, who passed away Sunday in Oswego. Macklin, a resident of Oregon for 50 years, was born in Ohio on January 25, 1886. Surviving are the widow, Eliza; two daughtrs, Mrs. Walter "Lucia" Buse of West Linn and Mrs. Reba Macklin Jamieson of San Diego, Calif.; and one granddaughter, Donna Buse of Eugene. Holman-Hankins-Rilance is in charge of arrangements.
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