History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 569. [Bourbon County] [Centerville Precinct] JAMES N. ALLEN, farmer; P. O. Centerville; was born Aug, 9, 1822, in Bourbon County, Ky., and is the son of Adoniram Allen and Polly (Cail) Allen, daughter of Jacob Cail, who came from Virginia; Adoniram Allen was a native of Georgia, and came to Kentucky with his father, his mother being dead, and located at Visalia, on the K.C.R.R., where he owned and operated a mill; he subsequently removed to Bourbon County and engaged in farming. Mr. Allen was reared to agricultural pursuits, and now owns a farm of 154 acres and has also given some attention to the stock business, politically he is a Democrat, and for fifty years has been a member of the Baptist Church. June 17, 1858, he was married to Miss May Tyler, daughter of Wm. Tyler, of Harrison County; she died Oct. 17, 1880; there are four children, the issue of this marriage, living, and two dead: Wm. A., Welburn B. (dead), Albert L., Carrie L., Hugh W. (dead), and Cora G. Allen Cail Tyler = Harrison-KY VA GA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/bourbon/allen.jn.txt