Fourth Generation

67. Martha B. Neil was born on 26 Jul 1855 in Macomb, St. Lawrence, NY. Her obituary gives the location as Ogdensburg. Date also seen as the 28th. She died on 28 Apr 1936 in Lisbon, St. Lawrence, NY. Her obituary appeared on 30 Apr 1936 in the Watertown Daily Times of Watertown, Jefferson, NY, as follows: "Mrs. Martha K. Allen, 80, Dies. Canton, April 30.--Mrs. Martha Klock Allen, widow of Henry Allen, died at the home of a brother on the Canton-Ogdensburg road in the town of Lisbon at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Death was caused by a cerebral hemorrhage.
"Mrs. Allen was born in Ogdensburg July 28, 1855, a daughter of William and Mary Brotherton Neil. She resided in Ogdensburg during her lifetime until six months ago when she moved to the home of her brother on the Ogdensburg-Canton road. She had been ill since June." Her obituary appeared on 5 May 1936 in the Canton Plaindealer of Canton, St. Lawrence, NY, as follows: "Mrs. Martha N. Allen. Funeral services were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bressette near Woodbridge Corners for her mother, Mrs. Martha N. Allen, whose death occurred in her 80th year on Wednesday. Rev. Kennedy officiated and burial was in Gouverneur.
"Mrs. Allen was born July 28, 1856, at Ogdensburg, daughter of William and Mary Brotherton Neil. She was married twice. Her first husband was Amos Klock. Following his death she married Henry Allen, who died several years ago.
"Surviving are three sons, Amos Klock, of Madison, O., William Klock of Gouverneur, and George Klock, Ogdensburg; two daughters, Mrs. Bressette and Mrs. J. W. Booth of Stockton, Cal., and several grandchildren."

Martha B. Neil and Bates Aaron Klock appeared in the census in 1880 in DeKalb, St Lawrence, NY. Page 335D. Bates Klock, 29, farmer, b. NY, par. b. NY; Martha, wife, 24, keeping house, b. NY, par. b. NY; Amos, son, 2, b. NY, par. b. NY.; Mary J. Neil, Mother-in-Law, 55, b. NY, par. b. NY. [LDS transcription] They were married about 1876. Martha's married name also seen as Block. Bates Aaron Klock (son of Luther Klock and Zylphia Ann Tupper) was born on 24 Jun 1847 in Montgomery county, NY. He died on 7 Jul 1894 in Emeryville, St. Lawrence, NY. "Bates Klock, after a lingering illness, died Sunday morning and was buried in Gouverneur cemetery Monday, Rev. Kernahan, of Fowler, officiating." [SLCHA Scrapbook #4, page 124, "Emeryville, July 10, 1894"] He was buried in Riverside cemetery, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, NY. Martha B. Neil and Bates Aaron Klock had the following children:

+158	i.	Amos Nelson Klock.
+159	ii.	Mary Jane Klock.
+160	iii.	William Jacob Klock.
161	iv.	Cora May Klock was born.
+162	v.	Levi P. Morton "Morton" Klock.
+163	vi.	Zelphia Anna "Anna" Klock.
+164	vii.	George Henry Klock.
+165	viii.	Hannah Klock.

Martha B. Neil and William Henry "Henry" Allen were married on 29 Jul 1895 in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, NY. "ALLEN--KLOCK.--In Gouverneur, July 29, by Rev. S. J. Greenfield, Wm. Henry Allen, of Russell, and Mrs. Martha B. Klock, of Emeryville." See Also Tribune, 7/30/1895, p.3. William and Martha reportedly had twin girls, who died young. Martha B. Neil and William Henry "Henry" Allen had the following children:

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Laura Allen.