BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Pages 521-522.


WILLIAM A. ALLEN was born in 1858, on the farm where he now resides in
Belmont county, Ohio. Was the son of John and Sarah (Greenlee) Allen,
both natives of Ohio. John Allen was the son of John and Martha J.
(Giffin) Allen, who came from Scotland to America some time before
the Revolutionary war. William has, since his birth, been living on
the farm formerly owned by his father, where he still resides. His
education has all been received from the common schools of the county.
He was married in 1888 to Miss Annie Warrell, a daughter of William
and Margaret J. (Mealy) Warrell, of Washington, Penn. They are not as
yet blessed with any children. Mr. Allen by industry and perseverance,
bids fair to follow in the tracks of his worthy father. John Allen,
father of William, was born 1814, on his father's farm in Belmont
county, on a part of which his son still resides. His life was prin-
cipally spent on the farm of his father, and in the early part of it
got an education from the common schools. He married in 1848, a Miss
Sarah Greenlee, born 1822, a native of this county, and a daughter of
James and Sarah Greenlee, who, from all the facts obtainable, were
from over the sea. By his first wife he was father of seven children,
only one of whom is living: Margaret A., Martha J., James, John, one
died in infancy, William, Lizzie B. William is the only living
representative of this family. Mrs. Sarah Allen died in 1861 on the
homestead farm, and at her death the family lost a kind mother and
loving parent, and the community a good citizen. John, the father
remarried in 1877, a Margaret McGregor, daughter of James McGregor,
a native of Pennsylvania. There were no children by the second
marriage. The second wife died after a short Illness. John Allen died
in 1886, and in his death the family lost a loving relative, and the
community one of her best citizens. He was always a strong supporter
of all educational matters, and a man who was always respected and
looked up to by his neighbors. The son, William, has by industry and
good management, maintained the family name and honor and is already
recognized as a man of much ability and resource in the community in
which he lives. He with his wife occupy the home of his ancestors and
has a fine, well improved farm and a pleasant residence.