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.


Page 566.


WILLIAM G. ALLEN was born October 4, 1866, in the house he now
occupies. He was the son of William and Margaret (Griffin) Allen,
who were natives of this country, William, Sr., being the son of
John and Martha J. (Griffin) Allen. His wife, Margaret, was a
daughter of William and Isabelle Griffin, natives of Scotland.
William G. Allen's life was spent at all times at home on the
farm, the early part being spent in acquiring an education at
the common schools of the county. At present he resides with
his cousin on the homestead farm which he operates, and makes
by industry and perseverance, a good substantial citizen in his
community. William Allen, Sr., was born in 1807, near the
residence now occupied by his son. His whole life was spent on
the farm occupied by the son. He was married first in 1836 to
Miss Jane Workman, with whom he lived until her death in April,
1861. He was the father of five children, three of whom are still
living: John, born February, 1837; Martha, born July, 1838; James,
born January, 1841; Abraham W., born March, 1846; Mary J., born
August, 1847. John, Mary and Abraham W. are still living, John W.
living in St. Louis, Mo., with his wife and family, where he is
engaged in editing the Presbyterian Banner, and preaching the gospel
of that faith. Abraham lives in Kansas City, Mo., where he, with
his wife and family, is engaged in real estate and notary public.
Mary is married to James Dixon, a native of Belmont county, and
with her husband, lives at present in Bellaire, where her husband
is living the life of a retired farmer, and is a good substantial
citizen. Mr. William Allen, Sr., remarried, after the death of his
first wife, in April, 1861, a Miss Margaret Griffin, of this county,
in January, 1863. By the second marriage Mr. Allen was the father
of two children, but one of whom is still living: Isabel, born August
15, 1864; William, born October 4, 1866. Isabel died October 16, 1885.
Isabel was married January, 1884, to Mr. Charles T. Crymble, a son of
Joseph Crymble, native of this state. She only lived one year after
marriage. The second wife of Mr. William Allen, Sr., died September
22nd, 1887, at the old homestead where she had tolled and labored,
and when she left this world for a better one, left behind many warm
personal friends, as well as one who lost a kind and affectionate
mother. William Allen, Sr., died December 25, 1874, on the homestead
farm, and in his death the children lost a kind and loving father,
the wife a loving husband, and the state one of her best citizens.