Souvenir Edition, The Williamstown Courier, Williamstown, Ky, May 30, 
1901, reprinted September 19, 1981 by the Grant County KY Historical 
Society.

JOHN U. ALLPHIN was born June 12, 1871, in Kenton County, two miles
north of Crittenden.  He is the eldest son of Ransom and Nannie Allphin.
When John was five years of age his father removed to Mason, in Grant 
County.  John secured his education in the common schools of the county,
except that he attended college one year.  He followed the farm until 
he was about grown.  At the age of 18 he was appointed agent for the 
Cincinnati Southern Railway at Bracht Station, which position he held 
two years.  He also was brakeman on the Cincinnati Southern for about a 
year, and later represented the Singer Sewing Machine Company in this 
locality.  John is Postmaster under the present Republican 
administration, and has proved efficient in the performance of every 
duty.  He is quite popular with all parties, and will likely hold his 
position four more years.  He has recently built a new storeroom in 
Crittenden, into which he has put a large stock of groceries and in 
which the post office is also located.  He is building up an excellent 
trade, which is steadily growing.  Mr. Allphin was married a few years 
ago to Miss Mattie C. Curtis, a charming and cultivated lady of 
Maderia, Ohio.  A sweet little baby girl has come to fill their cup of 
connubial bliss to overflowing, and they are as happy as any people on 
this earth have a right to be.  In religion John Allphin is a Methodist,
and is a working member.  He belongs to the F. & A. M. Lodge at 
Crittenden, and is a man of considerable influence in the order. 

Allphin Curtis
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Kenton-KY OH

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