Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904, pp 616-617 [McCracken] RICHARD MASON ALLEN, a prominent farmer and stock dealer of McCracken county, Kentucky, was born in this county September 22, 1841, and is a son of William Peter and Lucinda (Stanley) Allen. The father was born near Petersburg, Virginia, March 20, 1812, and is now residing in McCracken county, being one of its oldest citizens. He is a son of Epps Allen, also a Virginian , and one of the early settlers of McCracken county, having come here about 1828, and died here aged about seventy-seven years. The mother of our subject was born in North Carolina, and is a daughter of William Stanley, who moved from North Carolina to Tennessee, and thence to Kentucky, becoming one of the pioneer settlers of McCracken county. The parents of our subject had three sons and one daughter, namely: William E., deceased; Needum S., a farmer of the county; Richard M.; Mary Duke, widow of Jack Williams, of McCracken county, Kentucky. The father is a Democrat, and in his religious views is a Baptist. The entire life of Mr. Allen has been spent in his native county where he married Irene Allen at the age of twenty-three years. She is a daughter of Dr. Lewis Allen, of Obion county, Tennessee, where she was born. Mr. R. M. Allen has been very successful and now owns three hundred and thirty-five acres of land, and is a heavy stock-raiser and dealer. He makes a specialty of horses, being the owner of the famous pacer Dyersburg, a stallion. He also has several fine brood mares, and he is well known among horsemen. In politics Mr. Allen is a Democrat, but has never desired office. In 1862 he went into the Confederate army under Captain Davis, and was attached to the Seventh Tennessee, serving three and one-half years, later being under Captain Falkner, and he participated in the battle of Belmont, and others. He was once wounded. He is an honorable gentleman, successful in his enterprises and holds the confidence of his fellow citizens. Allen Stanley Williams Davis Falkner = VA NC Obion-TN http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/mccracken/allen.rm.txt