William A. Allen lived in Honey Grove, Hunt Co.
TX until after the death of hisfirst wife, Mary
Ward Allen, who died in June 1859.William married a Sarah Sparks (possibly
a widow with a surname of Hail) from Tennessee. She was born in 1839. William
was born in SC in Edgfield District, then to TN.
His mother, Mary Wilson Bruce Allen
became widowed in 1828 and her sons, Wilson
Bruce Allen, Hiel
S. Allen and David Allen had already been to TX, so in Jan. 1838 she,
William, the rest of the family, moved to TX in the Lamar and Fannin Co.
Mary's husband had been David Allen, born abt. 1781 in NC.
Sarah Sparks Allen
2nd wife of William
A. Allen
She outlived William A. Allen and for some reason
is said to buried in Broken Arrow, OK. Her
husband William was said to have died before 1889.
Fannin County TXGenWeb
