Andrew Allen, 1782, Eunice Miner Allen, 1783, and Nancy Fountain White
Allen, 1811
Andrew Allen was born in Epsom, New Hampshire on August 4, 1783 and
christened the same day. He married Eunice Miner of
Shelburne, Massachusetts in 1806. The family was living in Essex County,
New York in 1812, and Andrew fought in the War of 1812
at nearby Lake Champlain. Eunice and her mother were both Mormons, having
converted around 1831. Others in the family were also
were also baptized in the Mormon faith. In 1850, Andrew and Eunice were
living in Parma, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. In 1852, they were
living in Pottawattamie, Iowa. Their son Jude and his family were also
living there at the time. Between 1852 and 1856 Andrew and
Eunice must have divorced
because the 1856 state census in Iowa shows Andrew Allen living in
Ragland, Iowa with Nancy Allen and
her son Benjamin. In 1860, the federal US census shows Andrew Allen, wife
Nancy, and children Joshua, 9, and Emma, 4 in Ragland.
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