James Plant Allen and Mary Melissa Cochran

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Husband James Plant Allen ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 22 May 1842 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 May 1912 3
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: William Allen (1813-1862) 5
         Mother: Martha "Patty", "Patsy" Simcox (1817-1908) 6 7

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Mary Melissa Cochran ^{1 2}

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           Born: 28 Feb 1849 - Mercer Co, PA 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Sep 1929 - Wesley, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 8
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: William Cochran (      -      ) 8
         Mother: Elizabeth Weakley (      -      ) 8

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Children

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1 F Gertrude Allen ¹

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           Born: 1871
     Christened: 
           Died: 1956
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 9

         Spouse: Valentine Smith Sutton (1850-1931) 10 11
           Marr: 13 Dec 1916 1

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2 F Maggie M. Allen

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            AKA: Myrtle Allen 8
           Born: 1872 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 1961 - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 8
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 12

         Spouse: Harry C. Hovis (1873-1927) 8
           Marr: 1897 - ? Venango Co, PA

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3 M William Chambers Allen ²

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           Born: 13 Aug 1875 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Jul 1954 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Minta Almeda "Minnie" Hovis (1874-1953) 2
           Marr: 14 Dec 1899 - Venango Co, PA 2

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4 F Martha Ellen Allen ⁸

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           Born: 1876 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 1947 8
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Wesley Mayes (      -      ) 8

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5 M Joseph Bert Allen ⁸

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           Born: 1883 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 1969 8
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Madge Hamilton (      -      ) 8

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1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 704.

2 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 99.

3 Byron C. Allen, Simcox Family Group Sheets (Canfield, OH: Privately published, 1983), #60.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 9.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 960.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1032.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 538.

8 Byron C. Allen, Simcox Family Group Sheets (Canfield, OH: Privately published, 1983), #62.

9 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 37.

10 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 601.

11 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 539, 703.

12 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 24.