Joseph Alexander Allen and Sarah Coleman

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Husband Joseph Alexander Allen ^{1 2}

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           Born: 24 May 1809 - Penn's Valley, Potter Twp, Centre Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1897 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: Joseph Allen (1767-1824/1827) 4 5
         Mother: Mary Biggs (1768/1780-1850) 4 5

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       Marriage: 1836 4

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   Other Spouse: Juliet Parker McKee (1819-1848) 6 7

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   Other Spouse: Caroline Cossitt Coulter (1826-1895) 8 9 - 1850 4

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Wife Sarah Coleman ^{4 5}

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           Born: 1814
     Christened: 
           Died: 1843 or 1845 4
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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Children

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1 M Joshua Coleman Allen ^{4 5}

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           Born: 6 Aug 1838 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Feb 1911 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Samira McMullen (1841-1914) 5

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2 F Mary Jane Allen ⁴

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           Born: 22 Jul 1840 - Venango Co, PA 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Nov 1925 10
         Buried:  - Smith Center, Smith Co, KS

         Spouse: John Wesley "Jack" Henderson (1838-1893) 4 11

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3 M John Munson Allen ⁴

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           Born: 1843
     Christened: 
           Died: 1909 - Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 12

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Alexander Allen

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He obtained a limited education in the schools of his native township and was brought up to farm labor. He was a member of Amity Presbyterian church for fifty-six years, and for fifty-one years of that time a ruling elder. He was elected and served as captain First company Seventy-Eighth regiment of militia, from 1842, being commissioned by Governor D. R. Porter. Mr. Allen was a stanch Republican in politics, always took a leading part in school interests and progress in his community, and was prominently identified with the material development of the county. [HVC 1890, 960]

He was four years old when the family settled in Venango County, PA, spent practically all his life there. He recalled seeing the soldiers of the war of 1812-15 pass the farm on the way to Erie. He had limited educational advantages, the local school facilities being rather meager in his day, and was brought up to farming, in which he was prosperously engaged all his days. The home farm came into his possession, and he always resided there. He was a prominent man in the locality in his time, and showed an intelligent interest in its welfare, being particularly devoted to the advancement of the public schools. He served three years as county commissioner, from October, 1859, to October, 1862. In 1842 he was elected and served as captain of the 1st Company, 78th Regiment of Militia, receiving his commission from Gov. D. R. Porter. Politically he was a Republican, in religion a Presbyterian, a member of the Amity Church for over sixty years and a ruling elder of that congregation for more than fifty years. [CAB, 1034]

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 960, 983, 1000.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 598, 680, 1034.

3 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 8.

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

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1034.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 960, 983.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 598, 1034.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 960, 1000.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 680, 1034.

10 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 95.

11 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 54.

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 9.