Joseph Alexander Allen and Caroline Cossitt Coulter

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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: 1850 4

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   Other Spouse: Sarah Coleman (1814-1843/1845) 4 5 - 1836 4

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

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Wife Caroline Cossitt Coulter ^{8 9}

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            AKA: Caroline Cossett Coulter
           Born: 1826
     Christened: 
           Died: 1895 - near Wesley, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: Dr. John Coulter, M.D. (1787/1797-1849) 10 11 12 13
         Mother: Achsah Riggs (      -      ) 12 14

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Children

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1 F Juliet Achsah Allen ^{5 15}

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           Born: 1850
     Christened: 
           Died: 1913 - Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 16

         Spouse: William Milton Glenn (1846/1848-1911) 15
           Marr: 29 Oct 1874 17

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2 M Cyrus Glenn Allen ^{4 5}

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           Born: 
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3 F Martha Ann Allen ^{4 5}

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         Spouse: John Williams (      -      ) 4 5

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4 F Sarah Caroline Allen ⁴

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           Born: 1860
     Christened: 
           Died: 1925
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 18

         Spouse: Dr. Robert John McMichael, M.D. (1851-1914) 19

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5 M William Elliott Allen ^{4 20}

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           Born: 19 Mar 1862 - Wesley, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 21
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Henderson (1862-      ) 20
           Marr: 22 Jun 1892 - Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 21

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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 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 574.

11 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 986, 1000.

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

13 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1043.

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

15 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 960, 1036.

16 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 21.

17 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1036.

18 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 29.

19 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1360.

20 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 93.

21 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 156.