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Israel Bee ALLEN

Israel Bee ALLEN

Male 1844 - 1919  (74 years)


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  • Name Israel Bee ALLEN
    Birth 15 Sep 1844  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 16 Nov 1861 to 10 Jun 1865  [4] 
    Pvt, Co M & L, 6th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War 
    • According to his military records, Israel Bee Allen enlisted on 20 Oct 1861 in West Union, Doddridge County. He mustered in as a Private in Co M, 6th W.Va. Inf, on 16 Nov 1861 at West Union. Company Muster Rolls show that he served the following military assignments:

      Jan/Feb 1862 and 30 Apr 1862 to 31 Aug 1862 - Guard at No. 4 Tunnel and at bridges of the North Western Virginia Railroad
      Jan/Feb 1863 - Guard at No. 5 Tunnel at N.W.Va.R.R. bridges.
      May/Jun 1863 - Guard at No. 18 Tunnel and N.W.Va.R.R. bridges
      Jul/Aug 1863, Sep/Oct 1863 and Nov/Dec 1863 - Guard at Blockhouse No. 8 (N.W.Va.R.R.)
      28 Dec 1863 - Reenlisted at Cumberland, Maryland, according to Co M & D Roll of Veteran Volunteers
      Jan/Feb 1864 - Guard at Blockhouse No. 8 (N.W.Va.R.R.)

      In May/Jun 1864, he was on furlough, rejoining his unit on 23 Jul 1864. On 26 Dec 1864, he was transferred to Co L, 6th W.Va. Infantry. He mustered out on 10 Jun 1865 at Wheeling.
    Occupation 1870, 1880  [5, 6] 
    dry goods merchant 
    Occupation From 1892 to 1897  [7] 
    assessor of Doddridge County 
    Census 1870. 1880, 1910  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [8, 9] 
    Occupation postmaster at Yeaters Mill (Center Point)  [10] 
    Residence 1917  Webster Springs, Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Death 3 Feb 1919  Webster Springs, Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 12] 
    • Death date on headstone is 1918.
    Burial Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Notes 
    • Allen, Isreal B.
      Isreal B. Allen was born at Center Point, Dodd. Co., Sept. 15, 1841 and died at his home at Webster Springs, W.V. Feb. 3, 1919, aged 74 years, 4 months, and 18 days, after a lingering illness of a complication of diseases incident to his advanced years. When troubles between our states resulted in our late civil war, he enlisted at an early age on the side of the Union, remaining in the service almost four years and until peace was finally restored. Shortly after the war, he engaged in the merchantile business at Center Point and followed merchandizing for 16 years. On July 25, 1867, he was united in marriage to Rebecca (Hutson), to which eleven sons and daughters were born, nine of which survive him. The sons are Richard E. of Center Point; Winter of Pennsboro, Pearly E. and J. Dallas of Salem and Dexter E. of Long Bottom, Ohio. The daughters are Mrs. T. F. (Florence) Hill of Flint; Mrs. Sarah Fleming of Rinehart; Mrs. Joseph (Mary F.) Trough of Folsom, R. 1 and Mrs. Hayden (Nellie) Rush of Salem. The companion and mother was called hence July 25, 1910 and two sons, A.W. Allen and Virgil I. Allen proceded him beyond the Mystic River. On Oct. 1, 1912 he was united in a second marriage to Ellen Payne of Webster's Springs, who with one son, I.B. Allen Jr., also survive him. Accompanied by friends and relatives, the remains was brought to the old home in McClellan, Wednesday Feb. 5 and the funeral services were conducted at the Center Point Christian Church at 10 o'clock a.m. Thursday Feb. 6 by Rev. H.H. Hoey of the Baptist Church. The interment was in the Christian Cemetery in charge of funeral director Davis of Salem.

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    Person ID I57382  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 May 2023

    Father Israel Joshua ALLEN,   b. CA 1792, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years)
    Mother Elizabeth BATTON,   b. CA 1802, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 51 years)
    Family ID F23744  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rebecca HUTSON,   b. 15 Sep 1843, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jul 1910, Little Battle, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Marriage 20 Jul 1867  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. Virgil Irvin ALLEN,   b. 16 Apr 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1917, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
    +2. Florence Victoria ALLEN,   b. 23 May 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1924 (Age 54 years)
    +3. Robert Ellsworth ALLEN,   b. 16 Nov 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1925, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
     4. Artemus Ward ALLEN,   b. 6 Mar 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1891, Little Battle, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)
     5. Israel Winter ALLEN,   b. 3 Jan 1874
    +6. Pearley Emerson ALLEN,   b. 15 Aug 1875, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1957, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +7. Sarah Elizabeth ALLEN,   b. 13 Jul 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1950 (Age 72 years)
    +8. Jesse Dallas ALLEN,   b. 17 Mar 1880, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1946, Norfolk, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    +9. Mary E. ALLEN,   b. 27 Jun 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1926, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)
    +10. Dexter Earnest "Deck" ALLEN,   b. 13 May 1884, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1948, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    +11. Nell Faye ALLEN,   b. 10 May 1886, Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1940 (Age 53 years)
    Family ID F23743  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Ellen PAYNE,   b. Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 1 Oct 1912  [13] 
    Family ID F36130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    4. [S37] Historical Military Records, (www.fold3.com).

    5. [S2060] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan Twp).

    6. [S2011] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    7. [S14] Obituary.

    8. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1395348&Type=Death.

    9. [S2012] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    10. [S2693] Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    11. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    12. [S2264] Webster County Death Records, Webster Springs, WV, DR p. 2, Line 7 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4882821&Type=Death.

    13. [S110] Obituary of husband.