Reuben J. Allen

Reuben J. Allen

• Father: Robert C. Allen b. circa 1805, d. April 1860
• Mother: Penelope Stultz b. 16 February 1815, d. 22 August 1899

• Reuben J. Allen was born in February 1849 in Illinois.
• Robert C. Allen and Penelope Stultz appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Fayette County, Illinois. Other members of the household included Reuben J. Allen. Also in the household were children Andrew (age 18), John (16), William (13), Melinda (11), Sarah (6) all born in Tennessee, and Mary (5) born in Iowa.
• Penelope Stultz appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Grand River Township, Carroll County, Missouri. Other members of the household included Reuben J. Allen. Also in the household were children Sarah (age 18), Mary (13) and Robert (8), as well as L. Cunningham (18).
• He married Elizabeth C. Sparks, daughter of Barton Sparks and Christina Michael, on 20 November 1868 in Carroll County, Missouri, at the home of Barton Sparks, with Jackson thorp, JP, officiating.
• Reuben J. Allen and Elizabeth C. Sparks, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Grand River Township, Missouri. Also in the household was son William J. (born October 1869).
• He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
• Reuben J. Allen and Elizabeth C. Sparks appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Rea Township, Carroll County, Missouri. Other members of the household included Susie Viola Allen and Penelope Stultz. Also in the household were children William Jacob (age 9), John L. (8) and Gilbert A. (6).
• He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
• Reuben J. Allen and Elizabeth C. Sparks appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Eugene Township, Carroll County, Missouri. Other members of the household included Susie Viola Allen. Also in the household were children Mary J. (age 20), Oliver B. (17), Annie (15), Leora A. (13), Christina (10) and Penelope (6).
• He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
• Reuben J. Allen and Elizabeth C. Sparks appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Carrollton Township, Carroll Conty, Missouri. Also in the household were daughter Penelope (age 14) and grandson William Glen Ballinger (3).
• He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
• Reuben J. Allen and Elizabeth C. Sparks appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Eugene Township, Missouri. Also in the household were daughter Penelope (age 25) and grandson identified as William G Allen (13).
• He was a farmer, according to the 1920 census.
• Reuben J. Allen died in 1929.
• Elizabeth C. Sparks became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas.

• Last Edited: 1 Dec 2015