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Jerry Richmond Allen

Male 1866 - 1933  (66 years)


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  • Name Jerry Richmond Allen 
    Born 16 Aug 1866  Mount Pleasant, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Jul 1933  Denver, CO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 25 Jul 1933  Osceola, NE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I22  Conarroe
    Last Modified 3 Jun 2018 

    Father Joseph Allen,   b. 1837, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1905, Osceola, Polk County, NE Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Charlotte Richmond,   b. 1847, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1937, Osceola, Polk County, NE Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Family ID F6  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Franziska Weinlich,   b. Mar 1872, Ă–sterreich Deutschlosen, Austria Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jan 1905, Calhan, CO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years) 
    Married 15 Apr 1888  Calhan, CO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Arthur Edwin Allen,   b. Mar 1888, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Alice Allen,   b. Jul 1890, Wyoming Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +3. Grace Allen,   b. 18 Jul 1893, Hastings, NE Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1971, Simla, CO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [Birth]
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2018 
    Family ID F5  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    • Obituary
      Jerry Richmond Allen

      Pioneer passes away

      Jerry Richmond Allen was born August 16th, 1866, at Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, and moving with his parents to Polk County, Nebraska, in spring 1872. Thirty-five years ago he moved to Calhan, Colo.
      On April 15, 1888, he was united in marriage with Miss Fannie Weinlich and to them were born three children, a son, Arthur E. Allen of Sacramento, California, and two daughters, Mrs. Alice Allen Grossnicklaus of Oseola, Neb., and Mrs. Grace Allen Conarroe of Calhan, Colo. All of whom survive their father. Their mother having passed away on January 14th, 1905. There are also seven grandchildren and one great grand child surviving.
      Later Mr. Allen was united in marriage to Mrs. Anna Bates who is left to mourn her husband’s passing.
      When in Calhan Mr. Allen helped organize the Calhan M.E. Church, he and his wife being the first members. He was also a charter member of the I.O.O.F. lodge of Calhan. He owned a blacksmith shop while in Calhan and had many friends in this community.
      Mr. Allen passed away in a hospital in Denver, Saturday, July 22, 1833, from cancer. Funeral services were conducted in Osceola, Neb. July 25. The services were held at the Methodist Church and remains laid to rest in Osceola cemetery.
      His classmates were pall bearers and his boyhood friends led in the song service.