Fry Family History

 (last update 29 Dec 2005)

Fourth Generation

( WILLIAM N.³, WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹)

3. Martha Melinda Allen [6150] was born about 1853 in Arkansas, and died 1950 in Dayton, Walla Walla County, Washington. She married Sanuel George Harris1872 in Arkansas, son of Samuel and Paralee Harris. He was born 16 September 1852 in Arkansas, and died after 16 March 1930 in Dayton, Walla Walla County, Washington.

Children of Martha Allen and Samuel Harris are:

1. Archie Harris, born 14 August 1873, Arkansas.
2. Orpha Jane Harris, born May 1877, Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon; died 1950, Dayton, Walla Walla County, Washington.
3. Ida Harris, born 1879, Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon; died 1892, Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon.
4. William Zurl Harris, born 17 May 1881, Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon; died 22 December 1961, Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon.
5. Martin Harris, born 1884, Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon; died, 1915, Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon.
6. Zella Dove Harris, born after 1884, Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon; died in Dayton, Walla Walla County, Washington.

6. John Patrick Allen [171] was born 14 October 1862 in Harmony, Johnson County, Arkansas and died 22 May 1946 in Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon. He married Alonia Alice Williams on 27 May 1883 in Johnson County, Arkansas. She was born 17 June 1866 in Missouri and died 27 December 1948 in the home of her daughter at in Prineville, Oregon. In 1885 the set out for the west. Alonia was pregnant for with their second child when John announced that they were moving west. Before leaving they visited both families but did not tell them about the move. They loaded their household into a wagon, hitched it to an ox, and started west. The country was still wild, sparsely settled, and had unfriendly Indians. The first several nights they camped without fire. Presently they came to the town of Muskogee in Oklahoma where their second son, Jesse, was born. John had to get an Indian doctor to attend Alonia as the white doctor didn't think they would be able to pay him. Jesse got a lot of attention from the Indian ladies as they had not seen many white babies. They stayed there for a short time to recoup their finances then continued by train to San Francisco. From there they traveled by boat to Portland, Oregon. There they transferring to a smaller boat and made their way upriver to Umatilla Landing, Oregon. They stopped at Heppner, Oregon a short time and then moved by wagon to Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon in July of 1885, where they made their home for the rest of their lives. When they first arrived in Long Creek, Alonia and John drove right past his sister Martha, not recognizing her. According to neighbor Calvin von Weissenflug...

"I remember them well. They lived just a half mile up the hill from us while we lived in the old Harper house. She was obviously a lovely young woman. He was an old Arkansas coon hunter. Always went to bed about 6:00 PM and got up at 2:00 AM. During the winter months he would have a small fire in the heater stove, sit up close, drink coffee and spit into a coffee can which he used as a spittoon. I have no notion as to what thoughts he had, but they must have been many as he sat there alone in the darkness. 

He bought his chewing tobacco in 'plugs'. A plug had ten 'cuts' and a cut measured about two inches by three inches by a half inch. Shirt pocket sized. I didn't see this, but the story was that whenever he bought a new plug he would lay one cut on the warmer oven in the kitchen for Alonia. 

One of my great grandmothers (Blackwell side) smoked a pipe. Tobacco use by women was commonplace in those days. They were quite discreet about it though. You never saw them do it and it wasn't talked about. 

I also remember when Richard died. Herbert was teaching at the Carter School and someone came by the school to tell him that Richard had disappeared from the house and that a gun was also missing. Herbert shut down the school for the day and immediately went home. The story that went around at the time was his death was by suicide. I wonder, though, about the date. You noted 1930. My estimate would have been that it was a year or so later than that. I was in the second grade at Carter School in 1930-1931 and I think I was a bit older than seven when he died."

Children of John Allen and Alonia Williams are:

1. Richard Allen, born 1884, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 1930, Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon.

2. Jessie Harrison Allen, born 10 May 1885, Muskogee, Indian Territory; died 18 September 1969, Canyon City, Grant County, Oregon.

3. Oscar Sullivan Allen, born 28 July 1886, Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon; died 21 May 1969, Burns, Oregon.

4. Christy Allen, born 1887 Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon, died 1950, Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon; married SADIE DAVIS.

5. Virgie Perry Allen, born 29 March 1889, Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon; died 2 February 1972, John Day, Grant County, Oregon; married Laura Pearl King.

6. Otis Allen, born about 1890, Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon; died about 1902, Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon.

7. Ethel Ortha Allen, born 19 June 1892, Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon; died 16 September 1981, Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon.

8. Bradley W. Allen, born 12 January 1897, Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon; died 3 December 1969, Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon.

9. Herbert B. Allen, born 1902,  Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon; died 1954, Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon.

10. Opal Allen, born after 1902, Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon; died Prineville, Oregon.

Bibliography:

• 1870 Federal Census, Johnson County, Arkansas

• 1880 Federal Census, Johnson County, Arkansas

• 1883 Marriage Records of Johnson County, Arkansas, Book P, page 519

7. Thomas Franklin Allen [937] was born 29 June 1867 in Illinois, and died 20 July 1933 in Horsehead, Johnson County, Arkansas. He married sophia Ann Miracle, daughter of John Dixon Miracle and Emily Frances Long, on 21 September 1890 in Johnson County, Arkansas. She was born 11 May 1876 in Jasper, Newton County, Arkansas, and died 1944 in Johnson County, Arkansas. Thomas was a farmer and in 1909 was elected to represent Johnson County in the Arkansas State Legislature. In 1930 his sister Susan, divorcee of Jimmie West lived with them. Thomas and Sophia are both buried in Hogan Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas.

Children of Thomas Allen and Sophia Miracleare:

1. + James Brazil Allen, born 30 July 1891, Johnson County, Arkansas; died between 1969 and 1970, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California; married 1) Charity Uptain, 13 October 1910, Johnson County, Arkansas, married 2) Lela [last name unknown].
2. + Tina Etta Allen, born 9 February 1893, Johnson County, Arkansas; died about 1910, Cecil, Franklin County, Arkansas.
3. Maude Belle Allen, born 17 May 1895, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 28 May 1964, McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
4. William Dixon Allen, born 8 September 1897, Johnson County, Arkansas; died March 1984.
5. + Archie Zearl Allen, born 7 December 1899, Arkansas; died 6 June 1952, Santa Barbara County, California; married Lillian Anderson.
6. Arville Roscoe Allen, born 28 December 1901, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 17 April 1946, Johnson County, Arkansas; married Lucy C. Hunt, 1 June 1904, Johnson County, Arkansas; born 1904; died 1979. Both buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas.
7. + Stella Samantha Allen, born 9 February 1904, Arkansas; died 5 June 1967, Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
8. Unnamed Allen, born 1905, Johnson County, Arkansas.
9. Unnamed Allen, born 1905, Johnson County, Arkansas.
10. Unnamed Allen, born 1905, Johnson County, Arkansas.
11. Glenn Rose Allen, born 13 November 1907, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 27 January 1985, Sikeston, New Madrid County, Missouri.
12. Myrtle Frances Allen, born 5 May 1910, Johnson County, Arkansas.
13. Finas Lester Allen, born 26 December 1912; died June 1972; married Opal Butler.
14. Forest Dustin Allen, born 7 December 1915; died 1965; married Mary Alton.

Bibliography

• 1870 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County.
• 1880 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County.
• 1890 Marriage Records of Johnson County, Arkansas, Book Q, page 613.
• 1900 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Horsehead Township, dwelling 5.
• 1909 Marriage Records of Johnson County, Arkansas, Book U, page 125, 28 Jul 1909, W. A. Adams (26) and Etta Allen (16).
• 1910 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Horsehead Township, dwelling 80.
• 1920 Marriage Records of Johnson County, Arkansas, Book W, page 189, C. C. Adams (30) and Stella Allen (16).
• 1930 Federal Census, Johnson County, Arkansas, Horsehead Township, page 313, dwelling 63, page 3b, Thomas F. Allen.

8. Richard Scott Allen [4147] was born 7 May 1870 in Arkansas, and died 1960 in Johnson County, Arkansas. He married 1) Amanda Campbell on 23 November 1890 in Johnson County, Arkansas, daughter of John and Margaret Campbell. She was born 30 November 1872, and died 6 March 1868. He then married 2) Edna Ethel Payne on 1 January 1903 in Johnson County. She was born 1884 and died 1931. Richard, Amanda and Edna are all buried in Hogan Cemetery, Johnson County.

Children of Richard Allen and Amanda Campbell are:

1. Selma L. Allen, born October 1892, Johnson County, Arkansas; married J. L. Barnes, 14 July 1910, Johnson County, Arkansas; born about 1883.
2. + William Seldon Allen, born July 1896, Arkansas, died 1984; married Dessie E. Ogden, 12 December 1913, Johnson County, Arkansas; born about 1896; died 1960.
3. Drew Allen, born March 1898, Arkansas.

Children of Richard Allen and Edna Payne are:

4. Irnia Allen, born about 1904, Johnson County,Arkansas.
5. Sadie Allen, born about 1905, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 1913, buried in Hogan Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas.
6. Horace Allen, born about 1907, Johnson County, Arkansas.
7. Annise Allen, born about 1910, Johnson County, Arkansas.
8. Ulys Allen (m), born 20 September 1914, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 16 August 1941; buried in Hogan Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas.
9. John P. Allen, born about 1916, Johnson County, Arkansas.
10. Troy Allen, born 28 June 1918, Johnson County, Arkansas, died 7 July 1985; buried in Hogan Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas; married Pauline [last name unknown], 14 February 1953.
11. Naomi Allen.
12. Ella M. Allen.
13. Richard S. Allen.
14. Harold Allen.
15. Virginia Allen.

Bibliography:

• 1870 Federal Census, Johnson County, Arkansas

• 1880 Federal Census, Johnson County, Arkansas

• 1900 Federal Census, Johnson County Arkansas, page 59b

• 1903 Marriage Records of Johnson County, Arkansas, Boot S, page 543

• 1910 Federal Census, Johnson County, Arkansas, Horsehead Township, dwelling 83

• 1913 Marriage Records of Johnson County, Arkansas, Book V, page 18. William Allen and Dessie Ogden

• 1930 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Horsehead Township, page 3b, William S. Allen.

9. Charles Harrison 'Charlie' Allen [3012] was born 22 April 1873 in Harmony, Johnson County, Arkansas, and died 4 September 1955 in New Madrid County, Missouri. He married 1) Mary Elizabeth Garrett, daughter of James Garrett and Elizabeth Turner, on 13 December 1894 in Johnson County, Arkansas. She was born 26 December 1876 in Arkansas, and died 22 May 1906 in Johnson County, Arkansas. He married 2) Laura Elizabeth Pryor, daughter of John Pryor and Surilda Sharp, on 28 January 1913 in Johnson County, Arkansas. She was born 1 December 1888 in Arkansas. Mary is buried in Hogan Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas. Charles and Laura are buried in Evergreen Cemetery, New Madrid County, Missouri.

Children of Charles Allen and Mary Garrett are:

1. Rueben E. Allen, born March 1897, Johnson County, Arkansas, died 3 February 1965; married Anna Belle [last name unknown].
2. Jules Hullen Allen, born 6 January 1899, Johnson County, Arkansas; died December 1985, Umatilla, Umatilla County, Oregon.
3. * Dewey Allen, born 12 March 1901; Muldrow, Indian Territory (now Seuoyah County, Oklahoma), died 2 November 1985, Houston, Harris County, Texas; married Lottie Mae Ford, daughter of Abraham Ford and Jennie Fowler, 6 September 1919, Harmony, Johnson County, Arkansas; born 29 July 1904, Oktaha, Indian Territory (now Muskogee County, Oklahoma); died 24 January 1993, Houston, Harris County, Texas.

Bibliography

• 1880 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County.
• 1894 Marriage Records of Johnson County, Arkansas, Book U, page 562 [Charles and Mary]
• 1900 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Horsehead Township, dwelling 33, page 56born
• 1906 Grave Marker, Hogan Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas; Mary Allen
• 1910 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Horsehead Township, dwelling 67.
• 1919 Marriage Records of Johnson County, Arkansas, Book W, page 57, 6 Sep 1919, Dewey Allen (18) and Lottie Ford (15).
• 1953 Grave Marker, Evergreen Cemetery, New Madrid County, Missouri; Laura Allen
• 1955 Grave Marker, Evergreen Cemetery, New Madrid County, Missouri; Charles Allen