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Allen Family History

(last update 21 Mar 2005)

Seventh Generation

( WILLIAM SPENCER⁶ BOEN, ZIPLHA⁵ HORNER, SPENCER⁴, GEORGE³, WILLIAM², GEORGE¹)

Children of William Boen and Nancy Cowan

1. Mary E. Boen [2101] was born 16 May 1868 in Johnson County, Arkansas and died 13 November 1946 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas. She married John F. Lewis, son of John F. Lewis and Peggy Flemming, on 2 October 1884 in Johnson County, Arkansas. He was born 19 February 1867 in Arkansas and died 15 July 1923 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas. Both are buried in Harmony Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas.

Children of Mary Boen and John Lewis are:

J. Spencer Lewis, born about 1899, Johnson County, Arkansas; died before 2000.
Lossie B. Lewis, born 8 Aug 1890, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 13 August 2000, Johnson County, Arkansas; married Charles Newton Dickerson, son of Nathaniel Eli Dickerson and F. Permillia Vaught; born June 1896, Oark, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 25 January 1956, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas; both buried in Oakland Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas.
John W. Lewis.
Maude Lewis.

Bibliography

1880 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Mulberry Township, page 250c, John S. Lewis.

Burials, Harmony Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas

Burials, Oakland Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas

2. Dalena 'Lanie' Boen [2102] was born about 1869 in Johnson County, Arkansas. She married Thomas R. Lewis, son of John S. Lewis and Peggy Flemming, on 25 October 1888 in Johnson County, Arkansas. He was born about 1869 in Arkansas. Thomas as a salesman in a general store in Clarksville.

Children of Dalena Boena dn Thomas Lewis are:

Elfie Lewis, born about 1889, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas.
Efton Lewis, born about 1892, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas.
Myrtle Lewis, born about 1894, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas.
Melbourne Lewis, born about 1896, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas.
Birgil Lewis, born about 1904, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas.

Bibliography

1880 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Mulberry Township, page 250c, John S. Lewis.

1888 Johnson County, Arkansas Marriages 1879-1890

1910 Federal Census, AR, Madison County, District 74, Kentucky Township, page 106a, Thomas R. Lewis.

1930 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, District 22, Clarksville, page 1a, T. R. Lewis.

3. James Roland Boen [2107] was born 13 May 1872 in Fallsville, Newton County, Arkansas and died 30 May 1957 in Johnson County, Arkansas. He married Susan L. Anna 'Annie' Spiva, daughter of Nathaniel William Spiva and Susanna Seastrunk, on 14 July 1889 in Johnson County, Arkansas. She was born 1 July 1873 in Louisiana and died 22 February 1952 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas. James was a farmer but by 1930 moved into grocery sales. James and Annie are both buried in Oakland Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas.

Children of James Boen and Annie Spiva are:

Lillie May Boen, born 17 May 1890, Fallsville, Newton County, Arkansas; died 29 January 1931, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas; married James Wesley Dickerson, born January 1891, Oark, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 16 October 1972, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas. Both buried in Oakland Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas.
Charles E. Boen, born about 1896, Arkansas.
Pearl Boen, born about 1899, Arkansas; died before 1957.
Thomas H. Boen; born about 1902, Arkansas; died before 1957.
James Roy Boen, born about 1905, Arkansas.

Bibliography

1889 Johnson County, Arkansas Marriages 1879-1890

1900 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Mulberry Township, dwelling 46.

1910 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Mulberry Township, page 51a, James R. Boen.

1930 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, ED 22, Spadra Township, Clarksville, page 3b, J. R. Boen.

1931 Obituary, The Herald-Democrat, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas, 5 February 1931, Lillie Dickerson

1952 Obituary, The Graphic, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas, 28 February 1952, Annie Boen

1957 Obituary, The Graphic, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas, 6 June 1957, James Boen

Grave Markers, Oakland Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas