William Henry Allen

1825 - 1897  (72 years)

• Name	William Henry Allen
  Birth	7 Mar 1825	Bristol, Ontario Co., New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Nov 1897	Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, USA
  Burial	Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, USA
  Notes	From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893; William H. Allen, Canandaigua, was born in Bristol, March 7, 1825. The grandfather, Chauncey, was a native of Stratford county, Conn., who came with his family to Ontario county in 1792, locating on land in the town of Bristol. Chauncey married Rhoda Shephard of Connecticut, and they had five sons and two daughters. Howell, the father of William H., was born in Bristol in 1799. He had a common school education and followed farming in Bristol. When his father came to this country, he took up 320 acres, and Howell had the management of this until his father's death, when the property was divided, and his share was his home until he died in 1864. He married Sophia Lewis of Bristol, and they had eight children, five of whom are living: Austin, a coal dealer of Canandaigua, a farmer of Battle Creek, Mich.; Levi, of Wayne county; James, of Cheshire; and William H. The latter was educated in the common schools and Lima Seminary, and took up farming. For a number of winters in his younger days he taught school. His first purchase of a farm was in 1853, when he bought fifty acres in Bristol. He gradually added to this until he had 200 acres, and owned besides 300 acres in other farms. In the fall of 1882 he moved to Canandaigua, and the next year bought ten acres in Bristol street, where he has erected a beautiful residence. Mr. Allen is a Republican and while in Bristol was superintendent of schools and assessor. He married in 1855 Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Gregg of Bristol, and they had two children: Ida, wife of Eugene Simmons of Canandaigua; and Nettie, wife of Alvin Highby of Buffalo. Mrs. Allen died February 17, 1888, and he married second, in November, 1889, Minnie, daughter of William W. Hadley, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and widow of Cyrus Briggs of Honeoye.
  Person ID	I28331	OurNorthernRoots
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	Howell Allen
  Family ID	F11008	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Abigail Gregg,   b. 24 Mar 1830, Bristol, Ontario Co., New York, USA d. 17 Feb 1888, Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	1855
  Children	1. Ida B. Allen,   b. 1858, Bristol, Ontario Co., New York, USA d. 1925 (Age 67 years)   2. Nettie Allen,   b. 1863, Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, USA d. 31 Dec 1898, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York, USA (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F8715	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Minnie E. Hadley,   b. Oct 1843, Akron, Summit Co., Ohio, USA d. 4 Dec 1925, Honeoye, Richmond, Ontario Co., New York, USA (Age ~ 82 years)
  Marriage	Nov 1889
  Family ID	F8714	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 7 Mar 1825 - Bristol, Ontario Co., New York, USA Death - 9 Nov 1897 - Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, USA Burial - - Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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