James M. ALLEN ¹

  General Notes:

History of Mercer & Henderson Counties (IL), Chicago, H. H. Hill & Co., 1882:
"Terre Haute Twp." - page 448:
Among the present business men of Terre Haute, and those to whom Henderson county is their birth-place and home, is James M. Allen. He was born in 1848, and reared on the farm. His early education was such training as he could get in the district school. He followed the vocation taught him by his father till 1881, when he engaged in the general mercantile business in Terre Haute, which business he still continues with a good trade. His father was Silas and his mother Mary Allen, both of New York. They came to Illinios in 1845, and settled in Henderson county. The father died in 1851; the mother afterward married W.A. Rogers,and now lives one mile south of Terre Haute. Silas Allen was a farmer, well respected by all in the community. He raised a family of five children, all of which are now living. J.M. was married in 1869, to Sarah Louisa Perry, a native of Wisconson, born in 1851, and daughter of James and Lydia (Edmunds) Perry, both of Ohio; came here with the early settlers. The mother died in 1856, aged thirty-two; the father now lives in Wisconson. They came to Henderson county from Wisconson and returned. Mr. Allen has by this marriage three children; Ida V.(deceased), James A. and Clide M. He and wife are members of the Methodist church. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge at Terre Haute.

James married Sarah Louisa PERRY, daughter of James PERRY and Lydia EDMUNDS, in 1869.¹ (Sarah Louisa PERRY was born in 1851 in WI ¹.)