JANE ELIZA, born 1813, in Madison, N. J., to Rev. John G. and Margaretta Henderson Bergen. She was their oldest daughter and came with her parents to Springfield. Soon after their arrival, her father built a house on his own lot at the south side of Washington street, between Fourth and Fifth streets, and in that she taught school in 1829. That was believed to have been the first school taught by a lady in Springfield. She was married in April, 1833 to Col. Robert Allen. She was his second wife. They had two children, Robert and John.
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Reintered from Hutchinson Cemetery in October 1866 with husband Col. Robert Allen and their infant son John B. Died at age 43yrs, 6mos.
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Her stone is broken and mostly illegible; it is next to her husband Robert's stone.
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Reintered from Hutchinson Cemetery in October 1866 with husband Col. Robert Allen and their infant son John B. Died at age 43yrs, 6mos.
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Her stone is broken and mostly illegible; it is next to her husband Robert's stone.
JANE ELIZA, born 1813, in Madison, N. J., to Rev. John G. and Margaretta Henderson Bergen. She was their oldest daughter and came with her parents to Springfield. Soon after their arrival, her father built a house on his own lot at the south side of Washington street, between Fourth and Fifth streets, and in that she taught school in 1829. That was believed to have been the first school taught by a lady in Springfield. She was married in April, 1833 to Col. Robert Allen. She was his second wife. They had two children, Robert and John.
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Reintered from Hutchinson Cemetery in October 1866 with husband Col. Robert Allen and their infant son John B. Died at age 43yrs, 6mos.
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Her stone is broken and mostly illegible; it is next to her husband Robert's stone.
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Reintered from Hutchinson Cemetery in October 1866 with husband Col. Robert Allen and their infant son John B. Died at age 43yrs, 6mos.
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Her stone is broken and mostly illegible; it is next to her husband Robert's stone.
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