This might be a Cenotaph Memorial
Ebenzer Allen s/o David
M. Sylvia Morse in 1833 at Orono, Maine
ALLEN, EBENEZER (1804–1863). Ebenezer Allen, early state official and railroad promoter, was born in Newport, New Hampshire, on April 8, 1804. Allen 1st went to Maine, later he migrated to Texas in the 1830s. He became attorney general of Texas under Anson Jones in December 1844, served a while as secretary of state, and assisted Jones in framing the terms of annexation to the United States. He was attorney general under Governor Peter Hansbrough Bell from 1849 to 1853. In 1848 Allen was instrumental in securing the charter for the Galveston and Red River Railroad Company, and in the 1850s he was a promoter and manager of the Houston and Texas Central Railway. He supported secession and entered the Confederate service at the outbreak of the Civil War. He died in Virginia in 1863.
Relative states he is buried in Richmond but no records exist for internment.
Burial.......The burial place of Ebenezer Allen is finally known...maybe!
Sunday, October 18 1863 • Richmond VA . Per his obituary in the Richmond Examiner, he was buried by the Masons in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Hollywood has no record of this burial. Was he moved? Could it be to Texas?
Ebenzer Allen s/o David
M. Sylvia Morse in 1833 at Orono, Maine
ALLEN, EBENEZER (1804–1863). Ebenezer Allen, early state official and railroad promoter, was born in Newport, New Hampshire, on April 8, 1804. Allen 1st went to Maine, later he migrated to Texas in the 1830s. He became attorney general of Texas under Anson Jones in December 1844, served a while as secretary of state, and assisted Jones in framing the terms of annexation to the United States. He was attorney general under Governor Peter Hansbrough Bell from 1849 to 1853. In 1848 Allen was instrumental in securing the charter for the Galveston and Red River Railroad Company, and in the 1850s he was a promoter and manager of the Houston and Texas Central Railway. He supported secession and entered the Confederate service at the outbreak of the Civil War. He died in Virginia in 1863.
Relative states he is buried in Richmond but no records exist for internment.
Burial.......The burial place of Ebenezer Allen is finally known...maybe!
Sunday, October 18 1863 • Richmond VA . Per his obituary in the Richmond Examiner, he was buried by the Masons in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Hollywood has no record of this burial. Was he moved? Could it be to Texas?
This might be a Cenotaph Memorial
Ebenzer Allen s/o David
M. Sylvia Morse in 1833 at Orono, Maine
ALLEN, EBENEZER (1804–1863). Ebenezer Allen, early state official and railroad promoter, was born in Newport, New Hampshire, on April 8, 1804. Allen 1st went to Maine, later he migrated to Texas in the 1830s. He became attorney general of Texas under Anson Jones in December 1844, served a while as secretary of state, and assisted Jones in framing the terms of annexation to the United States. He was attorney general under Governor Peter Hansbrough Bell from 1849 to 1853. In 1848 Allen was instrumental in securing the charter for the Galveston and Red River Railroad Company, and in the 1850s he was a promoter and manager of the Houston and Texas Central Railway. He supported secession and entered the Confederate service at the outbreak of the Civil War. He died in Virginia in 1863.
Relative states he is buried in Richmond but no records exist for internment.
Burial.......The burial place of Ebenezer Allen is finally known...maybe!
Sunday, October 18 1863 • Richmond VA . Per his obituary in the Richmond Examiner, he was buried by the Masons in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Hollywood has no record of this burial. Was he moved? Could it be to Texas?
Ebenzer Allen s/o David
M. Sylvia Morse in 1833 at Orono, Maine
ALLEN, EBENEZER (1804–1863). Ebenezer Allen, early state official and railroad promoter, was born in Newport, New Hampshire, on April 8, 1804. Allen 1st went to Maine, later he migrated to Texas in the 1830s. He became attorney general of Texas under Anson Jones in December 1844, served a while as secretary of state, and assisted Jones in framing the terms of annexation to the United States. He was attorney general under Governor Peter Hansbrough Bell from 1849 to 1853. In 1848 Allen was instrumental in securing the charter for the Galveston and Red River Railroad Company, and in the 1850s he was a promoter and manager of the Houston and Texas Central Railway. He supported secession and entered the Confederate service at the outbreak of the Civil War. He died in Virginia in 1863.
Relative states he is buried in Richmond but no records exist for internment.
Burial.......The burial place of Ebenezer Allen is finally known...maybe!
Sunday, October 18 1863 • Richmond VA . Per his obituary in the Richmond Examiner, he was buried by the Masons in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Hollywood has no record of this burial. Was he moved? Could it be to Texas?
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