Hiram married (1) Nancy Bruner 1 October 1848 in Putnam County. She was born about 1829 in Iowa to John and Deborah (Hodges) Bruner. She died 11 January 1850, 6 days after their first child was born: (1)Charles Allen b. 5 Jan 1850 Putnam Co, IN; d. 5 Oct 1923 Adair Co, MO; m. Cynthia Caroline Carlton 26 Apr 1877 Putnam Co, IN.
Hiram married (2) Mary Ellen Knetzer 19 June 1850 in Putnam County. She was born 22 November 1830 in Putnam County and died 28 September 1882. Her parents were Charles and Catherine (Gill) Knetzer. Hiram and Mary's children: (1)Martha Allen b. abt 1851 Putnam Co, IN (2)Milford Allen b. abt 1853 IN (3)Marilda "Rilda" Allen b. abt 1856 IN; m. Lyman B. Smith 31 Aug 1881 Putnam Co, IN (4)Catherine "Kate" Allen b. 14 Oct 1860 Putnam Co, IN; d. Mar 1936 Riverside Co, CA; m. William Nathan Furney 23 Dec 1875 Putnam Co, IN (5)Hiram P. Allen Jr. b. 6 May 1864 Putnam Co, IN; d. 4 Apr 1865 Putnam Co, IN, age 10m, 28d (6)Oscar Allen b. abt Apr 1870 Putnam Co, IN.
Hiram married (3) Jennie A. (Morgan) Stites 9 October 1881 in Putnam County. Jennie was born about 1849 in Indiana. They had 1 child.
CLAY COUNTY, INDIANA
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
BOWLING GREEN AND WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
HIRAM P. ALLEN, M. D., of Bowling Green, was born in Monroe County, Ind., August 15, 1827. His parents, James and Delia (Wright) Allen, are natives of North Carolina, and of English origin. Dr. Allen emigrated with his parents to Putnam County in 1829, locating in Greencastle, which was then a log village, and the county a wilderness. His father died when he was but ten years of age, and his mother and two sisters ^ere left to his support. At the age of fifteen years, he was apprenticed to a carpenter for three years, after which he entered Asbury University, remaining in that institution some time ; then commenced the study of medicine, continuing several years, two of which he was employed in a drug store at Greencastle, leaving there during the years 1861 and 1862 to attend Rush Medical College at Chicago. After completing his medical course, he began immediately the practice of his profession in Fillmore, Ind., where he remained a short time ; then removed to Bellville, Ind., where he continued in practice until the year 1881, when he located in Bowling Green, Clay Co., Ind., where he is at present engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery'. He was married in 1850 to Miss Knetzer. Six children were born to this union. Mrs. Allen died in 1881, and the Doctor, having the care of a family, was next married to Jennie A. Stites. She has borne her husband one child.
Counties of Clay & Owen Indiana Historial & Biographical, Illustrated by Charles Blanchard, Editor, Chicago: F. A. Battey& Co. Publishers 1884
Hiram married (1) Nancy Bruner 1 October 1848 in Putnam County. She was born about 1829 in Iowa to John and Deborah (Hodges) Bruner. She died 11 January 1850, 6 days after their first child was born: (1)Charles Allen b. 5 Jan 1850 Putnam Co, IN; d. 5 Oct 1923 Adair Co, MO; m. Cynthia Caroline Carlton 26 Apr 1877 Putnam Co, IN.
Hiram married (2) Mary Ellen Knetzer 19 June 1850 in Putnam County. She was born 22 November 1830 in Putnam County and died 28 September 1882. Her parents were Charles and Catherine (Gill) Knetzer. Hiram and Mary's children: (1)Martha Allen b. abt 1851 Putnam Co, IN (2)Milford Allen b. abt 1853 IN (3)Marilda "Rilda" Allen b. abt 1856 IN; m. Lyman B. Smith 31 Aug 1881 Putnam Co, IN (4)Catherine "Kate" Allen b. 14 Oct 1860 Putnam Co, IN; d. Mar 1936 Riverside Co, CA; m. William Nathan Furney 23 Dec 1875 Putnam Co, IN (5)Hiram P. Allen Jr. b. 6 May 1864 Putnam Co, IN; d. 4 Apr 1865 Putnam Co, IN, age 10m, 28d (6)Oscar Allen b. abt Apr 1870 Putnam Co, IN.
Hiram married (3) Jennie A. (Morgan) Stites 9 October 1881 in Putnam County. Jennie was born about 1849 in Indiana. They had 1 child.
CLAY COUNTY, INDIANA
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
BOWLING GREEN AND WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
HIRAM P. ALLEN, M. D., of Bowling Green, was born in Monroe County, Ind., August 15, 1827. His parents, James and Delia (Wright) Allen, are natives of North Carolina, and of English origin. Dr. Allen emigrated with his parents to Putnam County in 1829, locating in Greencastle, which was then a log village, and the county a wilderness. His father died when he was but ten years of age, and his mother and two sisters ^ere left to his support. At the age of fifteen years, he was apprenticed to a carpenter for three years, after which he entered Asbury University, remaining in that institution some time ; then commenced the study of medicine, continuing several years, two of which he was employed in a drug store at Greencastle, leaving there during the years 1861 and 1862 to attend Rush Medical College at Chicago. After completing his medical course, he began immediately the practice of his profession in Fillmore, Ind., where he remained a short time ; then removed to Bellville, Ind., where he continued in practice until the year 1881, when he located in Bowling Green, Clay Co., Ind., where he is at present engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery'. He was married in 1850 to Miss Knetzer. Six children were born to this union. Mrs. Allen died in 1881, and the Doctor, having the care of a family, was next married to Jennie A. Stites. She has borne her husband one child.
Counties of Clay & Owen Indiana Historial & Biographical, Illustrated by Charles Blanchard, Editor, Chicago: F. A. Battey& Co. Publishers 1884
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