His mother was Louisa J. Chambers, who was born in St. Charles County, Missouri.
He grew up in Truxton, Missouri, from the time he was about 8 years old and lived there until after the Civil War. He became a Methodist minister after the War Between the States. He initially ministered around western Missouri, allegedly serving as minister to members of James family, although the family history is somewhat garbled in this regard. Between 1880 and 1900 he moved around parts of what was to become Oklahoma, often in concert with his younger brother, Charles Pines Allen.
During the 1880s, while he was living in Beaver City in what is now the Oklahoma panhandle while it was unattached to any U. S. state or territory, he was part of the organizing group attempting to form it into its own territory known as the Cimarron Territory. He was later elected as a territorial senator under the territorial constitution that he helped to write.
After the U. S. Congress declined to recognize the aspiring territory, many of the settlers left for an Oklahoma land run. A few years later, in 1892, Robert and his brother Charles also left for another land run along the Canadian River in western Oklahoma. Sometime around 1900, he supposedly departed from there to Colorado according to unconfirmed family history.
His birth, death and burial information along with parents' names and states of birth from Ancestry.com. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
He grew up in Truxton, Missouri, from the time he was about 8 years old and lived there until after the Civil War. He became a Methodist minister after the War Between the States. He initially ministered around western Missouri, allegedly serving as minister to members of James family, although the family history is somewhat garbled in this regard. Between 1880 and 1900 he moved around parts of what was to become Oklahoma, often in concert with his younger brother, Charles Pines Allen.
During the 1880s, while he was living in Beaver City in what is now the Oklahoma panhandle while it was unattached to any U. S. state or territory, he was part of the organizing group attempting to form it into its own territory known as the Cimarron Territory. He was later elected as a territorial senator under the territorial constitution that he helped to write.
After the U. S. Congress declined to recognize the aspiring territory, many of the settlers left for an Oklahoma land run. A few years later, in 1892, Robert and his brother Charles also left for another land run along the Canadian River in western Oklahoma. Sometime around 1900, he supposedly departed from there to Colorado according to unconfirmed family history.
His birth, death and burial information along with parents' names and states of birth from Ancestry.com. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
His mother was Louisa J. Chambers, who was born in St. Charles County, Missouri.
He grew up in Truxton, Missouri, from the time he was about 8 years old and lived there until after the Civil War. He became a Methodist minister after the War Between the States. He initially ministered around western Missouri, allegedly serving as minister to members of James family, although the family history is somewhat garbled in this regard. Between 1880 and 1900 he moved around parts of what was to become Oklahoma, often in concert with his younger brother, Charles Pines Allen.
During the 1880s, while he was living in Beaver City in what is now the Oklahoma panhandle while it was unattached to any U. S. state or territory, he was part of the organizing group attempting to form it into its own territory known as the Cimarron Territory. He was later elected as a territorial senator under the territorial constitution that he helped to write.
After the U. S. Congress declined to recognize the aspiring territory, many of the settlers left for an Oklahoma land run. A few years later, in 1892, Robert and his brother Charles also left for another land run along the Canadian River in western Oklahoma. Sometime around 1900, he supposedly departed from there to Colorado according to unconfirmed family history.
His birth, death and burial information along with parents' names and states of birth from Ancestry.com. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
He grew up in Truxton, Missouri, from the time he was about 8 years old and lived there until after the Civil War. He became a Methodist minister after the War Between the States. He initially ministered around western Missouri, allegedly serving as minister to members of James family, although the family history is somewhat garbled in this regard. Between 1880 and 1900 he moved around parts of what was to become Oklahoma, often in concert with his younger brother, Charles Pines Allen.
During the 1880s, while he was living in Beaver City in what is now the Oklahoma panhandle while it was unattached to any U. S. state or territory, he was part of the organizing group attempting to form it into its own territory known as the Cimarron Territory. He was later elected as a territorial senator under the territorial constitution that he helped to write.
After the U. S. Congress declined to recognize the aspiring territory, many of the settlers left for an Oklahoma land run. A few years later, in 1892, Robert and his brother Charles also left for another land run along the Canadian River in western Oklahoma. Sometime around 1900, he supposedly departed from there to Colorado according to unconfirmed family history.
His birth, death and burial information along with parents' names and states of birth from Ancestry.com. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
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