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Benjamin Allen

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Benjamin Allen

Birth
Chester County, South Carolina, USA
Death
9 Sep 1891 (aged 98)
Rockbridge, Greene County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Rockbridge, Greene County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Benjamin was married to Susanna Taylor on October 5, 1815, in Hopkins County, Kentucky. Benjamin and Susanna had the following children: Mary 'Polly' Barnett Miller, Sarah Hancock Courtney, John L. Allen, Nancy Cranfill, Margaret Dixon, and Albert Allen as well as one son and three daughters for whom no further information is known.

Benjamin Allen is the great-grandfather of William Alma Cranfill, known as "The Fat Man of Oklahoma". In 1918, Cranfill weighed 687 pounds.
Benjamin was married to Susanna Taylor on October 5, 1815, in Hopkins County, Kentucky. Benjamin and Susanna had the following children: Mary 'Polly' Barnett Miller, Sarah Hancock Courtney, John L. Allen, Nancy Cranfill, Margaret Dixon, and Albert Allen as well as one son and three daughters for whom no further information is known.

Benjamin Allen is the great-grandfather of William Alma Cranfill, known as "The Fat Man of Oklahoma". In 1918, Cranfill weighed 687 pounds.


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