James W. Allen, a veteran of the Civil War, was born in Union Township and was a son of Warren and Mary (Coleman) Allen, who had come here from Delaware, Ohio and settled on a half section of land in Union township. Reared on the farm on which he was born, James W. Allen became a farmer on his own account after his marriage in 1860 to Anna Eliza Pippin and was thus engaged when the Civil War broke out. On August 6, 1862, he enlisted his services in behalf of the cause of the Union and went to the front as a private in Company B of the 45th regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. While serving with that gallant command, he was taken prisoner by the enemy and was confined in the rebel prison pen at Andersonville, Ga., where he died on May 26, 1864, as a consequence of the terrible privations there endured.
Martha Allen was the only child of James W. and Anna Eliza (Pippin) Allen.
[McMurray's 1923 History of Auglaize County]
Martha Allen was the only child of James W. and Anna Eliza (Pippin) Allen.
[McMurray's 1923 History of Auglaize County]
James W. Allen, a veteran of the Civil War, was born in Union Township and was a son of Warren and Mary (Coleman) Allen, who had come here from Delaware, Ohio and settled on a half section of land in Union township. Reared on the farm on which he was born, James W. Allen became a farmer on his own account after his marriage in 1860 to Anna Eliza Pippin and was thus engaged when the Civil War broke out. On August 6, 1862, he enlisted his services in behalf of the cause of the Union and went to the front as a private in Company B of the 45th regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. While serving with that gallant command, he was taken prisoner by the enemy and was confined in the rebel prison pen at Andersonville, Ga., where he died on May 26, 1864, as a consequence of the terrible privations there endured.
Martha Allen was the only child of James W. and Anna Eliza (Pippin) Allen.
[McMurray's 1923 History of Auglaize County]
Martha Allen was the only child of James W. and Anna Eliza (Pippin) Allen.
[McMurray's 1923 History of Auglaize County]
Gravesite Details
PVT B 45TH OHIO INF
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