Father's Name: Jeremiah Allen
Mother Name: Charlotte Nichols
John N. Allen, grocer and provision merchant at Evart, was born April 19, 1833, in Monroe Co., N. Y.
He is the son of Jeremiah and Charlotte Allen, and was reared to the age of 16 years on a farm.
His first independent movement in business was as a traveling salesman, in which capacity he operated 13 years.
In 1864 he bought a farm situated near Pontiac, Oakland Co., Mich., whence he went to Port Huron and from there engaged in exploring for oil in the Dominion of Canada, and speculating in oil stocks at Port Huron and Detroit.
He went next to Southfield, Oakland County, where he bought a 40-acre farm, on which he operated three years, going thence to Northville, Wayne Co., Mich., where he became interested in a large peach orchard.
In the fall of 1872 he came to Evart and bought the site of the building where he is now transacting his business, and erected the structure in which he continued to prosecute the grocery trade without intermission.
He is the owner of 160 acres of land on section 10, Evart Township, with 35 acres under culture.
He is serving his eighth term as Township Clerk of Evart.
Mr. Allen was married July 14, 1864, at New Market, Canada, to Jennie C. Hoag, and their children were born as follows: Cora, Sept. 20, 1865, near Pontiac; Annie, June 2, 1867,at Port Huron; Edith, March 17,1873; John, Sept. 21, 1877, and died June 2, 1884.
The two last children were born at Evart. Mrs. Allen was born Dec. 6, 1843, in Somerset, Niagara Co., N. Y., and is the daughter of Aaron and Marinda (Bennett) Hoag.
research credit, Cheryl Zill, 10/14/2022
Her parents were natives of the State of New York.
Notes
John N. Allen, b. 19 April 1833, Monroe Co. , NY
Parents: Jeremiah and Charlotte Allen
Career: farming, oil exploration and merchantile
Married: Jennie C. Hoag 14 July 1864 in New market, Canada
lists children and DOB
Portrait and biographical album of Osceola county [Mich.] containing ... biographical sketches of prominent ... citizens ... also ... a complete history of the county, from its earliest settlement to the present time
Mother Name: Charlotte Nichols
John N. Allen, grocer and provision merchant at Evart, was born April 19, 1833, in Monroe Co., N. Y.
He is the son of Jeremiah and Charlotte Allen, and was reared to the age of 16 years on a farm.
His first independent movement in business was as a traveling salesman, in which capacity he operated 13 years.
In 1864 he bought a farm situated near Pontiac, Oakland Co., Mich., whence he went to Port Huron and from there engaged in exploring for oil in the Dominion of Canada, and speculating in oil stocks at Port Huron and Detroit.
He went next to Southfield, Oakland County, where he bought a 40-acre farm, on which he operated three years, going thence to Northville, Wayne Co., Mich., where he became interested in a large peach orchard.
In the fall of 1872 he came to Evart and bought the site of the building where he is now transacting his business, and erected the structure in which he continued to prosecute the grocery trade without intermission.
He is the owner of 160 acres of land on section 10, Evart Township, with 35 acres under culture.
He is serving his eighth term as Township Clerk of Evart.
Mr. Allen was married July 14, 1864, at New Market, Canada, to Jennie C. Hoag, and their children were born as follows: Cora, Sept. 20, 1865, near Pontiac; Annie, June 2, 1867,at Port Huron; Edith, March 17,1873; John, Sept. 21, 1877, and died June 2, 1884.
The two last children were born at Evart. Mrs. Allen was born Dec. 6, 1843, in Somerset, Niagara Co., N. Y., and is the daughter of Aaron and Marinda (Bennett) Hoag.
research credit, Cheryl Zill, 10/14/2022
Her parents were natives of the State of New York.
Notes
John N. Allen, b. 19 April 1833, Monroe Co. , NY
Parents: Jeremiah and Charlotte Allen
Career: farming, oil exploration and merchantile
Married: Jennie C. Hoag 14 July 1864 in New market, Canada
lists children and DOB
Portrait and biographical album of Osceola county [Mich.] containing ... biographical sketches of prominent ... citizens ... also ... a complete history of the county, from its earliest settlement to the present time
Father's Name: Jeremiah Allen
Mother Name: Charlotte Nichols
John N. Allen, grocer and provision merchant at Evart, was born April 19, 1833, in Monroe Co., N. Y.
He is the son of Jeremiah and Charlotte Allen, and was reared to the age of 16 years on a farm.
His first independent movement in business was as a traveling salesman, in which capacity he operated 13 years.
In 1864 he bought a farm situated near Pontiac, Oakland Co., Mich., whence he went to Port Huron and from there engaged in exploring for oil in the Dominion of Canada, and speculating in oil stocks at Port Huron and Detroit.
He went next to Southfield, Oakland County, where he bought a 40-acre farm, on which he operated three years, going thence to Northville, Wayne Co., Mich., where he became interested in a large peach orchard.
In the fall of 1872 he came to Evart and bought the site of the building where he is now transacting his business, and erected the structure in which he continued to prosecute the grocery trade without intermission.
He is the owner of 160 acres of land on section 10, Evart Township, with 35 acres under culture.
He is serving his eighth term as Township Clerk of Evart.
Mr. Allen was married July 14, 1864, at New Market, Canada, to Jennie C. Hoag, and their children were born as follows: Cora, Sept. 20, 1865, near Pontiac; Annie, June 2, 1867,at Port Huron; Edith, March 17,1873; John, Sept. 21, 1877, and died June 2, 1884.
The two last children were born at Evart. Mrs. Allen was born Dec. 6, 1843, in Somerset, Niagara Co., N. Y., and is the daughter of Aaron and Marinda (Bennett) Hoag.
research credit, Cheryl Zill, 10/14/2022
Her parents were natives of the State of New York.
Notes
John N. Allen, b. 19 April 1833, Monroe Co. , NY
Parents: Jeremiah and Charlotte Allen
Career: farming, oil exploration and merchantile
Married: Jennie C. Hoag 14 July 1864 in New market, Canada
lists children and DOB
Portrait and biographical album of Osceola county [Mich.] containing ... biographical sketches of prominent ... citizens ... also ... a complete history of the county, from its earliest settlement to the present time
Mother Name: Charlotte Nichols
John N. Allen, grocer and provision merchant at Evart, was born April 19, 1833, in Monroe Co., N. Y.
He is the son of Jeremiah and Charlotte Allen, and was reared to the age of 16 years on a farm.
His first independent movement in business was as a traveling salesman, in which capacity he operated 13 years.
In 1864 he bought a farm situated near Pontiac, Oakland Co., Mich., whence he went to Port Huron and from there engaged in exploring for oil in the Dominion of Canada, and speculating in oil stocks at Port Huron and Detroit.
He went next to Southfield, Oakland County, where he bought a 40-acre farm, on which he operated three years, going thence to Northville, Wayne Co., Mich., where he became interested in a large peach orchard.
In the fall of 1872 he came to Evart and bought the site of the building where he is now transacting his business, and erected the structure in which he continued to prosecute the grocery trade without intermission.
He is the owner of 160 acres of land on section 10, Evart Township, with 35 acres under culture.
He is serving his eighth term as Township Clerk of Evart.
Mr. Allen was married July 14, 1864, at New Market, Canada, to Jennie C. Hoag, and their children were born as follows: Cora, Sept. 20, 1865, near Pontiac; Annie, June 2, 1867,at Port Huron; Edith, March 17,1873; John, Sept. 21, 1877, and died June 2, 1884.
The two last children were born at Evart. Mrs. Allen was born Dec. 6, 1843, in Somerset, Niagara Co., N. Y., and is the daughter of Aaron and Marinda (Bennett) Hoag.
research credit, Cheryl Zill, 10/14/2022
Her parents were natives of the State of New York.
Notes
John N. Allen, b. 19 April 1833, Monroe Co. , NY
Parents: Jeremiah and Charlotte Allen
Career: farming, oil exploration and merchantile
Married: Jennie C. Hoag 14 July 1864 in New market, Canada
lists children and DOB
Portrait and biographical album of Osceola county [Mich.] containing ... biographical sketches of prominent ... citizens ... also ... a complete history of the county, from its earliest settlement to the present time
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