Rev. John Seaborn Allen (b. Abt. 1830, d. date unknown)
Rev. John Seaborn Allen (son of Mathew Allen and Rebecca Drummond) was born Abt. 1830 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, and died date unknown. He married Louisa J. Parks on November 04, 1852.
Notes for Rev. John Seaborn Allen: "A Memorial and Biographical history of Mclennon, Falls, Bell, and Coryell Counties-Texas" The Lewis Publishing Co. 1893
Rev. John Seaborn Allen, deceased was born in South Carolina, the fifth in the family of twelve children of Matthew and Rebecca (Drummond) Allen, natives of South Carolina. His father was a prominent man, and several times represented his county in the Legislature. The family moved to Alabama in 1837, and in Calhoun County, that state, he died, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. He was a veteran of the war of 1812. Rev. J.S. Allen received his education chiefly in the common schools. He was married in Alabama, to Miss Louise J. parks, and came to Texas during the '50's. Here he at once entered the ministry, preaching on the frontier and often acting as missionary among the Indians. he had charge of a church in lee County; from there went to Waco and assumed charge of the East Waco Church. he was engaged in preaching up to the time of his death. By his first wife, he had four sons and four daughters, and after her death he was married a second time, there being no issue from his second marriage.
More About Rev. John Seaborn Allen and Louisa J. Parks: Marriage: November 04, 1852
Rev. John Seaborn Allen (b. Abt. 1830, d. date unknown)
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