Re: PETER BUELL ALLEN; Polk Co AR
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In reply to:
Re: PETER BUELL ALLEN; Polk Co AR
3/28/00
Mary R. Hoskins is somewhat of a dead end for me, other than the marriage record in Vigo Co IN in 1836.In Censuses, her place of birth always given as New York, as was Peter B. Allen's & he was twice the Enumerator in AR.Silas Hoskins married Peter's older sister Amanda Allen in Vigo Co IN in 1825 - likely a brother, but I've never found them in the 1850 Census to get a state or year for his birth.There is a Joseph Hoskins also in Vigo Co - land patent in 1831.In the 1850 Census, Joseph was 56, born in TN, making him a tad old to have been another brother or a tad young to have been the father and yet slight errors could make all the difference.I've not yet found the Hoskins name in Ontario Co NY where the Allens had come from - I have no indication they knew each other before living in IN.