Family Histories of Coleman County, Texas

The W. J. Allen Family
by Mrs. George W. Allen

From A History of Coleman County and Its People, 1985 
edited by Judia and Ralph Terry, and Vena Bob Gates - used by permission
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     Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Allen and children moved from Manor, Texas, to the Hardin and Gouldbusk area about 1910.  Their children were: Barbara, Bessie, Katherine, George Dan, Alfred, Molly, Rebecca, Margaret and William.  After Mr. Allen's death, George supported his mother, who lived in Coleman until her death in 1955.  The Siler family were their neighbors when they lived in the Hardin area.  Bessie and Albert Siler married and later moved to Melvin.  Barbara married Jimmie Lee Van Dyke (see Van Dyke Family).  George married Ruby (Martin) Page, who was Postmaster in Doole, in January, 1947, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Martin, who owned the General Merchandise Store in Glen Cove in 1931-33.  George died November 11, 1975, buried in Brady.


 
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