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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