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Loomis Allen (1885 - 1966)

Loomis Allen
Born in McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Died at age 81 in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Biography

The early years

Loomis Allen was born in McLeansboro, Illinois on the 3rd of May 1885 to William Allen and Rhonda Crouse.

Family Life

He would marry Mae Harrawood and they would have:

Mae passed away in 1954, and he would remarry to Rose E. McLemore.


Rose passed away in 1966

Through the years

In 1900[5]

In 1910[6]

In 1920[3]

In 1930[1]

In 1940[2]

Death

He died in November of 1966[7] Decatur, Illinois and he would be buried in the Graceland Cemetery in Decatur, Illinois[8]

LOOMIS ALLEN[9]

Funeral services for Loomis Allen will be at 1:30 pm Saturday at J J Moran & Son's where friends may call after 4 pm today. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery.

Mr. Allen, 81, of 253 E. King St. died at 6:20 pm, Wednsday at Decatur and Macon County Hospital.

Mr. Allen had been in the Wakefield Nursing Home for the past 10 months.

Mr. Allen, a retired Wabash employee, was born May 3, 1885 in McLeansboro.

He had worked for the Wabash Railroad for 46 years, and was a section foreman for part of that time.

Mr. Allen had been a Decatur resident for the last 30 years, moving to Decatur from Meredosia.

He was a member of the Methodist Church, of the Modern Woodman of American and of the Brotherhood of Railroad Employees.

He married Mae Harrawood, who died in 1954. He marrid Rose E. McLemore in 1958 in Decatur. She died Augst 7, 1966.

Mr. Allenleaves a son, Harold D. Allen, Decatur; daughter, Mrs. Walter (Janean) Pflaume, Freeport; brothers Vernon and Clyde, Freemont.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Year: 1930; Census Place: Sadorus, Champaign, Illinois; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0056; FHL microfilm: 2340145
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Year: 1940; Census Place: Decatur, Macon, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00843; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 58-17
  3. 3.0 3.1 Year: 1920; Census Place: Mayberry, Hamilton, Illinois; Roll: T625_366; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 57
  4. SSDI Janean Pflaume
  5. Year: 1900; Census Place: Twigg, Hamilton, Illinois; Roll: 304; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0058; FHL microfilm: 1240304
  6. Year: 1910; Census Place: Twigg, Hamilton, Illinois; Roll: T624_291; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0048; FHL microfilm: 1374304
  7. SSDI 702-05-3117 for Loomis Allen
  8. Find A Grave: Memorial #26708624 Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/26708624/loomis-allen : accessed 12 June 2021), memorial page for Loomis Allen (1885–1966), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26708624, citing Graceland Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Susan Moors (contributor 47987781) .
  9. Herald and Review Decatur, Illinois 11 Nov 1966, Fri • Page 15




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