Matthew Robinson Allen (1828 - 1881)

Born 10 Feb 1828 in Macon, Bibb, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Sep 1881 at age 53 in Colorado, Texas, United States

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Burial

Allen Cemetery, Sublime, Lavaca County, Texas, USA [1]

Obituary

Colorado Citizen, September 29, 1881, page 3 WEIMAR LOCAL MATTERS

Mr. M. R. Allen, an old and respected citizen of this county, who lived near Weller’s mill, died on the 26th inst.

Colorado Citizen, November 17, 1881 In Memoriam

“O world! So few the years we live, Would that the life which thou dost give Were life indeed! Alas! Thy sorrows fall so fast, Our happiest hour is when at last The soul is freed.”

Mathew R. Allen was born in Macon, Georgia, the 10th of February 1827, died at his home near Oakland, Colorado county, Texas, September 26, 1881, buried with Masonic honors by Oakland Lodge No. 258 of which he was a member. The deceased lived a consistant [sic] member of the Methodist Church.

WHEREAS, The great Creator having been pleased out of his mercy to remove our Brother from the cares and troubles of a transitory existence, to a state of eternal duration, and thereby to weaken the chain by which we are united man to man; may we who survive him, employ our time in reciprocal intercourse of kind and friendly acts, mutually promote the welfare and happiness of each other.

Resolved, That the members of the Lodge wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days, that this resolution be spread on our minutes, and that a copy be furnished to the family of the deceased Brother. J. M. Woolsey H. J. Strunk Committee J. H. Mullin Oakland, Texas, October 26, 1881

Sources

• With sources: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2XQ-JHR

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYH-LGZ : 12 April 2016), Mathew R Allen, Monroe county, Monroe, Georgia, United States; citing family 136, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGS-8T6 : 17 October 2014), Mathew Allen, Texas, United States; citing p. 57, family 374, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,094.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFF1-CYG : 15 July 2017), Mathew R Allen, Precinct 3, Colorado, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 49, sheet 363C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1297; FHL microfilm 1,255,297.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46238169/matthew-robinson-allen