James W. Allen 
James W. was born in 1805 in Campbell, Kentucky.1 James W.'s father was Hiram Allen and his mother is Mary Ann Susanna Unknown. His paternal grandparents were John Benjamin Allen and Sarah Jane Sommers. He had four brothers and three sisters, named Unknown, John Calhoun, Nesbett, Unknown, Sarah, Mary and Rebecca Alcy. He is the third youngest of the eight children.General Notes
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Severed in the 2nd Texas Infantry. Story related to Jeannette Scruggs a
bo ut James William by her grandfather his son Samuel Newton: James W. be
ca me ill almost to the point of death and was told he could return ho
me to d ie. His Wife, Penelope, took a man as a subsitute to the Mississip
pi Riv er and exchanged him for James W. It was reemered him saying the m
an who w as exchanged was probably a black man who worked for her while Ja
mes W. w as away at war. Penelope took her husband home and nursed him ba
ck to hea lth . He would laugh that she was such a good nurse that afet
er returni ng home he gathered my grandfather, Samuel Newton born in 186
5. She sti ll has the eye glasses that belonged to re great grand monthe
r, Penelope A llen. Penelope was blind in one eye because while she was pl
aying with h er children she got sand in her eye. Without treatment it cau
sed her to lo ose her sight in that eye.
James W. was captured at Shiloh or Visksburg as a Confederate soldier.
James W. and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony on July 17th, 1827 in St. Landry Parrish, Louisana.1
Family Notes
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They had a son named Samuel Norton.
Family Notes
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Children
Samuel Norton Allen
Samuel Norton was born on November 19th, 1865 in Wallis, Austin, TX.1 He died at the age of 94 on January 21st, 1960 in Abilene, Taylor, TX.1
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