Individual Details

1850 Census. Found in Posey Township in Clay County. Ira and Lydia, 14-year-old Elvira C. Allen, 8-year-old Peter. Russel Boyd, age 55 born in New York also lives with them.

Peter wasn't with his parents in 1860.

1860 Census. 5th War, Terre Haute, Vigo, IN, Hh 653
Fred Crosgren, 34, Tobacconist, b. Germany
Drucilla, 26, b. IN
George, 6. Mary, 2.
Peter Allen, 19, Machinist

He may have served in the Civil War. Fold3 has a pension index card for Peter B. Allen who served in B Company, 6th Regt of the Indiana Cavalry. He filed for his invalid pension, 18 Feb 1891. Certificate #872676, Application #995614.

Found in the 1870 Census. Terre Haute, Ward 5, Vigo Co IN, Hh 454
Shelby French, age 48, Time keeper, Railraod, b. IN
Louisa French, age 33, b. IN
Sarah J. age 14, born Ohio
Lydia Allen, age 73, born Rhode Island
Peter Allen, age 27, b. IN, Machinist
Ida Allen, age 2, b. IN (surely Peter's child - she's living with the Frenchs in 1880, too).

The above would suggest that Peter had lost a wife. I found this marriage in Vigo Co, IN:
Peter B. Allen to Margaret Halpin, 6 Nov 1867. C. A. Brooke, MG.
I have not found another marriage to a Josephine. She was Josephine Fox according to records of her children.

1880 Census. Holt, Vermillion Co IN, Hh 17
Peter B. Allen, age 39, b. IN, Machinist
Josephine, wife, age 31, b. IN
James, son, age 8. Sarah, dau, age 6. Frances, dau, age 4. Ira, son, age 2.
Mary, dau, age 3 months, born March.

Death Entry in the WPA Indiana records. Peter B. Allen, age 54, died 20 Apr 1896, Terre Haute, IN.
There is an obelisk monument in Woodlawn Cemetery with the name Peter B. Allen barely visible - another side of the monument has writing that cannot be deciphered at all. The cemetery records state that Peter Allen (no middle initial) was buried 21 Apr 1896, age 54. Cemetery records indicate that he purchased the cemetery lot 3 Dec 1869. I suspect this is when his first wife died and her name is unreadable - the child Lola could be buried there as well.

1900 Census. Harrison, Vigo Co, IN, Hh 8
Josephine Allen, b. Jan 1847, age 53, Widowed. Has had 8 children, 7 are living. She was born Indiana, her parents born in Pennsylvania.
James F., son, b. Feb 1872, age 27, Locomotive fireman
Ira W., son, b. Mar 1877, age 23, Silver ??? Polisher
Edward, son, b. Mar 1882, age 18, ??? Repairman
Mamie, daughter, b. Mar 1880, age 20, Telephone Operator
Viola, daughter, b. May 1886, age 14, at school


Digital images of the Record of Marriages in Vigo Co has pages folded over - the following covered three images. Erastus Underwood was the groom. He was age 36,of Chicago, a Hotel Steward. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father was Frank Underwood; his mother Julia Cobb. It was his second marriage. The bride was Sarah Louise Allen, age 24, born Clinton, IN, daughter of Peter B. Allen & Josephine Fox. Married 7 Dec 1897, Terre Haute, by the Rev. E. H. Shuey.

No image available, but Ira W. Allen married Florence H. Bennett, 9 May 1901, Edgar Co, IL. He was 21, she was 16. His father listed as Peter B. Allen, his mother as Josephine "Tool" - no doubt a very bad reading of Fox. Florence's father was Henry Bennett, her mother Sophia Ete.

22 Aug 1905. Henry P. Hecklesburg and Mary G. Allen made application for marriage license, Vigo Co, IN, Henry was born in Terre Haute, 26 Aug 1875. He was a steam fitter. His father was Henry Hecklesburg, a farmer, and born in Germany. His mother was Anna Wisner, deceased, but also born in Germany.
Mary Allen was born 10 Mar 1880, Clinton, IN. She lived at 734 N. 11th St. Terre Haute, and was a seamstress. Her father was Peter B. Allen, a Machinist, now dead. Her mother was Josephine Fox, born in Vermillion Co, IN, now living in Terre Haute.
This was their first marriage. They were married on the same day by W. A. Church, JP.

Edward H. Allen and Sadie Florence Jones made application for marriage License, Vigo Co, IN, 9 Sep 1905. Edward said he was born Clinton, IN on 9 Mar 1882 and presently lived in Terre Haute at the same address as Mary, above. His occupation seems to be "Furing". His father was Peter B. Allen, a Machinist, born in Terre Haute; his mother Josephine Fox. This is his first marriage.
Sadie was born at Selbyville, IN on 24 Oct 1886 and still lived there. Her father was a farmer, named James Louis Jones, born in Terre Haute. Her mother was Emma Christine Hamilton, born in Sheridan IN. This is her first marriage.
They were married that same day by W. A. Church, JP.

Birth	1841	Indiana
Marriage	6 Nov 1867	Vigo County, Indiana - Margaret Halpin
Marriage	Abt 1871	Josephine Fox
Death	20 Apr 1896	Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana

Spouse	Margaret Halpin ( - 1870)
Child	Ida Allen (1868 - )

Spouse	Josephine Fox (1849 - 1937)
Child	James Allen (1872 - )
Child	Sarah Louise Allen (1873 - 1956)
Child	Frances Allen (1876 - )
Child	Ira Allen (1878 - )
Child	Mary Allen (1880 - )

Father	Ira Allen (1799 - 1866)
Mother	Lydia Cargill (1797 - 1876)
Sibling	Nathaniel Allen (1822 - 1912)
Sibling	Edward B. Allen (1832 - 1901)
Sibling	Louisa Caroline Allen (1835 - 1910)