Individual Details

Married Sarah Vivian Tyson, Bibb Co, GA. License issued 27 Aug 1908 - apparently married the same day.

1910 Census. Chattanooga Ward 7, Hamilton Co, TN, Hh 20
O. N. Allen, 25, married once for 1 year, b. AR, Manager, Local Branch Packing Co
Sarah V., wife, 21, married 1, 1 child, b. GA
Earl Tyson, son, 10 months, b.GA

12 Sep 1918 World War I Draft Registration
Orren Nathaniel Allen of 23 Wresthrop, N. Chattanooga, Hamilton Co, TN was age 33, born 15 Oct 1885. He was a Salesman for Melton Hardware, 38 East 11th, Chattanooga. Sarah Vivian Allen, wife, was his nearest relative. Medium height & build, brown eyes, black hair

Orren N. Allen of Hillsboro, FL applied for a U.S. passport. He was born in Lamar Co, TX on 15 Oct 1883. His father was Nathaniel Allen, born in Arkansas and residing in Cover, AR. His present residence was Chattanooga, TN where he was a salesman. He planned to return to the U.S. within six months - he was going to Cuba for pleasure, leaving from Tampa, FL on the P & O SS Line, November 1919. Signed: Orren N. Allen. 15 Nov 1919.
Description: age 35; 5' 9" tall, brown eyes, brown hair, nose - regular, face -oval. He asked that his passport be sent in care of the Hillsboro Hotel, Tampa.
Picture included.
8 Dec 1919. Passenger list of the S.S. Governer Cobb, sailing from Havanna, Cuba, arriving Key West, Florida, on the same day. Orren N. Allen, born Lamar Co. TX on 15 Oct 1883, home is Chattanooga, TN.

1920 Census. North Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN, Hh 167
O.N. Allen, 36, b. TX, Commerical traveler; musical instruments
Sarah, wife, 30, b. GA
Tyson, son, 10, b. GA
Vivian, dau, 1 years, 10 months, b. TN

1923 Chattanooga City Directory
Allen, Orren N. (Vvian) trav slsmn, Residence: 612 Winthrop

1930 Census. Chattanooga Ward 17, Hamilton Co, TN, Hh 581
612 Winthrop St
Orren M. Allen, 44, married at age 23, b. TX, father b.AR, mother b. GA, Traveling Salesman, Radios.
Vivian S., wife, 41, married at 19, b. GA
Tyson E., son, 20, b. GA
Vivian S., dau, 13, b.TN

U.S. Navy Casualties, WW II. Wounded in Action of During Operational War Missions:
ALLEN, Earl Tyson, Storekeeper 1st Class. Father, Mr. Orren N. Allen, 415 Tremont St., Chattanooga

Tennessee Death Certificate #23173
Mrs. O. N. Allen, residence Ross Hotel, Chattanooga, died at Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga, 7 Nov 1933 of uremia and heart failure. She was 44, married to O. N. Allen, Born in Georgia. Her father was W. S. Tyson; her mother Mary Shine, both born in Georgia. Mr. O. N. Allen, was the informant. Body was taken to Cordell, GA for burial.

Sarah Vivian Tyson is buried Sunnyside Cemetery, Cordele, Crisp Co, GA. Orren is apparently not in that cemetery. She was born 17 Sep 1889. They were married 27 Aug 1908, Bibb Co, GA.

Birth	15 Oct 1884	Lamar County, Texas
Death	19 Feb 1963

Father	Nathaniel Orrin "Nat" Allen (1844 - 1933)
Mother	Allena C. McDaniel (1861 - 1891)
Sibling	Minnie G. Allen (1882 - 1967)
Sibling	Flora Mae Allen (1889 - 1911)