William Allen

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Birth:
Marriage date based on birth year of dau, Laura Allen.

Died:
Martha's remarriage to Iva Gerome DeBoard.

William married Martha Louisa Davis on 17 Jan 1865 in White County, Illinois, USA, and was divorced before 1868. Martha (daughter of Isaac Sebastian Davis and Martha Joyner) was born on 12 Jun 1850 in Illinois, USA; died on 15 Mar 1917 in Iron County, Missouri, USA; was buried on 17 Mar 1917 in Mountain View-Center Hill Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Martha would have been about 15 at the time of this first. brief marriage. Divorce was unusual, particularly after such a brief period. It also seems unusual that Ivy DeBoard, from a quite religious family, chose to marry a recently divorced young woman. Martha herself was quite religious--her preacher son remembers her praying loudly and fervently, sometimes at inconvenient times.

"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF2L-Y78 : 19 February 2021), William Allen and Martha L. Davis, 17 Jan 1865; citing White, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 977,069.

1. Laura Jane Allen was born in 1865 in Illinois, USA; died on 12 Feb 1904 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA.