William Allen

Bef 1850 - Bef 1868  (~ 18 years)

• Name	William Allen  [1]
  Born	Bef 1850
  	Marriage date based on birth year of dau, Laura Allen.
  Gender	Male
  Died	Bef 1868
  	Martha's remarriage to Iva Gerome DeBoard.
  Person ID	I412	Full
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009

  
  

  Family	Martha Louisa Davis,   b. 12 Jun 1850, Illinois, USA ,   d. 15 Mar 1917, Iron County, Missouri, USA  (Age 66 years)
  Married	17 Jan 1865	White County, Illinois, USA   [2, 3]
  	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.
  Divorced	Before 1868
  Children	+ 1. Laura Jane Allen,   b. 1865, Illinois, USA ,   d. 12 Feb 1904, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 39 years)
  Last Modified	23 May 2021
  Family ID	F166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Marriage, Martha Louise Davis to William Allen, 1865, White Co IL "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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S70] Illinois, White - Marriages (Vaught book), Harriet Vaught, (Carmi, Illinois: s.p., 1950). [S70] Illinois, White - Marriages (Vaught book), Harriet Vaught, (Carmi, Illinois: s.p., 1950), entry for William Allen and Martha L. Davis (17 Jan 1865) (Reliability: 3). by T. M. Vineyard, with witness Benjamine Allen on [S45] Illinois - Marriages, online, State Archives (1763 - 1900), ("Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html)), entry for William Allen and Martha L. Davis, White County, Illinois, vol. 6 (1865) (Reliability: 3). William Allen to Martha L. Davis, on 17 January 1865, White County, Illinois