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Below is a sample of a family biography
included in the Biographical and Historical
Memoirs of Saline County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed in 1889.
These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing
ancestors or filling in the details in a family tree. Family biographies often
include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.
Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place
of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including
maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if
married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service,
church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often
ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical
record.
Wilburn Hensley Allen, farmer and stock raiser of Shaw Township, Saline
County, Ark., first saw the light of day on November 4, 1848, in the little
town of Benton, Ark. His parents, William D., born April 14, 1811, died
December 6, 1871. and Rhoda (Ramsey) Allen, born May 25, 1820, died June 3,
1880, were among the very early settlers of Benton, coming to that town in
1847. They were natives, respectively, of North Carolina and Georgia. William
Allen moved to Georgia when but a young man, met the mother of our subject,
and was married November 18, 1837. He also spent three months in the Florida
War, taking part in the battle of Pea River, and being one of the force that
removed the Indians from the territory. After his marriage he lived in Georgia
seven years, after which, moving to Mississippi, he made that State his home
until 1847. Coming to this State at the latter date he engaged in farming. He
purchased the place one and one-half miles from Benton, known now as the Allen
field, and later moved to Benton and opened a blacksmith shop which he ran in
connection with farming. He was for years a member of the Masonic lodge at
Benton, and together with his wife was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church. During the war he served in the commissary department of the
Confederate army, but saw no active field service. After the Federal capture
of Little Rock he followed the army in company with Col. Crawford. About 1863
he moved to Ouachita County for greater safety, returning to Saline when the
war was closed. He spent the latter part of his life in retirement, dying from
dropsy at the age of sixty. He was the father of ten children: George W. (born
September 2, 1839, deputy sheriff of Grant County), Cynthia (wife of H. S.
Glenn, a merchant of Benton, born November 27, 1841, died June 28, 1863),
Sarah (wife of Dr. John W. Cole, of Shaw Township, born January 15, 1844),
Thomas J. (born January 17, 1846, died May 8, 1860), W. H. (the subject of
this sketch), John W. (born January 11, 1851, died September 19, 1853), Uriah
E. (born September 29, 1853, died August 20, 1868), Joseph B. (born September
25, 1856, died November 25, 1857), and Benjamin F. (born November 3, 1858,
farms in Shaw Township). W. H. Allen was reared on a farm, spending his school
days in the common schools of Saline County. At the age of twenty-one he began
life for himself, but lived with his parents until his marriage, October 18,
1877. His wife was formerly Miss Mickey C. Kinkead, daughter of Rev. James and
Susana (Hughes) Kinkead, residents of Farmington, Mo. The father, a Cumberland
Presbyterian minister, was born July 6, 1807, resided, labored and married in
Missouri, dying near Irondale September 27, 1864. His wife, Susana (Hughes)
Kinkead, was born November 25, 1817, in Missouri, the daughter of John Hughes,
a farmer and stock raiser, and an early settler of Southeastern Missouri. She
was married the first time September 15, 1835. She survived her husband, and
some years after his death moved to Illinois, where she married Spruce Boggs.
Two years later she again became a widow. She remained in Illinois until 1874,
then coming to Saline County, where she died May 18, 1879, at the home of her
son-in-law, Wilburn Allen, on the Tomlinson place. Mrs. W. H. Allen was the
eighth in a family of ten children: Eliza J. (born August 31, 1838, wife of
John Bean, a farmer of Irondale, Mo., died about 1875), J. M. (born May 18,
1840, is a mechanic, and lives in Mississippi), Mary N. (born February 6,
1842), James C. (born December 23, 1843, is deputy constable of Big Rock
Township, Pulaski County, but lives in Benton, on the Hackersmith farm), Alex.
E. (born July 4, 1846, is constable of Big Rock Township, and lives in Little
Rock), Susan S. (born August 8, 1848, is the wife of Newton Maxey, a mechanic
of Oak Grove, Ill.), Elizabeth (born October 4, 1850, is the wife of D. C.
Hays, postmaster at Benton, Ark.), Marthy F. (born June 12, 1854, is the wife
of Hays Maxwell, a farmer and mechanic of Irondale, Mo.), Mickey C. (wife of
W. H. Allen, born September 8, 1856, and died September 30, 1889), and Eleanor
(born November 6, 1858). Mr. Allen and wife became the parents of Clara
Lillian (born August 16, 1858, died October 4, 1879), Finis Ewing (born
December 9, 1879), Fiamen W. (born October 12, 1881, died August 6, 1882),
Mickey Gertrude (born October 30, 1883), and George C. (born August 14, 1886).
After his marriage Mr. Allen began farming on an inheritance of eighty acres
from his father, on the Saline River, to which he added ten acres. In 1879 or
1880 he sold his farm and bought the eighty acres on which he now lives. He
has about forty acres under cultivation, and has erected some excellent farm
buildings. During the years 1887 and 1888 he was engaged as lumber contractor
for the Brushe mill. Later he held an interest, and on September 9, 1889, sold
out to his partner, S. H. Glover, and is now engaged as sawyer at the same
mill. He is a member of the school board of his township, and votes with the
Democratic party, though taking very little interest in politics. He is a
member of Benton Lodge No. 34, A. F. & A. M., and (as did his wife) belongs to
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Allen is classed with the most
public-spirited men of Saline County. He is a liberal donator to all worthy
public enterprises, and a zealous worker for the welfare of his adopted home.
This family biography is one of 100 biographies
included in the Biographical and
Historical Memoirs of Saline County, Arkansas published
in 1889. For the complete description, click here:
Saline County Arkansas History, Genealogy
and Maps
View additional Saline County,
Arkansas biographies here:
Saline County, Arkansas Genealogy
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