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Martha J. Viann Cassity

Female 1848 - 1887  (38 years)


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  1. 1.  Martha J. Viann Cassity was born on 2 Sep 1848 in Morgan County, Kentucky; died on 10 Jul 1887 in Siloam, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1880, Cross Roads, Rowan County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    MHR note: Martha Vian (Cassity) Allen is buried at Siloam Cemetery north of Bluestone, Kentucky but has no stone. Martha thought that she was taking measles and wished to break out well so built a fire in the stove, although it was summer, and she wrapped herself up but died.


    Buried:
    MHR note: Martha Vian (Cassity) Allen is buried at Siloam Cemetery north of Bluestone, Kentucky but has no stone.

    Martha married William Riley Allen on 14 Jul 1865. William was born on 25 Jun 1845 in Morgan County, Kentucky; died on 1 Oct 1879 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. George Wilson Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 May 1866 in Kentucky; died on 24 Dec 1909 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried in Lee Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    2. 3. Minnie Davis Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Oct 1868 in Kentucky; died before 1910 in Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    3. 4. William Edward Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Apr 1871 in Kentucky; died on 27 Jul 1906 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Lee Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    4. 5. Sophronia M. "Fronia" Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Nov 1878 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; died in 1938 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Lee Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    5. 6. John Alexander Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Aug 1876 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 9 Aug 1943 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Lee Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.
    6. 7. Samuel Littleton Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Sep 1878 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 2 Jul 1963 in Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried in Lee Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George Wilson Allen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Martha1) was born on 31 May 1866 in Kentucky; died on 24 Dec 1909 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried in Lee Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    Dies Here
    George Allen, Former Sheriff of Rowan County, Succumbs to Blood Poison Resulting From Accident.
    The body of George Allen, former sheriff of Rowan county, was sent from this city to Morehead on the 11:10 o’clock Chesapeake & Ohio train Friday morning, he having died at the Good Samaritan Hospital Friday morning at 3 o’clock.
    Allen was injured in a runaway accident in this city Thanksgiving day. After being taken to the hospital it was found that his leg had been badly fractured. Blood poison later developed, which resulted in his not unexpected death Friday morning. He is survived by a wife and five children and his two brothers, who were with him at the time of his death.
    Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky. Friday, 24 December 1909


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27326381/george-wilson-allen

    George married Alice Henrietta Johnson in 1890. Alice was born on 17 Sep 1868 in Kentucky; died on 17 Aug 1914 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Lee Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Minnie Davis Allen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Martha1) was born on 1 Oct 1868 in Kentucky; died before 1910 in Kentucky; was buried in Siloam Cemetery, Bluestone, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    MHR note:
    She bumped her knee on a bureau and it caused an infection which cost her life.


    LKH note:
    No record of her found after the census taken on 11 June 1900. At that time she lived at 7 Second Street, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky. Her younger brother, John A. Allen (age 23, butcher) was head of household which included Minnie (age 31) and sister Fronia (age 26).


    Buried:
    MHR note: Minnie is buried in Siloam Cemetery but there is no stone.


  3. 4.  William Edward Allen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Martha1) was born on 14 Apr 1871 in Kentucky; died on 27 Jul 1906 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Lee Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27326458/alice-henrietta-allen

    Family/Spouse: Sarah Caroline Razor. Sarah (daughter of James Wilmington Razor and Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Hedges) was born on 27 Feb 1878 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 14 Oct 1899 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Lee Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Mary Emma Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Dec 1896 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 29 Nov 1988 in Clarksville, Clark County, Indiana; was buried on 1 Dec 1988 in Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana.

  4. 5.  Sophronia M. "Fronia" Allen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Martha1) was born on 10 Nov 1878 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; died in 1938 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Lee Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27361277/sophronia-m-crabb



    MHR note: Stone at Lee Cemetery has an Eastern Star emblem on it.

    Sophronia married Lewis Shepard Crabb on 4 Oct 1911 in Indiana. Lewis was born on 5 Aug 1880 in Newport, Vermillion County, Indiana; died on 13 Nov 1948 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  John Alexander Allen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Martha1) was born on 1 Aug 1876 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 9 Aug 1943 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Lee Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: merchant / butcher
    • Census: 1910, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1920, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1930, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1940, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    G.O.P. Committee Head In Rowan County Dies
    Morehead, Ky., Aug. 10 (AP) – John Allen, 65, chairman of the Rowan County Republican Committee and County election commissioner, died at his home today of a heart attack. Allen, who had been a merchant here for many years, is survived by his wife, three daughters and six sons.
    The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky. Wednesday, 11 August 1943.


    Note on Find a Grave for William Riley Allen:
    Married to Martha V. Cassity - Father of John Alexander Allen who founded Allen's Meat Market, later Allen's IGA on abt.103 W. Main Street in Morehead, KY Building still has JA Allen on bldg.


    Note on Find a Grave:
    Husband of Eva Jane Sexton. Son of Martha Cassity and William Allen.
    Children of John and Eva are:
    1.)William Sexton (1908-1986)
    2.)Bessie Margaret(1910-1986)
    3.) Jessie Mildred (1910-1998)
    4.)Clarence Hugo (1911-1965)
    5.)Charles Edward (1913-1913)
    6.)John Raymond (1914-1971)
    7.)Gladys Alice (1916-2001)
    8.) Stillborn Daughter (1918-1918)
    9.) James Harold Allen (1919-2010)
    10.) Hubert Lee (1923-2014)
    11.) Robert Clay Allen (1927-Living in Lexington, KY)


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20505695/john-alexander-allen

    Allen plot


    MHR note: Stone for John Alexander Allen has Masonic emblem.

    Family/Spouse: Eva Jane Sexton. Eva (daughter of Andrew Jackson Sexton and Laura Alice Duncan) was born on 4 Dec 1887 in Smiths Creek, Carter County, Kentucky; died on 16 Jan 1977 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Lee Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  Samuel Littleton Allen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Martha1) was born on 11 Sep 1878 in Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 2 Jul 1963 in Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried in Lee Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1900, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1910, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1920, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1930, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1940, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27557481/sam-l-allen

    Samuel married Lenora Helen Ellis on 20 Dec 1899 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky. Lenora was born on 4 Jan 1882 in Logan County, West Virginia; died on 29 Jan 1975 in Rowan County, Kentucky; was buried in Lee Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 8.  Mary Emma Allen Descendancy chart to this point (4.William2, 1.Martha1) was born on 20 Dec 1896 in Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 29 Nov 1988 in Clarksville, Clark County, Indiana; was buried on 1 Dec 1988 in Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1910, Plumville, Mason County, Kentucky
    • Census: 1940, Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky

    Notes:

    MHR note: Mary married second to W. L. Shuman in 4 May 1955.


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143758381/mary-emma-shuman

    Section, single. Lot Rg, AA. Grave 14.

    Mary married Jesse Dewey Cravens on 27 Apr 1920 in Catletsburg, Kentucky, and was divorced before 1940. Jesse (son of James Alfred Cravens and Mary Lee Norfey) was born on 27 Jan 1899 in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana; died on 6 Jan 1966 in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana; was buried on 9 Jan 1966 in Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Robert Eugene Cravens  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jul 1925 in Clarksville, Clark County, Indiana; died on 1 May 2005 in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana; was buried on 5 May 2005 in Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana.


Generation: 4

  1. 9.  Robert Eugene Cravens Descendancy chart to this point (8.Mary3, 4.William2, 1.Martha1) was born on 26 Jul 1925 in Clarksville, Clark County, Indiana; died on 1 May 2005 in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana; was buried on 5 May 2005 in Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana.

    Other Events:

    • _MILT: World War II. US Navy.

    Notes:

    LARKSVILLE CRAVENS, ROBERT E., SR., 79, died Sunday, May 1, 2005, at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville, IN. He was a native of Clarksville and a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a retired 1st class millwright with Colgate Palmolive Company and a member of Bible Wesleyan Church. Survivors include his wife, Thelma R. Cravens of Clarksville; his son, James E. Cravens; sons and daughters-in-law, Rev. Robert E. and Carol Cravens of Beach City, OH, Rev. Mark L. and Teresa Cravens of Homeworth, OH, and Rev. Christopher D. and Julie Cravens of Findlay, OH; daughters and sons-in-law, Theresa and Joe Roberson of Phoenix, AZ, and Bobbie Kay and Terry Theisen of Belgrade, MA; sisters, Frances Lawton of Jeffersonville, and Dorothy Mitchum of Clarksville; brothers, George Cravens of Marysville, IN, William D. Cravens of Clarksville and Paul Cravens of Clarksville; a stepbrother, Melvin Edwards of Jeffersonville; 17 grandchildren; and three great-grand-children. His funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 5, 2005, at Colgate Baptist Church, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon-3 and 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, 2005, at Coots Funeral Home, and 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, May 5, 2005, at Colgate Baptist Church. Expressions of sympathy may be made to Bible Methodist Missions, in care of Bible Methodist Church, 529 Stadium Dr., Findlay, OH 45840.

    Published by Courier-Journal on May 3, 2005.
    https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/louisville/name/robert-cravens-obituary?id=26981927


    Buried:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150705842/robert-e.-cravens



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