Born: Friday, July 7, 1820 in Rutherford County, North Carolina
Died: Wednesday, January 25, 1865 in Kountze, Hardin County, Texas
Lived: 44 years 6 months 18 days
yDNA: R-CTS241
Father: Willis Paschal Allen (1790/NC - 1837/LA)
Mother: Elizabeth Cansler (1800/NC - 1839/LA)
Brother: Willis Paschal Allen+ ♂ (1819/NC - 1856/LA)
Sister: Mary Adaline Allen Lay ♀ (1822/NC - 1856/LA)
Brother: Joseph Tarpley Allen ♂ (1824/NC - 1837/LA)
Brother: Lemuel Lewis Allen ♂ (1826/NC - LA)
Brother: William Bradley Allen ♂ (1828/NC - 1862/TX)
Sister: Nancy Allen Daniel ♀ (1829/NC - 1899)
Name: Mary Elizabeth Wallace (1824/LA - 1857/LA)
Name: Mahala Jane Cook 
(1826/AL - 1913/AR)
Place: Bossier Parish, Louisiana
Daughter: Elizabeth L Allen Stiles+ ♀ (1839/LA - 1881)
Son: Willis Allen+ ♂
(1842/LA - 1908/LA)
Son: Jackson G Allen ♂ (1843/LA - 1863)
Daughter: Mary Allen ♀ (1844/LA - )
Son: William M. Allen+ ♂ (1851/LA - 1934/AR)
Son: Joseph James Allen+ ♂ (1852/LA - 1939/AR)
Son: Elisha W Allen ♂ (1854/LA - )
Daughter: Eliza Jane Allen ♀ (1856/LA - )
Descendant of 2 war veteran(s)/patriot(s) (see details).
CC Allen & Jane Cook Marriage Bond, 1850
Canceller Allen & Jane Cook Marriage Record, 1850
William Allen Certificate of Death, 1934
DAR Research Database - Cansler
Shared DNA & Shared Ancestors (Coonard Allen & Mahala Cook) #016
Shared DNA & Shared Ancestors (John Allen & Mary Butler) #017
This page was created on January 6, 1996, last updated on December 22, 2021, and viewed on October 14, 2026.