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Sylvia Allen

Birth
Death
1886 (aged 13–14)
Indiana, USA
Burial
Pekin, Washington County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of Riley S. and Catherine Stewart Allen. Sometime before 1886 a cholera epidemic spread through Washington County, Indiana. The epidemic claimed the lives of Sylvia (age 14), and her two brothers (ages 9 and 10). The boys were buried in the same grave at Olive Branch Cemetery, Washington County, Indiana. Sylvia was laid to rest next to them.
Daughter of Riley S. and Catherine Stewart Allen. Sometime before 1886 a cholera epidemic spread through Washington County, Indiana. The epidemic claimed the lives of Sylvia (age 14), and her two brothers (ages 9 and 10). The boys were buried in the same grave at Olive Branch Cemetery, Washington County, Indiana. Sylvia was laid to rest next to them.


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  • Created by: Vicki
  • Added: Mar 15, 2002
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6264470/sylvia-allen: accessed ), memorial page for Sylvia Allen (1872–1886), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6264470, citing Olive Branch Cemetery, Pekin, Washington County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Vicki (contributor 46503737).