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Elias Calvin Allen

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Elias Calvin Allen

Birth
Georgia, USA
Death
24 Jul 1908 (aged 60)
Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 3, Block 71, Lot 1
Memorial ID
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On the 1860 census, he is listed as an orphan, but living with or next door to (listed as a separate household) William and Jane McGinnis.

An 1874 city directory shows he is a grocer for "Allen, Taylor & Smith." In 1889, his occupation is "produce." Living in Mill, DeKalb County, GA, in 1900 where he is a farmer. (Perhaps a truck farmer, selling what he grows?) Son William and Jane McGinness, listed as mother are living with him. He is listed as married, but his wife and other children are not listed.

His children include Dora, Calvin, Caleb, Maud, Hugh A, William Wade, Scott Wiley, Benjamin, and Louise C.

Atlanta, yesterday, today and tomorrow, By John R. Hornady has this comment: 1891, April 3: E. C. Allen, well known grocer, attacked by wolf within sight of street lights of Atlanta.

Obituary published in Atlanta Georgian and News, 25 Jul 1908, pg 14

Relatives listed in obituary: Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Surber, Mr. H. A. Allen, Mr. W. W. Allen, Mr. S. W. Allen, Mr. Thomas R. Allen, and Miss Louise Allen.
On the 1860 census, he is listed as an orphan, but living with or next door to (listed as a separate household) William and Jane McGinnis.

An 1874 city directory shows he is a grocer for "Allen, Taylor & Smith." In 1889, his occupation is "produce." Living in Mill, DeKalb County, GA, in 1900 where he is a farmer. (Perhaps a truck farmer, selling what he grows?) Son William and Jane McGinness, listed as mother are living with him. He is listed as married, but his wife and other children are not listed.

His children include Dora, Calvin, Caleb, Maud, Hugh A, William Wade, Scott Wiley, Benjamin, and Louise C.

Atlanta, yesterday, today and tomorrow, By John R. Hornady has this comment: 1891, April 3: E. C. Allen, well known grocer, attacked by wolf within sight of street lights of Atlanta.

Obituary published in Atlanta Georgian and News, 25 Jul 1908, pg 14

Relatives listed in obituary: Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Surber, Mr. H. A. Allen, Mr. W. W. Allen, Mr. S. W. Allen, Mr. Thomas R. Allen, and Miss Louise Allen.


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