Allen, Joel, was born in Sandy Creek May 25, 1846, a son of Octavus and Ruah (Reynolds) Allen, he a native of Vermont, born June 1, 1867, and died in this town July 16, 1881, and she of Medina, N. Y., born November 23, 1814. The father of Octavus was Erastus Allen, and the family descended from a brother of Ethan Allen. Octavus Allen came to Sandy Creek when about thirteen years of age, where he died. Mrs. Allen's father was Lyman Reynolds, a native of Rhode Island, who went to Medina and finally to Oswego county, where he died about 1860. His wife was Ruth Purse, a native of Rhode Island, who died in Sandy Creek. Subject was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. At the age of nineteen he began sailing on fresh water lakes, and has been thus employed since. He owns a farm of sixty-four acres, on which his father settled. He married in 1877 Lavina Fitch, a native of Sandy Creek and daughter of Gilbert Fitch, who came to Sandy Creek in an early day, but died in Ellisburg November 12, 1883, and his wife, Eunice Lindsey, in Sandy Creek, February 8, 1889. Our subject is a member of Sandy Creek Lodge No. 564, F. & A. M. Octavus E. Allen, jr., a brother of Joel, died in Sandy Creek October 15, 1894.
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Allen, Joel, was born in Sandy Creek May 25, 1846, a son of Octavus and Ruah (Reynolds) Allen, he a native of Vermont, born June 1, 1867, and died in this town July 16, 1881, and she of Medina, N. Y., born November 23, 1814. The father of Octavus was Erastus Allen, and the family descended from a brother of Ethan Allen. Octavus Allen came to Sandy Creek when about thirteen years of age, where he died. Mrs. Allen's father was Lyman Reynolds, a native of Rhode Island, who went to Medina and finally to Oswego county, where he died about 1860. His wife was Ruth Purse, a native of Rhode Island, who died in Sandy Creek. Subject was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. At the age of nineteen he began sailing on fresh water lakes, and has been thus employed since. He owns a farm of sixty-four acres, on which his father settled. He married in 1877 Lavina Fitch, a native of Sandy Creek and daughter of Gilbert Fitch, who came to Sandy Creek in an early day, but died in Ellisburg November 12, 1883, and his wife, Eunice Lindsey, in Sandy Creek, February 8, 1889. Our subject is a member of Sandy Creek Lodge No. 564, F. & A. M. Octavus E. Allen, jr., a brother of Joel, died in Sandy Creek October 15, 1894.
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Source: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/oswegocounty/famsketch1b.html
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