He was married to Jennie Brening. They had a son Floyd H. Allen (b. ca. 1876 in Colorado).

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Civil War Veteran
James E Allen
Residence:
Enlistment Date: 1 Dec 1863
Rank at enlistment: Bugler
State Served: Kansas
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, Kansas 16th Cavalry Regiment on 22 Dec 1863.Promoted to Full Private on 01 Feb 1865.Mustered out on 06 Dec 1865.
Sources: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kansas National Archives: Index to Federal Pension Records

*** Many thanks to Linda Linn 46913843 for additional info

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James Allen
United States Census, 1860
Name: James Allen
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: Agency City, Wapello, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1847
Birthplace: Ind
Page: 95
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Eli Allen M 50 Pa
Eleanor Allen F 40 Ind
Ephraim Allen M 20 Ind
Sarah Allen F 16 Ind
Julia Allen F 14 Ind
James Allen M 13 Ind
Mary Allen F 11 Ind
Matilda Allen F 9 Ind
Charles F Allen M 5 Ind
David Allen M 2 Ind
Warren Allen M 0 Iowa
Household ID: 649 , GS Film Number: 803345 , Digital Folder Number: 004230557 , Image Number: 00279

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James E Allen
United States Census, 1850
Name: James E Allen
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 2
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1848
Birthplace: Indiana
House Number: 137
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Eli Allen M 38 Pa
Elonor Allen F 30 Indiana
Solomon Allen M 14 Indiana
William ? Allen M 12 Indiana
Ephraim J Allen M 10 Indiana
Sarah H Allen F 6 Indiana
Julia A Allen F 4 Indiana
James E Allen M 2 Indiana
Mary E Allen F 1 Indiana
Household ID: 137 , Line Number: 14 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M432 , Affiliate Film Number: 154 , GS Film Number: 442932 , Digital Folder Number: 004192458 , Image Number: 00025 ,

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His daughter:

George Linden Walker and Grace Lulu Allen
from Iowa Marriages
Name: George Linden Walker
Birth Date: 1872
Birthplace: Pella, Ia
Age: 22
Spouse's Name: Grace Lulu Allen
Spouse's Birth Date: 1875
Spouse's Birthplace: George Town, Co
Spouse's Age: 19
Event Date: 24 Dec 1894
Event Place: Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa
Father's Name: Clarence Linden Walker
Mother's Name: Hattie E. Mcarthur
Spouse's Father's Name: James Eli Allen
Spouse's Mother's Name: Jennie Brening
Race: White
Spouse's Race: White
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02537-1 , System Origin: Iowa-EASy , GS Film number: 979596 , Reference ID: p 102 ,

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See also:
http://www.blackburn-tree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I93575&tree=blackburn

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See also from IMBD, info on his grandson:

From by goldfingerbond » Sat Apr 19 2008
Irene was Hal's first and third wife. He spent maybe five years of his life with her if you add the first and third marriage. Her maiden name was Irene T. Hoeven. His second wife, Ila Pearson Walker was my great aunt. Hal was the superstar of our family being a Hollywood director and getting Christmas cards from Bing Crosby every year and knowing Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis from the films he directed. He worked for Paramount and I learned later in life that he was considered a "traffic-cop" director, a person who makes sure everything is working on the set with little input from his artistic direction. He was never comfortable outside of Hollywood, probably always comparing his later life to what he knew to be the Hollywood of the 1920s, 1930s 1940s. He was pretty much finished as a director in 1947 but he did do some television (which he hated because he thought it was responsible for the demise of Hollywood). He directed My Friend Irma on TV in the early 1950s when I was about 6 years old. I remember him only in his retirement which he didn't handle very well. What money he had in his retirement was due to my aunt's doing. I really don't know how much money they had but my parents were to inherit it after his dealth (Ila died a few years earlier). However, Irene came from his past (I didn't even know he was married before) married him again and inherited all of his money that my parents could have used. He was a selfish kind of guy. He only married Irene because she was a retired nurse who could give him his pain medication for cancer. He lived another year before he died. Kind of a sad story in many ways now that I reflect upon it.

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