JESSE BUELL ALLEN
To be successfully engaged in one line of
business in the same city for sixteen years is in itself a recommendation for first-class workmanship and service. This is the record possessed by Jesse B. Allen, Fresnos leading interior decorator and painter.
Mr. Allen is a native of the Hoosier State, having first seen the light of day at Greencastle, Ind., January 3, 1843. His father, Robert D. Allen, was born in Cumberland County, Ky., of an old Virginia family which is traced back to Ephraim Allen, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and the tallest man in the army at the time. Robert Allen was a contractor and helped to build the Asbury University Building at Greencastle.
When Jesse was five years of age his parents moved to Texas, where his father died, and afterwards his mother, Marv Ann (Ritchey) Allen, also born in Cumberland County, moved back to Cumberland County, in 1848, and in this state he finished his education, following which he engaged in farming.
During the Civil War Mr.Allen saw service in the Confederate Army, being a member of Company I, Gen. John Morgan's famous scouts, and took part in all of the most important battles in Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia. He was also a member of General Forrest's body-guard at the battle of Chickamauga, and at the close of the war surrendered at Mt. Sterling, Ky. After the war Mr. Allen followed farming in Mississippi County. Mo., later moving to Temple, Texas, in which section he was one of the pioneer settlers. In 1887 he sought the salubrious climate of California for the benefit of his health.
After arriving in Fresno County, he first purchased ten acres of raw land in the West Park district, later increasing his acreage by buying twenty additional acres, which he improved. He developed his property and brought it to such a high state of cultivation that at that date it was regarded as one of the best vineyards in the county. In those early days, however, the price of grapes was so small that it did not pay vinevardists enough to justify picking the grapes; so in 1890 he sold his ranch and moved to Fresno.
While living in Hickman. Ky., Mr. Allen learned the trade of a paperhanger, painter and interior decorator, which he followed in Kentucky and Texas. Upon moving to the city of Fresno, he bought a lot on the corner of Inez and Ventura Avenues, where he erected his home and has resided ever since 1902. In Fresno, Mr. Allen has succeeded in building up an enviable reputation in his chosen line, as well as a large and profitable business, all unsolicited which is the best advertisement.
Jesse Buell Allen has been twice married; his first wife was Maggie E. Nunn, a native of Kentucky, in which state they were married in 1867. She passed away in 1873, having been the mother of three children, all of whom are deceased. Mr. Allen's second marriage took place in Troy, Texas, August 5, 1879, and united him with Anna Hand, a native of Shelby County, Ala., and the daughter of Rev. J. C. Hand and his wife Martha (Smith) Hand, natives of Georgia. Her father was a minister in the Baptist Church. He removed to Texas, where he was a pioneer minister in Bell County, Texas, and later he returned to Alabama, where he died. This union was blessed by six children, four of whom are living: Lawson J. is the secretary of the Fresno Merchants Association; Harry is ranching west of Fresno ; Mary is the wife of George Wachold, of Fresno ; Glennroy is associated with the moving-picture business in Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Allen are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
To be successfully engaged in one line of
business in the same city for sixteen years is in itself a recommendation for first-class workmanship and service. This is the record possessed by Jesse B. Allen, Fresnos leading interior decorator and painter.
Mr. Allen is a native of the Hoosier State, having first seen the light of day at Greencastle, Ind., January 3, 1843. His father, Robert D. Allen, was born in Cumberland County, Ky., of an old Virginia family which is traced back to Ephraim Allen, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and the tallest man in the army at the time. Robert Allen was a contractor and helped to build the Asbury University Building at Greencastle.
When Jesse was five years of age his parents moved to Texas, where his father died, and afterwards his mother, Marv Ann (Ritchey) Allen, also born in Cumberland County, moved back to Cumberland County, in 1848, and in this state he finished his education, following which he engaged in farming.
During the Civil War Mr.Allen saw service in the Confederate Army, being a member of Company I, Gen. John Morgan's famous scouts, and took part in all of the most important battles in Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia. He was also a member of General Forrest's body-guard at the battle of Chickamauga, and at the close of the war surrendered at Mt. Sterling, Ky. After the war Mr. Allen followed farming in Mississippi County. Mo., later moving to Temple, Texas, in which section he was one of the pioneer settlers. In 1887 he sought the salubrious climate of California for the benefit of his health.
After arriving in Fresno County, he first purchased ten acres of raw land in the West Park district, later increasing his acreage by buying twenty additional acres, which he improved. He developed his property and brought it to such a high state of cultivation that at that date it was regarded as one of the best vineyards in the county. In those early days, however, the price of grapes was so small that it did not pay vinevardists enough to justify picking the grapes; so in 1890 he sold his ranch and moved to Fresno.
While living in Hickman. Ky., Mr. Allen learned the trade of a paperhanger, painter and interior decorator, which he followed in Kentucky and Texas. Upon moving to the city of Fresno, he bought a lot on the corner of Inez and Ventura Avenues, where he erected his home and has resided ever since 1902. In Fresno, Mr. Allen has succeeded in building up an enviable reputation in his chosen line, as well as a large and profitable business, all unsolicited which is the best advertisement.
Jesse Buell Allen has been twice married; his first wife was Maggie E. Nunn, a native of Kentucky, in which state they were married in 1867. She passed away in 1873, having been the mother of three children, all of whom are deceased. Mr. Allen's second marriage took place in Troy, Texas, August 5, 1879, and united him with Anna Hand, a native of Shelby County, Ala., and the daughter of Rev. J. C. Hand and his wife Martha (Smith) Hand, natives of Georgia. Her father was a minister in the Baptist Church. He removed to Texas, where he was a pioneer minister in Bell County, Texas, and later he returned to Alabama, where he died. This union was blessed by six children, four of whom are living: Lawson J. is the secretary of the Fresno Merchants Association; Harry is ranching west of Fresno ; Mary is the wife of George Wachold, of Fresno ; Glennroy is associated with the moving-picture business in Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Allen are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
JESSE BUELL ALLEN
To be successfully engaged in one line of
business in the same city for sixteen years is in itself a recommendation for first-class workmanship and service. This is the record possessed by Jesse B. Allen, Fresnos leading interior decorator and painter.
Mr. Allen is a native of the Hoosier State, having first seen the light of day at Greencastle, Ind., January 3, 1843. His father, Robert D. Allen, was born in Cumberland County, Ky., of an old Virginia family which is traced back to Ephraim Allen, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and the tallest man in the army at the time. Robert Allen was a contractor and helped to build the Asbury University Building at Greencastle.
When Jesse was five years of age his parents moved to Texas, where his father died, and afterwards his mother, Marv Ann (Ritchey) Allen, also born in Cumberland County, moved back to Cumberland County, in 1848, and in this state he finished his education, following which he engaged in farming.
During the Civil War Mr.Allen saw service in the Confederate Army, being a member of Company I, Gen. John Morgan's famous scouts, and took part in all of the most important battles in Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia. He was also a member of General Forrest's body-guard at the battle of Chickamauga, and at the close of the war surrendered at Mt. Sterling, Ky. After the war Mr. Allen followed farming in Mississippi County. Mo., later moving to Temple, Texas, in which section he was one of the pioneer settlers. In 1887 he sought the salubrious climate of California for the benefit of his health.
After arriving in Fresno County, he first purchased ten acres of raw land in the West Park district, later increasing his acreage by buying twenty additional acres, which he improved. He developed his property and brought it to such a high state of cultivation that at that date it was regarded as one of the best vineyards in the county. In those early days, however, the price of grapes was so small that it did not pay vinevardists enough to justify picking the grapes; so in 1890 he sold his ranch and moved to Fresno.
While living in Hickman. Ky., Mr. Allen learned the trade of a paperhanger, painter and interior decorator, which he followed in Kentucky and Texas. Upon moving to the city of Fresno, he bought a lot on the corner of Inez and Ventura Avenues, where he erected his home and has resided ever since 1902. In Fresno, Mr. Allen has succeeded in building up an enviable reputation in his chosen line, as well as a large and profitable business, all unsolicited which is the best advertisement.
Jesse Buell Allen has been twice married; his first wife was Maggie E. Nunn, a native of Kentucky, in which state they were married in 1867. She passed away in 1873, having been the mother of three children, all of whom are deceased. Mr. Allen's second marriage took place in Troy, Texas, August 5, 1879, and united him with Anna Hand, a native of Shelby County, Ala., and the daughter of Rev. J. C. Hand and his wife Martha (Smith) Hand, natives of Georgia. Her father was a minister in the Baptist Church. He removed to Texas, where he was a pioneer minister in Bell County, Texas, and later he returned to Alabama, where he died. This union was blessed by six children, four of whom are living: Lawson J. is the secretary of the Fresno Merchants Association; Harry is ranching west of Fresno ; Mary is the wife of George Wachold, of Fresno ; Glennroy is associated with the moving-picture business in Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Allen are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
To be successfully engaged in one line of
business in the same city for sixteen years is in itself a recommendation for first-class workmanship and service. This is the record possessed by Jesse B. Allen, Fresnos leading interior decorator and painter.
Mr. Allen is a native of the Hoosier State, having first seen the light of day at Greencastle, Ind., January 3, 1843. His father, Robert D. Allen, was born in Cumberland County, Ky., of an old Virginia family which is traced back to Ephraim Allen, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and the tallest man in the army at the time. Robert Allen was a contractor and helped to build the Asbury University Building at Greencastle.
When Jesse was five years of age his parents moved to Texas, where his father died, and afterwards his mother, Marv Ann (Ritchey) Allen, also born in Cumberland County, moved back to Cumberland County, in 1848, and in this state he finished his education, following which he engaged in farming.
During the Civil War Mr.Allen saw service in the Confederate Army, being a member of Company I, Gen. John Morgan's famous scouts, and took part in all of the most important battles in Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia. He was also a member of General Forrest's body-guard at the battle of Chickamauga, and at the close of the war surrendered at Mt. Sterling, Ky. After the war Mr. Allen followed farming in Mississippi County. Mo., later moving to Temple, Texas, in which section he was one of the pioneer settlers. In 1887 he sought the salubrious climate of California for the benefit of his health.
After arriving in Fresno County, he first purchased ten acres of raw land in the West Park district, later increasing his acreage by buying twenty additional acres, which he improved. He developed his property and brought it to such a high state of cultivation that at that date it was regarded as one of the best vineyards in the county. In those early days, however, the price of grapes was so small that it did not pay vinevardists enough to justify picking the grapes; so in 1890 he sold his ranch and moved to Fresno.
While living in Hickman. Ky., Mr. Allen learned the trade of a paperhanger, painter and interior decorator, which he followed in Kentucky and Texas. Upon moving to the city of Fresno, he bought a lot on the corner of Inez and Ventura Avenues, where he erected his home and has resided ever since 1902. In Fresno, Mr. Allen has succeeded in building up an enviable reputation in his chosen line, as well as a large and profitable business, all unsolicited which is the best advertisement.
Jesse Buell Allen has been twice married; his first wife was Maggie E. Nunn, a native of Kentucky, in which state they were married in 1867. She passed away in 1873, having been the mother of three children, all of whom are deceased. Mr. Allen's second marriage took place in Troy, Texas, August 5, 1879, and united him with Anna Hand, a native of Shelby County, Ala., and the daughter of Rev. J. C. Hand and his wife Martha (Smith) Hand, natives of Georgia. Her father was a minister in the Baptist Church. He removed to Texas, where he was a pioneer minister in Bell County, Texas, and later he returned to Alabama, where he died. This union was blessed by six children, four of whom are living: Lawson J. is the secretary of the Fresno Merchants Association; Harry is ranching west of Fresno ; Mary is the wife of George Wachold, of Fresno ; Glennroy is associated with the moving-picture business in Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Allen are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
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