Allan, Fred

ALLAN, DAVIDSON, YULE, DAVEY, COOL, STONE, GOODWIN, CURYEA, GALLAGHER

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Date: 5/23/2007 at 20:24:16

Fred Allan was born in the Township where he still resides on August 20, 1877, and here he grew to manhood, was educated and has spent his life engaged in agricultural pursuits. He is the son of James and Joan (Davidson) Allan, the father born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1835, and she was also a native of Scotland. They immigrated to America in early life and settled in Jasper County and they are still living on the home farm in Independence Township.

Their family consisted of eleven children, seven of whom are living, named as follows: John, born July 7, 1861, is residing on the home farm in Independence Township; Mrs. Margaret Yule lives in Newcastle, Colorado; Mrs. Charles Davey lives in Baxter; William lives in Seattle, Washington; Charles lives in Newcastle, Colorado; Fred, of this sketch; Mrs. Jessie Cool, born January 22, l885, lives in Baxter, Iowa. Four children died in early childhood. The elder ones were born in Scotland, and all were reared in Independence Township.

Fred Allan was married on January 29, 1902, to Leota Cool, who was born in this Township, August 12, 1880, and here she grew to womanhood and received her education, having graduated from the Baxter high school with the class of 1899. She is the daughter of Peter J. and Lusina B. (Stone) Cool. Her father came with his parents to Jasper County in 1853, when a year old, his birth having occurred in Freeport, Illinois, July 1, 1852, thus being among the early settlers of this County; Mrs. Allan's mother was born in Wisconsin, June 16, 1860, and came here when young. These parents reside in a comfortable home in the town of Baxter, Jasper County.

There were six children in the Cool family, all of whom are living, namely: Mrs. Agnes Workman, born December 15, 1878, lives in Baxter; Leota, wife of Mr. Allan, of this sketch; Mrs. Jennie Goodwin, born January 27, 1882, lives in Independence Township; Mrs. Winnifred Curyea, born December 16, 1883, lives in Parker, South Dakota; Mrs. Alphone Gallagher, born August 2, 1887, lives at home; Mrs. Ethel Dodd, born November 30, 1891, of Eden Township, Marshall County, Iowa. All these children were born and reared in Jasper County.

To Mr. and Mrs. Allan has been born one son. Arnold Alphond, whose birth occurred on August 2, 1910.

Politically, Mr. Allan is a Democrat and his wife is a member of the Congregational Church at Baxter. He belongs to Baxter Lodge No. 168, Knights of Pythias, at Baxter, while she is a member of Temple No. 202, Pythian Sisters.

Mr. Allan is the owner of eighty-five acres of good land in Independence Township, and he tills seventy-five acres in addition to this. He has a good farm, well improved and he carries on general farming and stock raising successfully. He has good livestock, and his home is a new, commodious and nicely furnished one, surrounded by excellent outbuildings. They are prominent in the social life of the community and are well known over this part of the County, having spent their lives here and each representing sterling old families. They have worked hard, been economical and managed well so that they are now very comfortably established.

Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, B.F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912, page 1077.