Allen, Seth 1833-1921

ALLEN, CUMMINS, BENNETT, HART

Posted By: Janet Brown - volunteer (email)
Date: 8/12/2013 at 12:43:18

From the October 15, 1921 Alton Democrat:

Seth Allen, for many years a resident of Maurice, died at his home in Kansas City Monday after several months illness. Death was due to ailments resulting from old age. The deceased was born in Edinboro, Erie County, Pennsylvania on August 28, 1832. He continued to live there and was married there to Miss Lavina Cummins to which union two sons were born. He was a member of the G. A.R. having served in the Union army from 1862 to the close of the war. After the end of the war he came to Sioux County and settled on a homestead southwest of Maurice. In later years, he moved to Maurice and here he was married to Mrs. Etta Hart, having been separated from his first wife. Mrs. Alien died in 1913 and Mr. Allen went to Kansas City where he has since made his home. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. C. A. Sherman, of Maurice and two sons, Dudley and Earl, both of Spencer, Neb. The remains were sent to Janesville, Ia. where funeral services were conducted and interment took place Thursday.

Poster's note: According to his gravestone in Bremer County, Iowa and to the 1900 Federal Census, Seth Allen was born in 1833 not in 1832 as stated in the obituary. He is buried in Oakland Cemetery, Bremer County next to his second wife, Etta Bennett Allen (the former Mrs. Hart) who actually died in 1911 not 1913 as stated in the obit (see her obituary on this site). Date of death as given on his gravestone was October 11, 1921.