ALLEN TREGO
In August, 1807, Allen Trego was born and is a native of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and is the son of Jacob Trego. He was married in Bucks county, in September, 1830, to Keziah Carver, a native of that county. They have had three children: Wilson, born in April, 1833, died 1834; Watson C., born in 1835, now a resident of Cass county, and Mary Ellen, wife of Cyrus Ulam, and died in December, 1862, leaving one child--Rosa. Mr. Trego in 1843, moved to Mercer county, Illinois, and was engaged in farming, with the exception of four years, when he was engaged in the mercantile business in Henry county, Illinois, and in 1871 he came to Cass county, Iowa, and purchased four hundred and forty acres of land on sections 10, 11 and 13, Union township; and beside this, now owns eighty acres on section 11. He has deeded all his land except eighty acres, to his son Watson. Mrs. Trego died in August, 1882, and her death was greatly mourned by her husband and children. Mr. Trego is one of the prominent men of Union township, and is respected for his sterling, honest character.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 742.
