Typed by: Theresa Carhart


ALLEN, LEE ERNEST

Surnames: ALLEN, McCAIN, JONES, RIPLEY, SEARIGHT, RUSH, HARTZOG

Lea Ernest Allen, b November 23, 1866 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas, d May 16, 1934 in Brenham, Texas and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin--was a son of John Willaim Allen (1837-1919) and his wife, Mary Hamilton (McCain) Allen (1847-1933).

On November 19, 1897 Lea married Irene Irma Jones, b June 30, 1873 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas, d May 24, 1954 in Marlin an dburied in Calvary Cemetery--a daughter of William Henry Harrison Jones (1842-1912) and his wife, Octavia (Ripley) Jones (1848-1938). They were the parents of four children:

Irene Irma Allen, b August 7, 1879 in Marlin, d May 31, 1931--married June 29, 1922 to Daniel Hardeman Searight.

Lea Ernest Allen, Jr., b November 13, 1900 in Marlin, d March 18, 1960.

Octavia Lillian Allen, b December 3, 1903 in Marlin--married September 17, 1827 to Henry David Rush.

Anna Paul Allen, b November 11, 1910 in Marlin, d October 9, 1961--married May 4, 1935 to Howard G. Hartzog.

Lea Ernest Allen was an 1887 graduate of Texas A&M Collge--earning the highest grade in mathematics earned from that institution to that time. After graduation, he worked as a bookkeeper for Nash-Robinson Lumber Company in Marlin, until he and his family moved tyo Llama, Texsa in 1908, where Lea Ernest became manager of a lumber company there. A few years later, the family returned to Marlin, where Lea purchased a drug store, the "Allen City Drug Company," Subsequently, he became a wool buyer for central Texas.

Mr. Allen was an interested spectator in all sports--following the activities of Texas A&M, Marlin High School teams, and the New York Giants. He was one the first presidents of the Elks Club--forrunners of the local Rotary Club.
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"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 6, Column 1.
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