BIOGRAPHIES

Source
HISTORY of CITY OF TOLEDO and LUCAS COUNTY, OHIO
Illustrated
Clark Waggoner, Editor
Publ. New York & Toledo:
Munsell & Company, Publishers
1888
 

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J. C. Allen

JOHN CHURCH ALLEN was born in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Jan. 27, 1809.  His father James Allen was born at the same place Jan. 25, 1783; his grandfather having been born there in 1762, and his great grandfather in 1719.  His mother's name was Cynthia Cottell, who bore four sons and three daughters.  His ancestors suffered from depredations by the British during the War of the Revolution, their property being taken from them by force.  The father established on the Island of Martha's Vineyard the first nail factory in the United States.  During the War of 1812-15, being unable to obtain stock or sell his nails, he was forced to suspend operations, when (in 1815) with his father and their families, he came to Ohio, and settled at Zanesville, arriving there after a tedious passage of six weeks.  The father of John C. died at Zanesville in 1847, and his mother in 1863.  Mar. 10, 1835, John C. Allen arrived at Maumee, where, the following year, he opened a provision Store; and soon thereafter, he opened a Hotel (the Central House).  He continued in mercantile trade until 1872 - a period of 36 years.  He was a member of the first City Council of Maumee; was the fourth Mayor of the City, and for 20 years the City Treasurer.  He was Assistant County Treasurer, under Frederick E. Kirtland who was in office when the Maumee Court House was first occupied.  For many years he was an active and useful member of the School Board of Maumee.  throughout a long life of activity, he bore among his fellow citizens the character of a man of strict integrity and usefulness, and is permitted, after a residence there of 53 years, to continue in the enjoyment of their respect and esteem.  Mr. Allen was married with Miss Nancy Kirtland, of Parkman, Geauga County, Sept. 30, 1839.  She was born in Geauga County Mar. , 1817.  Her parents were Frederick and Sophia (Parkman) Kirtland, having been married in September, 1808, and being among the earliest pioneers of Northern Ohio, settling there in 1806.  Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Allen are members of the Protestant Episcopal Church at Maumee, the former having been baptized by Bishop Chase, the pioneer Bishop of the Diocese of Ohio.  they had 10 children: Lois S., born Aug. 17, 1840, wife of W. R. Carr, now residing in Illinois; John Church, Jr., born Feb. 28, 1842, and died July 31, 1855; Olive K., born Nov. 27, 1843, who married E. J. Leppelman, in 1867, and Henry Jenkins in 1873, she dying in Washington, D. C., Mar. 9, 1886; James F., born Oct. 7, 1845, married with Clara J. Barnes, now residing at Elyria, Ohio; Noah N., born Sept. 7, 1847, and died Apr. 14, 1870; Francis E., born Feb. 20, 1850, now practicing the Law at Easterville, Iowa, was married May 12, 1874, with Emma Gillett; George C., born Jan. 25, 1852, married with Maggie McCulla, Sept. 3, 1876, and resides at Easterville, Iowa;  Henry A., born May 14, 1855, married with Hattie Nailor, June 3, 1877, and resides at Easterville; Charles E., born Apr. 15, 1857, married with Elida Warner, Nov. 29, 1877, resides at Hector, Ohio; and Lucy M., born Mar. 30, 1860.  Two of the sons (James F. and Noah N.) served creditably as Volunteer Soldiers in the Union Army in the War of the Rebellion. Source:  Story of City of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, Illustrated - Clark Waggoner, Editor - Publ. New York & Toledo: Munsell & Company, Publishers - 1888 - Page 930

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