John Seymour Allen

1870 - 1966  (95 years)

• Name	John Seymour Allen  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	27 Nov 1870	Richmond, Cache, Utah   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Jan 1966	Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona   [5]
  Burial	Mesa City Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I5008	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Charles Hopkins Allen,   b. 15 Oct 1830, Burton, Cattaraugus, New York d. 18 Feb 1922, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Adelaide Hoopes,   b. 9 Sep 1847, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa d. 19 Nov 1889, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	15 Jun 1864	Richmond, Cache, Utah   [4, 7]
  Family ID	F1471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barbara Ann Phelps,   b. 26 Aug 1877, Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho d. 31 Jan 1957, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	2 Oct 1895	Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona   [4, 8]
  Children	1. Charles Ashael Allen,   b. 31 Jul 1896, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona d. 28 Jan 1969, Farmington, San Juan, New Mexico (Age 72 years)   2. Blanche Allen,   b. 15 Feb 1898, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona d. 26 Mar 1991, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 93 years)   3. Hyrum Loren Allen,   b. 7 Oct 1901, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona d. 9 Oct 1963, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 62 years) + 4. Barbara Allen,   b. 5 Oct 1903, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona d. 12 Feb 2003, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 99 years)   5. John R. Allen,   b. 29 Oct 1905, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona d. 19 Dec 2001, Gilbert, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 96 years)   6. Gove Liahona Allen,   b. 26 Jul 1907, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona d. 26 Sep 1951, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (Age 44 years)   7. Mary Allen,   b. 1 Sep 1910, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona d. 28 Oct 2012, Bountiful, Davis, Utah (Age 102 years)   8. Eldred Phelps Allen,   b. 19 Apr 1912, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona d. 18 May 1912, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 0 years)   9. Russell Hoopes Allen,   b. 7 Jul 1914, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona d. 13 Nov 2005, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 91 years)   10. Ben Rich Allen,   b. Abt 1916   d. 25 Mar 1972, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Age ~ 56 years)   11. Joseph Seymour Allen,   b. 5 Nov 1917, Gilbert, Maricopa, Arizona d. 9 Nov 1995, Wellton, Yuma, Arizona (Age 78 years)   12. Della Allen,   b. 11 Oct 1920, Gilbert, Maricopa, Arizona d. 23 Nov 1925, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona (Age 5 years)
  Photos		barbara ann & john seymour
  		wedding, john seymour & barbara allen
  Family ID	F3326	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2020

  
  

• Photos		John Seymour Allen
  		John Seymour Allen, younger

  
  

• Notes

  "John Seymour spent his first eleven years in Cove before his family moved to Mesa, Arizona. He has been extremely active in missionary work and colonization. He has made his livelihood by farming and canal building. His first mission was in the Southern States; the second in the Eastern States; and the third in the Southwest Indian Mission among the Pimas. He and his wife have financed twenty-one years of missionary work and have contributed funds for temple work. No request from the church was refused whether great or small. He has been a faithful ward teacher for fifty years without missing one month. While supporting one missionary he prospered greatly and was so encouraged that he supported two more after the first had returned. His financial status reversed and he became almost bankrupt, barely able to keep the missionaries out. Later he was asked why he had not become discouraged in the Gospel because of this situation and he replied, 'Whether I get rich or go broke while I keep a missionary out doesn't change the fact that the Gospel is true.' "His wife, Barbara Phelps, came to Mesa from Montpelier, Idaho when she was a year old. They suffered the rigors of pioneer life including a smallpox epidemic. She recalls having her shoes blacked with soot and grease before she could go to Sunday School and Primary. She was energetic and capable with a nice singing voice. Their marriage has been humble and devout. Ten of their twelve children grew to maturity and are active in the Church. She milked cows to support herself and family and to supply her husband while he was on two missions. She joined her husband on his third mission and they did a splendid job among the Indians at Santon, Arizona. She has worked in all the auxilaries and at present, at the age of seventy-five, she is still teaching Primary." [Ancestors and Descendants of Andrew Lee and Clarinda Knapp Allen] "Allen was proud of his large family of 12 children, which included [his] seven sons. While living in Gilbert, in 1934, he organized and coached the Allen family basketball team and challenged any family in the church to a game." [Images of America: Latter-Day Saints in Mesa by D. L. Turner and Catherine H. Ellis. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S4024] 1930 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com. [S4021] 1910 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com. [S2244] 1880 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com. [S119] Ancestors and Descendants of Andrew Lee and Clarinda Knapp Allen by Gerald R. Fuller. Esther Fuller Dial, ed. The Andrew Lee Allen Family Organization, 1952. [S1243] Findagrave.com page for John Seymour Allen. [S1263] Personal records held by P & T Nielsen Hayden. [S664] Nicholas Knapp Genealogy by Alfred Averill Knapp. Winter Park, Florida: 1953., year only. [S4402] Find a Grave page for Barbara Ann Phelps Allen., year only.