Pioneer's Information
Type of Pioneer: Early Pioneer
Pioneer's Name: Allen, Andrew (more stories about this Pioneer)
Birth Place: Council Bluffs, Iowa
Date of Birth: Fri, 16 Nov, 1849
Date of Death: Sun, 17 Jan, 1904
Father: Jude Allen (more stories with this pioneer)
Mother: Mary Ann Nicholas (more stories with this pioneer)
Spouse: Elizabeth Lasley (more stories with this pioneer)
Other Spouses: Marintha Altheria Davis (more stories with this pioneer)
Arrived in Utah: 1852
Education:
Profession: Farmer, Postmaster
Honors:
Civic Activities: County Commissioner, State Representative
Church: Bishopric member
Authentic Mormon Pioneer: Yes
Excerpt from Pioneer Story
WHILE WORKING AROUND A THRESHING MACHINE, ANDREW LOST HIS ARM IN THE GEARS, NEEDING AMPUTATION ABOVE THE ELBOW. IT WAS SAID OF ANDREW, HE COULD HARNESS A TEAM OR ANY OTHER WORK ON A FARM AS QUICKLY AS ANY MAN WITH TWO ARMS AND HANDS.
Full Pioneer Story
ANDREW ALLEN
Submitted By: D. Adkins (more stories by this author)
ANDREW ALLEN WAS BORN 16 NOV, 1849 IN POTOWATAMIE CO. NEAR COUNCIL BLUFFS, Nebraska. HE WAS THE SEVENTH CHILD AND THE SECOND SON OF JUDE ALLEN AND HIS WIFE MARY ANN NICHOLAS.IN THE YEAR 1852, HIS FATHER AND FAMILY JOINED THE BENJAMIN GARDNER COMPANY AND STARTED THE LONG TREK ON FOOT AND BY OX-TEAM AND WAGON TO CROSS THE PLAINS TO UTAH TERRITORY.
THE CHILDREN WALKED MOST OF THE WAY, DRIVING THE SHEEP AND CATTLE. THEY WERE GRATEFUL WHEN THEY REACHED UTAH. THEY SETTLED IN BOUNTIFUL, THEN CALLED SESSIONS SETTLEMENT. HERE THE FAMILY FARMED AND WORKED UNTIL 1866 WHEN THEY MOVED TO CALLS FORT IN BOX ELDER COUNTY ANDREW WAS SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD BY THEN AND HE HELPED BUILD A TWO ROOM HOUSE AND GREW EXPERT AT FARMING.
WHILE WORKING AROUND A THRESHING MACHINE, ANDREW LOST HIS ARM IN THE GEARS, NEEDING AMPUTATION ABOVE THE ELBOW. IT WAS SAID OF ANDREW, HE COULD HARNESS A TEAM OR ANY OTHER WORK ON A FARM AS QUICKLY AS ANY MAN WITH TWO ARMS AND HANDS.
AT THE AGE OF NINETEEN, ANDREW MET A LOVELY DARK HAIRED GIRL BY THE NAME OF ELIZABETH LASLEY. THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN WELTON LASLEY AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH WHITE. THEY WERE MARRIED 11 FEB, 1868. THERE WERE EIGHT CHILDREN BORN TO THIS UNION.
IN 1882 ANDREW FILED HOMESTEAD PAPERS ON LAND IN THE ROCKLAND VALLEY IN IDAHO. HE HAD RIDDEN THERE MANY TIMES TO GATHER STRAY CATTLE, AND WISHED TO SETTLE THERE.
THE FAMILY OF ANDREW MOVED TO ROCKLAND IDAHO WHERE THEY QUIETLY SETTLED IN AND BEGAN FARMING OR RANCHING, DURING HIS LIFE IN ROCKLAND, ANDREW SERVED AS COUNTY COMMISSIONER, REPRESENTATIVE, SERVED IN THE BISHOPRlC OF HIS CHURCH FOR 20 YEARS, WAS POSTMASTER FOR TEN YEARS, WAS THE FIRST CONTRACTED MAIL CARRIER BETWEEN AMERlCAN FALLS, IDAHO AND ROCKLAND, OPERATED A GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORE AS WELL AS RUNNING TWO FARMS ... HONEST, CHARITABLE AND CALLED UNCLE ANDREW BY EVERYONE IN ROCKLAND VALLEY.
HIS FIRST WIFE ELIZABETH WHO HE MARRIED 11 FEB, 1868 IN SALT LAKE CITY , PASSED AWAY 27 MAR, 1890 IN ROCKLAND. LATER AS COUNTY COMMISSIONER, HE MET MARINTHA ALTHERIA DAVIS IN MALAD, IDAHO. MARINTHA WAS BORN IN GILBERTON, PENN. OF WELCH PARENTS THOMAS JOHN DAVIS AND ELIZABETH WILLIAMS.
ANDREW AND MARINTHA WERE MARRIED 6 JAN, 1892.
CHILDREN OF ANDREW AND ELIZABETH:
MARY ELIZABETH
B: 27MAR1870
D: 24FEB1877 HONEYVILLE
ANDREW MARTIN
B: 20JAN1872 BORN IN HONEYVILLE UTAH,
D: 11JUL1885 DIED ROCKLAND, IDAHO
JUDE WILLIAM
B: 2MAY1875
D: 2MAR1877 HONEYVILLE
EMILY
B: 11JAN1878 HONEYVILLE, UTAH
D: 3JUN1959 POCATELLO, IDAHO
M: HENRY BOLEY 30CT1901
M: ED KELLY
MYRA SUSANNAH
B: 11SEP1880
D: 24JUL1882 HONEYVILLE
HEBER CHARLES
B: 100CT1881 HONEYVILLE, UTAH
D: 31AUG1969 POCATELLO, IDAHO
M: MARY HILLHOUSE 21FEB1904
7. LUCINDA HARRIET
B: 200CT1883 ROCKLAND, IDAHO
D: 1919 AMERlCAN FALLS, IDAHO
M: ROBERT HILLHOUSE
JOHN WELTON
B: 280CT1885 ROCKLAND, IDAHO
D: 16FEB1951 BALDWIN PARK, CALIF.
M: JENNIE HILLHOUSE 30SEP1907
M: GRACE ENA McKOWN 5FEB1917
CHILDREN OF ANDREW AND MARINTHA
MABEL
B: 7NOV1892 SAMARIA, IDAHO
D: 12SEP1902 ROCKLAND, IDAHO
LEONARD
B: 10JUN1894 SAMARIA, IDAHO
D: 220CT1918 ROCKLAND, IDAHO
M: FERN HALLING 8JUL1917
IDA ELIZABETH
B: 6NOV1895 ROCKLAND, IDAHO
D: 7MAR1897 ROCKLAND, IDAHO
VERA
B: 14MAR1897 ROCKLAND, IDAHO
D: 25MAR1898 ROCKLAND, IDAHO
IRENE
B: 4MAR1899 ROCKLAND, IDAHO
D: 19JUL1972 LOGAN, UTAH
M: JAMES LAFAYETTE YOUNG 14FEB1936
LLOYD EDWIN
B: 22JAN1901 ROCKLAND, IDAHO
D: 1991 NORTHRIDGE, CALIF
M: EMME LUE WINN 1SEP1927
AIDA VICTORIA
B: 16JAN1903 ROCKLAND, IDAHO
D: 300CT1969 LOGAN, UTAH
M: JOHN ISREAL THOMAS KING WAYMAN
Sources:
SUP Book in SUP Library
Digitized by LaRon Taylor, 1/22/2010
Virtues: Commitment, Faith