Remembering Them Forever (RTF)!

Military Information:

• US Army
• WWI Veteran
• Deceased
• QR Code
• Host & Researchers-Colonial Dames XVII Century, Star of Destiny Chapter, Denton
• RTF #1 (TVHOF: Remember Them Forever)
• Cemetery-Oakwood, Denton, Denton County, Texas
• PVT (Private)
• Victory Medal (WW I)

Bio:

Sam Allen

Personal information
Name: Sam Allen (Sam J. Allen, Sam Allens)

Birth: 13 October 1892 (1893)
Mount Pleasant, Titus County, Texas

1900 – McLennan, Texas, with father, grandparents, uncle, aunt, and six siblings
1928 - Waco
1930 – West, McLennan County, Texas, with wife, son, and mother-in-law
1935 - Waco, McLennan County, Texas
1940 – lived on East Hickory Street in Denton, Denton County, Texas, with wife and six children
1950 – Church Street, Denton, Denton County, Texas with wife and 7 children, 4 grandchildren, daughter-in-law, and son-in-law
30 years

Death: 16 January 1967
803 Lakey Street, Denton, Denton County, Texas

Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery
Denton, Denton County, Texas

Family: Parents: W. C. Allen and G. E. Allen (both born in Texas)
Spouse: Precious Jewel Johnson, married 07 December 1927,
McLennan, Texas
Children: Sam J., Leon Roy, Carrie L., Ruth G., Monay, Albert L.,
Lillian L.

Military Service
Military Branch: Army

Era/Service: World War I

Dates: Enlisted 02 April 2018
Discharged 04 February, 2019

Rank at Release: Private

Physical: Stout build, short height, black hair, black eyes

Civilian Life
Education: 6th grade

Occupation: Cook for university

Sources:

1) 1900 U.S. Census, McLennan County, Texas, population schedule, Waco Ward 1, dwelling 262, family 292, W. R. Allen and Sarah A. Allen, digital image, Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

2) 1930 U.S. Census, McLennan County, Texas, population schedule, West, dwelling 13, family 14, Sam J. Allen and Precious J. Allen, digital image, Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

3) 1940 U.S. Census, Denton County, Texas, population schedule, Denton, sheet 11A,, family 316, Sam Allen and Precious Allen, digital image, Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

4) 1950 U.S. Census, Denton County, Texas, population schedule, Denton, dwelling 266, Sam Allens and Prescious Allens Jr., digital image, Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

5) Sam Allen, FindAGrave.com, Memorial #12771394 (online database), citing Oakwood Cemetery, Denton, Denton County, Texas, contributed by R. M. Leahy

6) Texas County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, McLennan County, Sam Allen and Precious Jewel Johnson (1927), Ancestry.com (online database)

7) Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, No. 08606, Sam Allen (1967), Austin; Ancestry.com (online database)

8) U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Sam Allen (1951), Ancestry.com (online database), from Social Security Administration, Washington, DC

9) U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Sam Allen, Denton County, Texas; Ancestry.com (online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC

10) US. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Sam Allen, Ancestry.com online database), from National Archives, Washington, DC


Author Information:

Name: Wanda Samek, Star of Destiny Chapter
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Cemetery
Contact Information: samek@verizon.net
Date: 20 July t 2023