Walter Truman Allen ^{2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: K8JG-52L.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Saint George, Pottawatomie, KS, United States. ⁴ The 1880 census recorded Wilson D. Allen, carpenter, 48, living with wife Almina, 49; George, teacher, 22; William B., laborer, 18; Ulysses G., odd jobs, 16; Emma A., 10; Hattie M. 8; and Walter T., 5. Wilson and his parents, and George and William were born in Ohio. Almina and her parents were born in Pennsylvania. The others were born in Indiana.
A few houses later is Wilson's daughter, Flora, 22, living with her husband, Wm. Fortune, laborer, 23. William and his father were born in Virginia and his mother in Kentucky. Flora and her father were born in Ohio and mother in Pennsylvania.
Next to them is William's father, James Fortune, laborer, 62, and wife Mary, 59 with sons David, farmer, 27, and John, at home, 20. All and their parents were born in Virginia, except Mary and David in Kentucky.
Futher down this census page is Wilson Allen's newlywed daughter, Julia A., 20, living with her husband, Louis Smallwood, railroad employee, 20. She was born in Ohio and he in Missouri.

2. Census on 1 Mar 1885 in Manhattan, Riley, KS, United States. ⁵ The 1885 Kansas State Census recorded on 1 March 1885: W. D. Allen, carpenter, 53, married, born in Ohio, living with wife A. B. Allen, 54, born in Pennsylvania; Emma A. Allan, 16, born in Indiana; Harriet M. Allen, 12, born in Indiana; Grant, 20; Walter T., 10. The record states they came to Kansas from Indiana.
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3. Military on 20 Feb 1899 in Anniston, Calhoun, AL, USA: His father's obituary said he was with the Army hospital corps. ²

4. Census in 1900 in Manhattan, Riley, KS, United States. ⁶ The 1900 census recorded at 426 Laramie Street: William J. Fortune, plasterer, 45, born Dec 1854, living with wife Florence, 44, Apr 1856; Maud B., 17, Sep 1882; and Harry E., 8, Aug 1891. Also in the home was brother-in-law Walter J. Allen, teacher, 25, Mar 1874. William and his parents were born in Virginia. Florence and her father were born in Ohio and her mother in Pennsylvania. Maud and Harry were born in Kansas. Walter J. was born in Indiana, his father in Ohio and mother in Pennsylvania.

5. Occupation: District Court Clerk on 4 Feb 1908 in Dalhart, Dallam, TX, United States. ⁷

6. Residence: on 4 Feb 1908 in Dalhart, Dallam, TX, United States. ⁷

7. Obituary: Manhattan Nationalist on 13 Feb 1908 in Manhattan, Riley, KS, United States. ⁷ Was County Clerk.
Mrs. Oma Allen returned to her home in Dalhart, Tex., this week. Her husband, Truman Allen, whose death occurred last week and whose body was brought here for burial, was county clerk at Dalhart, Tex., and Mrs. Allen was called home to fill the vacancy until his term would have expired.

Walter married Oma Elizabeth Walker, daughter of Elijah Walker and Elizabeth Catherine Gallaspie, on 23 Jul 1902 in Manhattan, Riley, KS, United States.¹ (Oma Elizabeth Walker was born on 16 Oct 1867 in Saint George, Pottawatomie, KS, United States,^{1 8 9} died on 21 Apr 1953 in Denver, Denver, CO ^{8 9 10} and was buried in Manhattan, Riley, KS, United States ⁸.)