Allen Crockett Blessing1

b. 24 November 1894, d. September 1952
FatherGardner A. Blessing1 b. 22 Jun 1854, d. aft 15 Apr 1910
MotherCaroline Minter Crockett1 b. Oct 1858, d. 16 Mar 1946
Birth24 Nov 1894 Allen Crockett Blessing was born on 24 Nov 1894 in Virginia.1 
Marriage1918 He married Hazel M. Cole in 1918, probably in Iowa.1 
Children  Allen and Hazel were the parents of at least 9 children: Virginia C., Dorothy M., Cleo J., Allen Crockett Jr., Peggy L., Donna, Marie, Margaret and Deanna Kay.1 
Cens-Sum  The family farmed land in Clay County, Iowa, where they were recorded on the 1920, 1930 and 1940 census enumerations. The 1940 census asked questions not included in previous years, including the highest level of school attended. Allen's entry indicated he had completed 8th grade; Hazel had completed the first year of high school.2,3,4 
DeathSep 1952 Allen died in Sep 1952 in Rochester, Minnesota, at age 57.1 
ChartsDescendants of Jeremiah Gardner and Margaret Edmiston
Last Edited3 Jan 2013

Citations

  1. [S2945] Robert Gardner research, 2881 Pruneridge Ave., Santa Clara, California, 95051, email to: e-mail address ; Mr. Gardner cites correspondence with Mary Miles Campbell (1948, Wytheville, VA), and Margaret Medaris (dau of Gardner Blessing), as well as notes from the Redmond Cole files for selected data on the William T. Blessing family.
  2. [S2991] Allen C. Blessing household, 1920 U.S. cens., Clay Co., Iowa, pop. sched., Gillett Grove township, ED 37, sheet 9A (p. 171 stamped), dwelling 153, family 164, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2012. Household includes: Allen C. Blessing, rents, 26, b. VA, farm laborer; Hazel M., wife, 21, b. IA; enumerated in same dwelling as a household headed by Adolph Reckowsky, 38, b. KS, also a farm laborer.
  3. [S2992] Allen C. Blessing household, 1930 U.S. cens., Clay Co., Iowa, pop. sched., Herdland township, ED 21-10, sheet 4A (p. 162 stamped), dwelling 63, family 64, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2012. Household includes: Allen C. Blessing, 35, marr at 24, b. VA, rents home, is a farm, owns radio, farmer; Hazel M., wife, 31, marr at 21, b. IA; Virginia C., dau, 8; Dorothy M., dau, 7; Cleo J., dau, 4 10/12; Allen Jr., son, 2 11/12; Peggy L., dau, 11/12; Harold North, nephew, 18; all b. IA.
  4. [S2993] Allen C. Blessing household, 1940 U.S. cens., Clay Co., Iowa, pop. sched., Lake township, ED 21-11, sheet 2A (p. 66 stamped), household 63, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2012. Household includes: Allen Blessing, 45, completed 8th grade, farm operator, b. VA; Hazel, wife, 41, completed 1st yr high school, b. IA; Virginia, dau, 18, completed H-4; Dorothy, dau, 17, comp H-?; Cleo, dau, 14, comp H-1; Allen Jr., 12, comp 6th grade; Peggy, dau, 10, comp 5th grade; Donna, dau, 8, comp 2nd grade; Marie, dau, 4; Margaret, dau, 4; Deanna Kay, dau, 1; all children b. IA; family resided in rural Clay Co., IA in 1935.