Streshley Allen1

b. 4 May 1840, d. 17 December 1915
Birth4 May 1840 Streshley Allen was born on 4 May 1840 in Kentucky.2 
Parents He was the son of David A. Allen and Eliza B. Hus_, both of Kentucky.2 
Name Other It is difficult to know how Streshley spelt his name. Even his own children did not seem to know. His death certificate (information offered by his daughter Agnes St. Clair) is difficult to read but appears to read Sthreshley Allen. On his wife's death certificate (information also from Agness) it appears as Streshley Allen. His daughter Mary Belle's death certificate uses Shreshley. Various census records appear to use Streckley, Streskley and Sthreshley. His headstone and many of the records created during his life simply use "S." 
Marriage26 Feb 1861 He married Eliza V. Buchanan, daughter of William Buchanan and Margaret Ryburn, on 26 Feb 1861 in Scotland County, Missouri.3 
Cens-Sum Streshley and Eliza spent their married life farming in Independence township, Schuyler County, Missouri, [Scotland and Schuyler were adjacent counties]. There they raised a family of eight children.4,5 
Cens-19101910  At the time of the 1910 census enumeration their youngest daughter Myrtle (Caldwell) and her 8 year old daughter Mary Caldwell lived with them.6 
Death17 Dec 1915 Streshley died of Addison's disease on 17 Dec 1915 in Schuyler County at age 75. However the year of death on his headstone is reported to read 1916.2,7 
Burial18 Dec 1915 He was buried on 18 Dec 1915 at Camp Ground Cemetery in Scotland County.2,7 
  Streshley and Louisa Allen may have been related.8 

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Family

Eliza V. Buchanan b. 22 Jul 1843, d. 26 May 1924
Children
Last Edited20 Jun 2011

Citations

  1. [S1513] "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1955", index with selected images, Missouri Digital Heritage (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates : downloaded March 2007), Eliza Virginia Allen data; personal information contributed by Mrs. J. M. St.Clair.
  2. [S1513] "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1955", index with selected images, Missouri Digital Heritage (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates : downloaded March 2007), Sthreshley Allen data; personal information contributed by Agness St.Clair.
  3. [S992] Eugene Dodge, Marriage Records of Scotland Co., Missouri , Vol 1, p. 1. Abstract reads: Allen, Sthreshly and Eliza Buchannon, Feb. 26, 1861.
  4. [S722] Streskley Allen household, 1880 U.S. cens., Schuyler Co., MO, pop. sched., Independence Township, ED 153, page 11 (6C stamped), dwelling 93, family 93, viewed online at Ancestry.com, November 2003, image 11 of 31. Census records: Streskley Allen, 40, b. KY, parents b. KY, farmer; Eliza V., 36, wife, b. MO, parents b. VA; Edward R., 16, son, works on farm; Flora B., dau, 12, at home; James W., 10, son; William D., 7, son; Mary B., dau, 4; Oley A., dau, 1; all children born MO. Census reports that Eliza, Edward and Flora cannot read or write.
  5. [S1022] St_hreskley Allen household, 1900 U.S. cens., Schuyler Co., Missouri, pop. sched., Independence township, ED 133, sheet 5B, dwelling 106, family 107, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 10 of 14. Enumeration includes: St_hreskley Allen, 60, b. May 1840, marr 39 yrs, b. KY, farmer; Eliza V., wife, 56, b. Jul 1843 MO, marr 39 yrs, mother of 8 children, all living; Myrtle, dau, 18, b. May 1882 MO.
  6. [S1130] Sthreshley Allen household, 1910 U.S. cens., Schuyler Co., Missouri, pop. sched., Independence township, ED 142, sheet 3B, dwelling 65, family 65, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 6 of 13. Enumeration includes: Sthreshley Allen, 69, marr 1, 49 yrs, b. KY, farmer; Eliza V., 69, marr 1, 49 yrs, mother of 8 children, all living, b. MO, both parents b. VA; Caldwell, Myrtle, dau, 27, marr 1, 8yrs, mother of 1 child, living, b. MO, Mary C. Caldwell, grandchild, 8, b. MO.
  7. [S991] Eugene Dodge, Cemetery Inscriptions of Scotland Co., Missouri, p. 76. S. Allen, b. May 4, 1840, d. Dec. 17, 1916.
  8. [S1100] Betty Bower, e-mail to Diana Powell, 20 Nov. 2004. Betty cites a Mr. Jump who descends from Louisa's sister Mary Allen; he states that Strekley and Louisa were half-siblings, both being children of David Allen. Louisa's mother was stated to be Sybella Winston.
  9. [S1100] Betty Bower, e-mail to Diana Powell, 20 Nov. 2004. Betty cites as her source Ms Patsy Mange, a great great granddaughter of Strechley Allen and Eliza V. Buchanan through the line of their daughter Flora who married John Johnson. Ms Mange, whose email in 2002 was <<e-mail address>> cites her mother's notes from the Johnson family Bible.
  10. [S1513] "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1955", index with selected images, Missouri Digital Heritage (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates : downloaded March 2007), Edward Ribern Allen data; personal information contributed by Mrs. J. C. Keuck.
  11. [S1727] James W. Allen, Missouri state death certificate (1940). Information provided by Fred Allen.
  12. [S1513] "Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1955", index with selected images, Missouri Digital Heritage (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates : downloaded March 2007), Mary Belle Hope data; personal information contributed by John W. Hope.