Eugene "Little Gene" Key

Notes:

Name: Eugene Jr Key
Death Date: 14 Sep 1928
Death Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 4 years 10 months 7 days
Estimated Birth Date: 1924
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Eugene Key
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Bessie Allen
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114623
Digital Film Number: 4165511
Image Number: 767
Reference Number: item 2 cn 38736
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

His World War I draft registration, completed in June 1917, showed he was a grocer, employed by Kay Brothers. He was supporting a wife and one child. He was short, slender, had blue eyes and light hair.

Name: Eugene Littlefield Key
Death Date: 13 Apr 1963
Death Place: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 75 years 11 months 23 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 20 Apr 1887
Birthplace: Lampasas, Tex.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mrs. Eugene Key
Father's Name: J. R. Key
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Lula Harral
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Merchant, Grocery
Place of Residence: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas
Cemetery: Oak Hill
Burial Place: Lampasas, Texas
Burial Date: 15 Apr 1963
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2117272
Digital Film Number: 4028589
Image Number: 1886
Reference Number: CN 26169
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Eugene married Bessie Mae "Bess" Allen about 1920. Bessie (daughter of William Washington Allen and Elizabeth Rebecca Maund) was born on 24 Jan 1887 in Lampasas County, Texas; died on 16 Feb 1983 in Lampasas County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The transcription of the Oak Hill Cemetery in Lampasas has her date of birth listed as Jan 18, 1887. The SSDI and notes of her sister, Kate Allen Tirado, instead show the date of birth as January 24, 1887. She was also born at the home of her Aunt Kate Noble in Lampasas.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Lampasas County, Lampasas City
Enumerated 141-1 SD 14 Sheet 27A Stamped 207
715-758
Key, Eugene Head M W 43 M 28 Tx SC Tx Salesman Grocery Store
Key, Bessie Wf F W 42 m 33 Tx Ga Ga
Key, James Son M W 13 S Tx Tx Tx (son from previous marriage)

Notes:

Enrolled in the District 10 School in Sabine County in 1854. In a biography of his family, written by his daughter Katherine Allen Tirado, it was noted that he "was about 8 years old (when his mother died) and he had a step-mother [Jane Russell Payne] that was very severe and the loss of their mother was a great sorrow to them."

A veteren of the Civil War, per "Citizen Soldiers of Sabine County, Texas" by Robert Cecil McDaniel. His tombstone is inscribed Miss Pvt Co F 11 Regt Tx Inf CSA

In the Affidavit of Mrs. C. D. Gooch, she noted that W. W. Allen lived in Lampasas County, Texas as of 1910. Other sources list him dying circa 1900. He actually died in 1914.

Sally had notes from her her aunt Kate Mellon Allen, who married a Tirado. Kate indicated that William Washington Allen was born at the home of his parents, Thompson and Elizabeth Allen, in Noxba, Mississippi.

Name: William Washington Allen
Death Date: 09 Jun 1914
Death Place: Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 74 years 9 months 3 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 12 Sep 1839
Birthplace: Noxba Co., Mississippi
Marital Status: Unknown
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer And Stockman
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Lampasas
Burial Date: 10 Jun 1914
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2051127
Digital Film Number: 4165726
Image Number: 2455
Reference Number: cn 12920
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):
Census Listings:

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine, Beat No. 3 Post Office Brookeland
Enumerated 21 Aug 1870
Page 18
636-636
Allen, W. W. 30 M W Farmer $2500 $1000 Tx
Allen, Elizabeth 19 F W Keeping House Tx
Allen, Franklin 10 M W Tx
Allen, Tabitha 8 F W Tx

1880 Census
Texas, Lampasas County, Town of Lampasas
Enumerated 4 Jun 1880
Page 12D SD 5 ED 85
Elm Street
109-116
Allen, William W. M W 40 Stock Raiser SC ---- ----
Allen, Elizabeth W F 33 Wf Keeping House Ga Ga Ga
Allen, Catherine M W F 6 Dtr Tx Sc Ga
Allen, William C W M 4 Son Tx SC Ga
Allen, Horace B W F 1 Son Tx SC Ga


1900 Census
Texas, Lampasas County, JP 5
Enumerated 30 June 1900
SD 4 D 106 Sheet 20B
344-346
Allen, William W Head W M Sept 1839 M 30 SC Unk Unk Farmer
Allen, Lizzie Wf W F Nov 1845 54 M 30 8/7 Ga Ga Ga
Allen, Horace B Son W M Sept 1878 11 S Tx Sc Ga Farmer
Allen, Norman D Son M W May 1881 19 S Tx SC Ga Farm Laborer
Allen, Perry C Son M W Dec 1883 16 S Tx SC Ga At School
Allen, Bessie Dtr W F Jan 1885 15 S Tx Sc Ga At School
Allen, Chester Son W M Aug 1890 9 S Tx Sc Ga

1910 Census
Texas, Lampasas County, JP5
Enumerated 15 and 16 Day April 1910
SD 14 ED 172 Sheet 1A Stamped 88
1-1
Allen, W. W . Head M W 69 M2 39 Miss SC SC
Allen, Lizzie Wf F W 63 M1 39 7/0 Ga Ga Ga
Allen, Bessie Dtr F W 21 S Tx Mis Ga
Allen, Chester Son M W 18 S Tx Mis Ga Laborer Homer Farm
Spradling, W. L. Hired Man M W 21 S Tx Tn Tn Farm Laborer Home Farm

1920 Census
Texas, Lampasas County, JP 1, Lampasas City
Enumerated 3 and 4 March 1920
SD 17 ED 141 Sheet 20A Stamped 103
First Street
1208-469-572
Allen, Lizzie Head F W 74 Wd Tx US US
Allen, Bessie M Dtr F W 32 S Tx Miss Tx








(Medical):yDNA results

A direct male descendant of William Washington Allen's, born with the Allen surname, volunteered to submit a yDNA sample to FamilyTreeDNA.com.

His kit number, in the name of William Allen, is 237184.

The results showed that he was in the R1b1a2a1a1b haplogroup.

He was a 37 marker match to the following :

Samual Doyle Allen Jr (Ancestor Ephraim P. Allen, b. 1820 North Carolina)
Ronald Lee Allen (Ancestor Edmond Allen)
Henry Walton Allen (Ancestor not indicated)
Jerome Brady (Ancestor Richard Brady b. ca. 1805 Co. Caven or Claire, Ireland)
Williams Adams (Ancestor William Adams b. 1816)

Bill Adams emailed the following about his "Adams" lineage: "I can trace my lineage back to William Adams born in Mecklenburg, VA in 1816 or 1820. I know his mother was Sarah/Sally "Adams". (And I think he may have had brothers Alfred and James). I cannot determine who his father was. His grandfather appears to be James Adams who fought in the Revolution. Sarah/Sally having a last name of "Adams" is weird.

Due to the exact match between us, I am wondering whether Sarah/Sally actually had a husband named "Allen" who died or something. Maybe Sarah/Sally went to live with her "Adams" dad for this or some other reason and the kids were raised with an Adams last name. I sayy this because it seems weird to me that Sarah/Sally's husband would also be the same last name of "Adams".

You show your earliest ancestor being 1820, but I do know that the "Adams" in Mecklenburg lived on "Allen's" creek. Also, one of them married an "Allen" (maybe it was William, I can't remember for sure.) I know there were "Allens" living in close proximity to the "Adams" in Mecklenburg, VA."

William married Elizabeth Rebecca Maund on 21 Apr 1870 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Elizabeth (daughter of William Wallace Maund and Caroline Young) was born on 30 Nov 1845 in Georgia; died on 15 Sep 1929 in Temple, Bell County, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lampasas County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her daughter, Kate, instead lists her date of birth as November 30, 1845, in Albany, Georgia. Her tombstone is inscribed as 1845-1929, with the phrase "Mother Dear"

Name: Elizabeth Allen
Death Date: 15 Sep 1929
Death Place: Temple, Bell, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age:
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 30 Nov 1846
Birthplace: Ga.
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Rev. W.W. Maund
Father's Birthplace: Ga.
Mother's Name: Caroline Young
Mother's Birthplace: Va.
Occupation: Hsewfe
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Lampasas, Tx.
Burial Date: 16 Sep 1929
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114969
Digital Film Number: 4032110
Image Number: 2787
Reference Number: cn 43080
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Married:
In March, 2011, Sally Clark emailed that: "Elizabeth Maund and W W Allen are my gg grandparents. They had 8 children to my knowledge. I am using their daughter, Kate's notes, and I am using my grandmother's notes on their children. Elizabeth and W W are buried in Lampasas with several Allens. Lampasas is my home. Let me know if you want names and dates for their children and what you need to verify the information."

Sally Clark
sjclark@classicnet.net

Notes:

In a Family Group Sheet prepared by Eva Mae Halbert Hackney, whose father was a grandson of Thompson Allen, she lists Thompson's birth as occuring on 22 Dec 1802, Elbert County, Georgia. His parents are not listed, though the parents of his wife, Elizabeth Wooldridge, are shown. No sources are cited by Eva. This handwritten group sheet was provided to me by Blanche Finley Toole in January, 1995. Blanche said she helped Eva prepare her DAR and DRT records applications. Blanche and Eva were connected through the Burton family. Neither Blanche nor Eva knew who Thompson Allen's parents were.

In a history of the W. W. Allen family, prepared by Thompson Allen's granddaughter, Kate Allen Tirado, she also writes that "Thompson Allen (Father of W. W. Allen, Levi T. and John Allen) was born December 22, 1802 in Albert (sic) County, Georgia. Thompson Allen departed this life at the age of 67 years, 10 months, and 5 days at his residence in Sabine County, Texas on October 17, 1870." Again, Thompson's parents are not mentioned by Kate. Kate prepared this four page, typewritten manuscript sometime after 1955, but before her death in October 1964

The "1850 Census Sabine County, Texas with added family information and corrections" by Helen Gomer Schluter and Blanche Finley Toole, shows that Thompson Allen in Household number 277 was the owner of 9 slaves. On this census, he is shown as age 48, and born in South Carolina. The 1860 census lists his place of birth instead as Georgia. Kate Allen Tirado, a granddaughter, writes that Thompson lived first in Houston, Texas ca 1840, later moving to Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

Sally Clark, a niece of Kate Allen Tirado, emailed that a Thos WG Allen was listed in the "First Settlers of the Republic of Texas Vol I." He was given a second class land grant as a resident of Harris County. He rec'd 1280 acres, and listed as Thos WG Allen - 3-16-1839. He woud have needed to be here prior to 10-1-1837 to be first class." It is possible this land grant in Harris county was for our Thompson Allen as Kate Tirado wrote that he lived in Houston, which is in Harris County, before moving to Milam, Sabine County in January, 1841. However it is also possible that this is another Thompson Allen, as the extract of a voters registration list from 1867 (shown in full below) for Thompson Allen shows "Yrs in State: 26, Yrs in County: 26, Yrs in Pct.: 12." This would seem to indicate that he settled directly in Sabine County around 1841, as the years in the state and county match.

According to a list of Sabine County Voter's registrations appearing in YELLOWED PAGES, Winter 1993, Page 27, "Aug 6, 1867 #322 Thompson Allen Prct 5, Yrs in State: 26, Yrs in County: 26, Yrs in Pct.: 12, Native of Georgia."

Gifford White's book, "The First Settlers of Sabine County, Texas" has the following listing: 19 Thompson Allen 1840, 640 acres, Dec 1843, noting further that a Wm D Fry and Bede Johnson are listed with the same dates.

According to an Affidavit of Mrs. C.D. Gooch, dated 25 May 1910, and on file in Sabine County, "Thompson Allen was married twice, that his first wife, whose name was Elizabeth Wooldrige before marriage; died about the year 1848, that she left surviving her, her husband, Thompson Allen and six children as follows: (1) John Allen, who died eight or nine years ago, and left a widow and children; (2) Connilia L. Allen, who married Annanias Oliver about the year 1840, and died 1909, leaving children; (3) Levi Allen who now resides in Lampasas County, Texas; (4) W.W. Allen who now resides in Lampasas, Texas; (5) Mary F. Allen who married W.W. Halbert in 1858 and died about 1900 in Sabine County, Texas leaving her husband and children; (6) Jerusha Allen, who married G.W. Speights in November 1865, and died in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas in 1888 leaving husband and children; That the said Thompson Allen and his first wife, Elizabeth, had four other children, namely Marion, Martha, Elizabeth and Augustus, all of whom died without marrying and leaving no children; that the above mentioned ten children, were all and the only children of the said Thompson Allen and his first wife, Elizabeth Wooldridge, that reached maturity."

After the death of his first wife, Thompson married second Jane Russell, the widow of Epperson Duke Payne.

On the 1854 Sabine County Scholastic Census, Thompson Allen was shown as having five children and stepchildren enrolled in District 10: William, J.P. Pain, J.D. Pain, Mary, and Jerusha.

Blanche Toole, a Sabine County Genealogist and historian stated that, "Thompson and Elizabeth Wooldridge Allen are buried in the Oliphant Chapel Memorial Garden cemetery, and Thompson was a veteran of the Mexican War. " His name has not be located in the index of Mexican War veterans, however. Blanche also indicates that Thompson Allen's sister was Jemima Allen, the first wife of A.D. Oliphint. [Note: This is not proven and may be in error]. Blanche also said that Thompson "came to Texas with his wife, Elizabeth Wooldridge, and with the Oliphints. He settled just south of the Oliphint Chapel Community, on the Palo Gacho Bayou, where he had a grist mill and lumber mill. He lived near the Oliver family. He and his wife had a large family. Elizabeth died 7 March 1847, and was buried in the Oliphint Chapel Cemetery. They were parents of seven children. Three died young. When Thompson Allen died, after 1870, family tradition says that he was buried by his first wife, Elizabeth. It is presumed the three young children were also buried nearby." [Note: presumably Blanche means Thompson and Elizabeth had a total of TEN children, three of whom died young, and seven who lived into maturity]

In the family group sheet given to me by Mrs. Toole, one that was prepared and/or extracted from the notes Edna Mae Hackney, a total of twelve children are shown. It appears that two of these twelve children died before 1836, before the families move to Texas circa 1841. This may account for the discrepency in the number of children. Mrs. Hackney listed detailed birth and death dates for the parents and children, but no support was provided for these dates. Or Mrs. Hackney may have been in error about the two children who died young.

All twelve are shown in this file, however.

In an article entitled "Mrs Etta Nichols Speeks on History of Low's Chapel" published in the August 26, 1965 issue of the SABINE COUNTY REPORTER, "John Morris gave land for church, school and Cemetery about 1890...the school was named for Thomas Allen, and called Allen's Old Mill. Thompson Allen owned a mill that sawed logs into lumber as well as ground corn for meal. It was located about 1/2 mile north of Tuckers Bridge on Palo Gacho. A dam of boards, which was called a tumbling dam, produced the power. The saw worked vertically. Thomas Allen married Glendy McLanahan's mother, who was my great grandmother. Curtis Jackson owned the mill first."



(Research):Timeline (Courtesy of Tuck Wilson)

1802 - Dec 22, Thompson born in Abbeville District, SC (Arva Allen Bible notes). Other family records show location of birth as Elbert County, GA. 1850 census shows him as age 48, born SC. 1860 census shows him as age 58, born GA.
1820 - Thompson a minor, not found in Census in Alabama or SC
1828 - dau Ruthie Ann Allen b 13 Nov 1828 in SC
1830 - dau Minerva Jenkins Allen b. in Alabama
1830- should be living in Selma, Alabama Dallas County (birth of Minerva Jenkins Allen 23 Nov 1830) but not found in census SC, Ala, Mississippi
1832 - son Thomas Bannister Allen b. 29 Sept 1832 in Alabama
1833 - son Thomas Bannister Allen d. 4 Aug 1833 in Alabama
1834 - dau Caroline Woolridge Allen b. June 1834 in Mississippi
1836 - son Levi Thompson Allen b. 3 May 1836 in Noxubee County Mississippi
1836 - dau Caroline Woolridge Allen d. 26 Oct 1836 in Mississippi
1839 - son William Washington Allen b. 12 Sep 1839 in Noxubee County Mississippi
1840 - should be living in Noxubee County Mississippi. He is not shown there but there is a "T. Allen one county over in Winston County, Mississippi with 9 people that looks good. There is an Alfred E. Oliphint in Holmes County, 1 county west of Winston.
1840-43 Thompson Allen has moved to Texas by 28 Feb 1843 when dau Mary Frances is born.

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine District in the County of Sabine
Enumerated 27 28 and 29 of Nov 1850
277-277
Thompson Allen 48 M Farmer $2000 South Carolina
Jane C --- 39 F
David R Payne 16 M Alabama
Margaret E --- 15 F Alabama
Jane E ---13 F Texas
J. Peckins 11 M Texas
Caroline D --- 9 F Texas
Tery Allin 13 M Mississippi
William --- 11 M Mississippi
Mary --- 9 F Texas
Jerusha --- 5 F Texas
Alfred A --- 2/12 M Texas
Alexander Bains 21 M Farmer Alabama

1860 Census
Texas, Redland Beat No. 4 in the County of Sabine, P.O. Milam
Enumerated 30 Jun 1860
Page 23
167-167
W.A. Payne 36 F Farmer $7500 $15782 La
Margaret A Payne 15 F Texas
Sarah A Payne 10 F Texas
Benjamin R Payne 6 M Texas
William E Payne 5 M Texas
Mary R Payne 2 F Texas
H.B. Bachtlor 18 M Overseer Ga
168-168
Thompson Allen 58 M Farmer $3000 $8451 Ga
Jane C. Allen 49 F S.S.
Caroline D. Payne 19 F Texas
J.C. Allen 15 F Texas
169-169
unoccupied
170-170
Levi and Telitha Allen family




(Medical):
yDNA results

A direct male descendant of Thompson Allen's (through his son William Washington Allen), born with the Allen surname, volunteered to submit a yDNA sample to FamilyTreeDNA.com.

His kit number, in the name of William Allen, is 237184.

The results showed that he was in the R1b1a2a1a1b haplogroup.

He was a 37 marker match to the following :

Samual Doyle Allen Jr (Ancestor Ephraim P. Allen, b. 1820 North Carolina)
Ronald Lee Allen (Ancestor Edmond Allen)
Henry Walton Allen (Ancestor not indicated)
Jerome Brady (Ancestor Richard Brady b. ca. 1805 Co. Caven or Claire, Ireland)
Williams Adams (Ancestor William Adams b. 1816)

Bill Adams emailed the following about his "Adams" lineage: "I can trace my lineage back to William Adams born in Mecklenburg, VA in 1816 or 1820. I know his mother was Sarah/Sally "Adams". (And I think he may have had brothers Alfred and James). I cannot determine who his father was. His grandfather appears to be James Adams who fought in the Revolution. Sarah/Sally having a last name of "Adams" is weird.

Due to the exact match between us, I am wondering whether Sarah/Sally actually had a husband named "Allen" who died or something. Maybe Sarah/Sally went to live with her "Adams" dad for this or some other reason and the kids were raised with an Adams last name. I sayy this because it seems weird to me that Sarah/Sally's husband would also be the same last name of "Adams".

You show your earliest ancestor being 1820, but I do know that the "Adams" in Mecklenburg lived on "Allen's" creek. Also, one of them married an "Allen" (maybe it was William, I can't remember for sure.) I know there were "Allens" living in close proximity to the "Adams" in Mecklenburg, VA."

Thompson married Elizabeth Wooldridge on 8 Feb 1821 in South Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of John Wooldridge and Martha "Patsy" Ellington) was born on 7 Mar 1804 in Abbeville County, South Carolina; died on 25 Nov 1847 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to be the sister of ex Mayor A. P. Wooldridge of Austin, Texas. He lived at 3122 Wheeler Street, Austin. If she is related, she is more likely an Aunt or Cousin, as Alexander Penn Wooldridge, mayor of Austin, was born on 1847 in New Orleans, and therefore would be much younger than Elizabeth.

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Florida, Wakulla County, Town of Newport
Enumerated 14 Oct 1850
Stamped 251
12-12
William W. Maund 50 M Merchant Ga
William L. Maund 24 M Merchant Ga
John C. Maund 21 M Merchant Ga
Angelin Maund 17 F Ga
Caroline Maund 34 F Ga
Victoria Kirksey 12 F Ga
Henry Kirksey (sic) 7 M Ga
Elizabeth Kirksey (sic) 5 F Ga
Lucretia Kirksey (sic) 3 F Ga

1860 Census
Texas, Jasper County, P.O. Newton
Enumerated 24 July 1860
Page 1
7-7
W W Maund 59 M Merchant 2000 12454 Ga
Caroline Maund 38 F Ga
Henry Maund 16 M Domestic Ga
Elizabeth Maund 14 F Ga
Lucretia Maund 12 F Ga

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill
Enumerated 24 Jun 1870
Page 9
64-64
Maund, W. W. 69 M W Farmer 300 500 Ga
Maund, Caroline 52 F W Keeping House Ga

1880 Census
not located

William married Caroline Young before 1844. Caroline was born between 1816 and 1822 in Georgia; died on 2 May 1883 in Lampasas County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In a family history prepared by granddaughter, Katherine Allen Tirado, she was referred to as Caroline Young Kirksey Maund. It was also shown she was born in 1802, which is contradicted by census data.

Notes:

Married:
Caroline was married first to a Mr. Kirksey. At the time of the 1850 Newport, Florida census, she was enumerated with William and his children from his first marriage, William L, John and Angeline. Also living with them was her 12 year old daughter, Victoria Kirksey, and their three children together, Henry, Elizabeth and Lucretia.