Marriage date: January 6, 1853
Marriage place: Henry County, Alabama

Wife: Frances Mourning BLACKSHEAR
Birthdate: 1832
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: 1865
Place of death: Henry County, Alabama
Father: Randolph Blackshear
Mother: Kathryn Anglin

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Sarah Catherine Allen
Sex: F
Birthdate: 20 October 1854
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: 31 December 1922
Place of death: Memphis, Hall County, Texas
Marriage date: 31 December 1873
Marriage place: Henry County, Alabama
Spouse's name: John William Jones

Child No. 2: William Tolbert Allen
Sex: M
Birthdate: 20 February 1856
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: 08 August 1839
Place of death: Floresville, Wilson County, Texas
Marriage date: 03 February 1878
Marriage place: Henry County, Alabama
Spouse's name: Eliza Jane Barber

Child No. 3: Esther Malissa Allen
Sex: F
Birthdate: 24 July 1858
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: 14 November 1918
Place of death: Memphis, Hall County, Texas
Marriage date: 17 September 1874
Marriage place: Henry County, Alabama
Spouse's name: Jasper Newton Sasser

Child No. 4: James David Allen
Sex: M
Birthdate: 25 October 1860
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: 29 January 1941
Place of death: Haleburg, Henry County, Alabama
Marriage date: 25 January 1882
Marriage place: Henry County, Alabama
Spouse's name: Mary "Molly" S. Hales

Child No. 5: Martha Ella Allen
Sex:
Birthdate: 07 December 1862
Birthplace: Henry County, Alabama
Death date: 16 December 1947
Place of death: Houston, Harris County, Texas
Marriage date: 12 October 1884
Marriage place: Henry County, Alabama
Spouse's name: John Homer Adams
 

Documentation:
U. S. Census Reports Henry County, Alabama and Wilson, Hall, and Grimes Counties of Texas.
Confederate Military Records 6th Alabama-Company A for Matthew Tolbert Allen;
Orphan Records of Matthew Tolbert Allen in Henry County, AL;
Henry County, Alabama Marriage Records;
Family Bibles;
Cemetery Records - Henry County, Alabama; Wilson County, Texas; Iola, Grimes County, Texas; Memphis, Hall County, Texas.
Records of Descendants of each of the above family members.