Interested in Family of Henry Clay Allen. One of his daughters married into one of my related Cudd families. Any info appreciated. Daughter and son-in-law died c1919 in influenza epidemic. Henry raised two granddaughters. Velma Cudd was listed as a public school teacher in 1930. Helen Cudd was listed with Henry and Mollie Allen in 1930.

WE are currently working on updating the spur cem. records.
Right now we do not have an obit of Henry C. Allen, but have his birth as 7/27/1857 and death 6/27/1946.

Locating Old section, block 65, lot 1.

Mary Eugenia Brazzel Allen b. 11/26/1859, d. 2/5/1946 is buried in this same lot. Her obit is on the dickens Co. website.

Henry Clay Allen is my paternal greatgrandfather. Henry's daughter is my grandmother of whom I have pictures. Velma, adopted one son,( she passed away of a heart condition quite a few years ago) and Helen married to Royal Stewart, had one son,(she passed away in California, north of San Francisco just a couple of years ago) are 2 of my Aunts. My father, born Frederick Richard (Allen) Cudd, changed his name to Fredrick Richard Allen because he was brought up more by the Allen's after his parents died in Bakersfield California from the Spanish Influenza. He was one of 6 with 4 sisters and one brother Joe Cudd. The other sisters were Juanita, who had one son, the eldest of the clan, and Lindal (sp?) didn't have any children. Lindal died in the 40's from a lung disease because of travels to South America with her husband. My Dad changed his name from Fred R. Allen in the 1950's to Foy R. Allen (since his nick name, Foy, was the only name most people knew) and passed away this June 17, 2003 in Baltimore county Maryland at the age of 92 1/2. The Balitmore Sunpaper had a nice write up about his life about June 20th.
Back to Henry Clay: I have a photo of him and my great grandmother on their ranch in Spur. My Aunt Helen told me alot about him and his brothers. My Dad was the last living of that generation. He had a lot of stories! He was a most terrific man and father, and under great adversity made something of himself. After putting his younger brother through college he met my mother, Dorothy Hoppman, in New York City and they married. I have 2 siblings. Will write more later.

Feb. 12, 2004, Freeland, MD USA

Henry Clay Allen (July 27, 1857 TX - June 27, 1946 AZ) was one of my two paternal great-grandfathers. His daughter, Etta Anna Allen (1885 TX - 1919 CA), was my paternal grandmother.

Henry Clay Allen was born in Texas on July 27, 1857. He was four years old when the American Civil War began. He died in Arizona on June 27, 1946 in his 88th year.

The father of Henry Clay Allen served in and survived through the Confederate States Of America War For Independence (the American Civil War of 1861-1865), and was discharged honorably from the Confederate Army, then returned to his family in Texas. Henry Clay Allen was 8 years old when his father returned from the war, and Henry Clay Allen spoke of the rainy night when his father arrived unexpectedly at the family homestead.

Henry Clay Allen loved his mother very much, and spoke of her fondly often in his later years. He stated that her surname had been Miller, and her family had been originally from Kentucky.

Henry Clay Allen worked during his teen years as a cowboy "drover" on the Old Chisholm Trail, probably in the early 1870's, herding Texas cattle to the railhead in Abeline, Kansas USA. He loved the cowboy life, and often recalled his cowboy times in later life. His son, James, became a Hollywood movie actor who portrayed cowboys during the silent movie era in Tom Mix movies..

Later, Henry Clay Allen became a farmer, and in time, came to own a farm near Spur, Dickens County, Texas.

He served as a Texas Ranger under Captain Ira Long. His name is incribed on the roster of Texas Ranger veterans, and can be viewed presently on the Texas Ranger website, which lists those who served along with their years of service.

Henry Clay Allen's brothers, including Clint Allen, operated two livery stables, one in Amarillo, Texas and one in Wichita Falls, Texas. These were called the Allen Brothers Livery Stables. The Allen brothers also ran a horse farm in Seymour Texas called the Allen Brothers Horse Farm which bred, raised, and sold fine horses in the north Texas area.

Henry Clay Allen was married twice.

His first wife left him unexpectedly shortly after they were married during a religious camp meeting they both attended. In time, he obtained a divorce based on his wife's desertion of their marriage. Later, on April 5, 1881, he married Mary Eugenia Brazzel in Wise County, TX. The young couple later became deeply religious Baptists, and were founders of the Dry Lake Baptist Church.

The couple had at least three children: Tom Allen, who became a US Govt. Bureau Of Indian Affairs agent in Ft. Defiance, AZ; James Allen, who became a cowboy movie actor in Hollywood, California and performed in Tom Mix movies there during the silent movie era; and Etta Anna Allen, my grandmother, born in 1885, married to Otis Joseph Cudd in Oklahoma in 1904, mother of six children, including my father. She died during the Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1919 with her husband Otis Joseph Cudd in Bakersfield, California on my father's eighth birthday, January 6, 1919, three days after her husband Otis died. The deceased couple were buried in Bakersfield, CA.

All six children survived, but were completely orphaned, and had no close family near Bakersfield, CA when both parents died suddenly.

When Etta Allen Cudd and her husband died in 1919, Henry Clay Allen mortgaged the farm he owned at that time in Spur, Dickens County, Texas for $400 and sent his son, Tom Allen of Arizona, to Bakersfield, CA to settle the affairs of his deceased daughter, Etta Allen Cudd, and his deceased son-in-law, Otis Joseph Cudd. Tom Allen then arranged for the transport of the six Cudd children back to Texas, where they were placed with various relatives in the Texas panhandle area in and near Amarillo, Texas. Helen Cudd (later Mrs. Royal Stewart, Sr. of Calfornia) was placed, along with her sister, Velma Cudd (later Mrs. Aubrey Bennett of Arizona), on the Henry Clay Allen farm near Spur, Dickens County, Texas, southeast of Amarillo, Texas in the Texas panhandle area.

Henry Clay Allen and his wife raised both granddaughters, Velma and Helen Cudd, until adulthood, when both went away to college. Helen Cudd attended Texas Tech College in Waco, TX, and Velma attended a Texas state teacher's college and later taught public school.

Helen Cudd Stewart recalled her grandfather, Henry Clay Allen, with great affection. She stated that he was a philosopher, but didn't know it. He loved stories and told many of them.

When Henry and Mary Allen reached their years of old age in the 1940's, and they were past 80 years old, Henry Clay Allen suffered from cataract problems with his eyes, which severely limited his eyesight. He continued to try to function, but in time, was unable to function independently.

He and his wife, Mary, went to Arizona to live with their son, Tom Allen and his family for a period. It appears that later the couple lived in a nursing home for a brief period before they died. She died on February 5, 1946 at age 87, he died on June 27, 1946, only five months later. They had been married for 65 years.

Both died in Arizona, but their bodies were returned to Spur, Texas, where they were buried in the Spur, Dickens County Texas, Cemetery.

Henry Clay Allen (1887 TX - 1946 AZ) was a great man.

A good husband, a good father, a good grandfather, a good neighbor, a community and church leader. A man of culture, intellect, extraordinary kindness, generosity, bravery, and perseverence in exceedingly difficult times. A man of good humor and warmth.

He was a man who served Texas and America during the 19th century years when the frontier was tamed and opened up to families who moved west in hope of a better future. He was a cowboy, a farmer, and a Texas Ranger.

Many people loved Henry Clay Allen (1857-1946) and their love was justified.

---Submitted February 11, 2004 by David Roger Allen (1944- ), great-grandson of Henry Clay Allen (1857 - 1946).

Contact:
David Roger Allen,
21257 Mikules Manner Lane,
Freeland, Maryland USA 21053
Phone: (410) 357-5858
Email: DavidAllenUSA@Yahoo.Com

Here are the ancestors of Henry Clay Allen (1857-1946) from George Allen (1460-1540) of England to the present day.


I am the great-grandson of Henry Clay Allen (1857TX-1946AZ) and recently obtained geneological information about his ancestors and mine going back approximately 14 generations to Chartley Manor in Staffordshire, England.

Henry Clay Allen's daughter, Etta Anna Allen (1886TX-1919CA) was my grandmother, and her son, Foy Allen (1911TX-2004MD) was my father. Foy Allen was born with the name Frederick Richard Cudd (son of Otis Joseph Cudd and his wife, Etta Anna Allen) and legally changed his name to Foy Ray Allen when he became an adult.

The following geneological information was obtained by Opal Bernice Allen (born 1923), grand-daughter of Henry Clay Allen, and daughter of Tom Allen, son of Henry Clay Allen.

ANCESTRY OF HENRY Clay ALLEN (1857-1946) from 1440 to the present day (2004):

George Alleyene (Allen), 1460-1540 (Staffordshire, England)
Richard Alleyene (Allen), 1490-1559
John Alleyene (Allen), 1510-1557
Richard Alleyene (Allen) I, 1550-1616 Lincoln Co.England
Richard Alleyene (Allen) II, 1573LincolnCoENG-1651KentCo
England
Richard Allen III, 1613 Canterbury, Kent England -
1690 New Kent Co. Virginia
Richard Allen IV, 1650 Kent Co. England -
1725 New Kent Co.Virginia
Robert Allen 1675VA - 1755VA
Robert Allen 1704VA-1784VA
William Carr Allen 1725 New Kent Co.. VA -
1789 VA
William Carr Allen was a USA Revolutionary War Vet.,
Listed in DAR Patriot Index
Drury Allen 1745VA-1823NC
Thomas Allen 1775VA-1858
Jeremiah Allen 1806NC-c.1880-85Bastrop Co. TX
James T. Allen 1832 Polk Co TN-1900 Wise CoTX
James T. Allen was a CSA Civil War Vet, 18th Texas
Cavalry (Darnell's Regiment)
Henry Clay Allen 1857Wise Co.TX-1946 AZ
Etta Anna Allen (wife of Otis Joseph Cudd) 1886TX-1919CA
Foy Allen (born Frederick Richard Cudd, legally changed name to Foy Ray Allen when he became an adult) 1911FloydCoTX-2003 BaltoCoMD
Foy Allen was a US Navy Vet, WWII
David Roger Allen 1944 ManhattenNYC,NY-
David Allen was a Viet-Nam War era vet.
Timothy Nicholas Allen 1977 Niagara Falls, Canada -


Submitted by David Roger Allen (1944NYC,NY-), great-grandson of Henry Clay Allen (1857-1946). Email: DavidAllenUSA@Yahoo.Com. Mail: 21257 Mikules Manner Lane, Freeland, MD USA 21053

Submitted February 2004

Henry Clay Allen (1857TX-1946AZ) had a grandson name Foy Allen (1911TX-2003MD) who was the son of Henry Clay Allen's daughter, Etta Anna Allen Cudd (1885TX-1919CA).

Foy Allen was born in 1911 in Floydata, Texas USA with the name "Frederick Richard Allen," and legally changed his name to "Foy Allen" after leaving Texas at age 17 and resettling permanently on the east coast, first in New York City (Manhatten), NY USA, and finally in Baltimore, Maryland USA. He moved to Baltimore City in 1948 and lived the final 37 years of his life in a Baltimore City suburb (Baltimore County MD USA) called Towson, MD. The final year of his life was spent at the Oak Crest Retirement Community of Parkville MD USA in Baltimore County MD USA.

Here is the full text of the Baltimore SUN (NEWSPAPER) obituary article describing the life of Foy Allen (1911TX-2003MD), published on Friday, June 20, 2003, three days following his death:

(Headline): Foy R. ALLEN, 92, Private Investigator, Security Firm Owner
(Obituary Author): "By A Sun Staff Writer"

(Full text of Baltimore MD USA SUN Newspaper Obituary):

"Foy R. Allen, a former private investigator who founded one of the largest uniformed security agencies in Maryland, died
of complications from an infection Tuesday at Oak Crest Village in Parkville. He was 92 and formerly lived in Towson.

Mr. Allen was born in Floydata (Floyd County) Texas, and was raised by relatives near Amarillo Texas USA in the Texas "panhandle area" after the untimely death of his parents, Otis Joseph Cudd (1880TX-1919CA) and Etta Anna Allen Cudd (1885TX-1919CA) in Bakersfield CA USA in the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1919.

He worked in Amarillo's Pala Duro Hotel starting at age 13 years old for its owner, "Mrs. Fisher," attended Amarillo High School, left before graduation, hitchhiked to New York City, NY USA, and put himself through the private Rhodes School (closed in 1988) in Manhatten, from which he was awarded a high school diploma in 1932. Afterwards, he studied at the University of Chicago, but did not finish his degree program there.

In the middle 1930's, Mr. Allen went to work as a private
investigator (then a job titled called an "outside man") for Household Finance Corp. in New York, and later managed branch offices of the company in Manhattan NY USA, Brooklyn NY USA, and Philadephia PA USA.

During World War II, he served in the US Navy as a intelligence investigator in both Manhatten NY, USA and in Washington DC USA, attaining the rank of Chief Petty Officer (equivalent to a Staff Sergeant E-6 grade in the US Army). He
served at US Naval Headquarters, then located in the Naval Annex Building in Arlington, VA USA in suburban Washington, DC (there were no Navy offices in the Pentagon Building during WWII) under Admiral Jacobs, chief administrator of Navy Intelligence and Naval Records during
WWII. Mr. Allen was decorated and honorably discharged from US Naval service (which he began in 1942) in 1946.

He was recruited in 1946 as a Field Investigator by the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau, the then newly established security arm of the Thoroughbred Racing Association, headquartered during Mr. Allen's time with them in the Chrysler Building located in Manhatten NYC NY USA..
The "TRPB" was often called the "FBI of racing," and most of its initial recruits (Mr. Allen was an exception) were former FBI agents.

The job brought Mr. Allen to Maryland, where he was assigned to managing police operations at thoroughbred horse racetracks.

He established Master Detective Agency of Baltimore, which specialized in uniformed guard work and private domestic
investigations, in 1957 in his 1500 Pentwood Road home in the "New Northwood" neighborhood of Baltimore City.

"He started the business in the dining room of our row home," said his son, David R. Allen of Freeland MD USA.

Mr. Allen was anything but the stereotypical film noir private
investigator with a sparsely furnished third-floor walkup office that perpetually reeked of cigarette smoke. He was not at all like author Dashiell Hammett (born on the eastern shore of Maryland USA) who wrote THE MALTESE FALCON and got his start as a pre-WWI era Pinkerton Dectective Agency "shamus" in Baltimore MD USA before his author and movie scriptwriter days.

"It never was a hole-in-the-wall operation," the son said. "Eventually, his yearly sales figures according to the 1988 Dun And Bradstreet Million Dollar Directory topped $6 million annually."

As his business grew, and was first moved to 208 West
Pennsylvania Avenue in Towson, Mr. Allen amassed an impressive list of clients that ranged from state and federal government agencies to universities, hospitals, libraries, and private businesses. The agency provided security analysis for clients, employee background checks, event security and the installation of electronic security systems.

He changed the name to Master Security Inc. in 1975 and
moved to a larger headquarters a short distance away to 200 East Joppa Road in Towson MD (Baltimore County) USA. He was president and finally Chairman Of The Board until retiring and selling the business in 1989.

Somewhat retiring and quiet, Mr. Allen preferred to remain in the background and talked little of the nature of his work.

"He was the quintessential loner and just didn't talk," David Allen said. "His ethical thing was that there can be no security if some guy talks. And he resisted the temptation to be glamorous about what he did for a living. He was successful in the private security business because he had a cop's mentality."

Gregory N. Strouse, Mr. Allen's former son-in-law (former husband of Mr. Allen's eldest daughter, Cynthia Allen of Towson MD USA) and current owner and chief executive officer of Master Security Inc., said that Mr. Allen was highly
regarded in investigative circles.

"He had lots of contacts that went back to his racetrack days," Mr. Strouse said. "One of his first guard contracts was for Harry T. Campbell, now Genstar Stone Products, located in Cockeysville MD USA. It was a good fit for him. He never drew attention to himself and didn't want any attention. He never even joined any professional associations. He stayed away from all that."

Allisson H. Strouse (Mrs. Peter) LeBoutillier, Gregory Strouse's daughter and Mr. Allen's granddaughter who works for the security company, recalled her grandfather's concern for his employees. "On cold nights, he'd travel all over Baltimore taking hot coffee to his guards who were on duty."

Mr. Allen enjoyed ballroom dancing and was a member of the Baltimore Country Club, where he played golf. He also enjoyed relaxing at a 50 acre farm he owned in Freeland MD USA in the Maryland USA horse country north of Baltimore City.

Services will be held at 11 AM tomorrow at Ruck Towson Funeral Home, 1050 York Rd, Towson MD USA 21204.

Survivors also include his wife of 62 years, Dorothy Elizabeth Hoppman Allen, aged 93; two daughters, Cynthia Dorothy Allen (formerly Mrs. Gregory N. Strouse) of Towson MD USA; Deborah Christine Allen Holcomb of Alpharetta GA USA; six other grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Mr. Allen's final remains will be placed at a memorial site located in the Arlington National USA Military/Naval Cemetery in suburban Washington, DC USA."

Submitted by David Roger Allen (1944 - ), 21257 Mikules Manner Lane, Freeland MD USA 21053, Email: DavidAllenUSA@Yahoo.Com, son of Foy Allen (1911TX-2003MD) and great-grandson of Henry Clay Allen (1857 TX-1946AZ).

March 30, 2004

Here are corrections/additions to the profile/obituary of the grandson of Henry Clay Allen (1857TX-1946AZ), Foy Allen (1911TX-2003MD):

Foy Allen was born with the name "Frederick Richard Allen CUDD" and later as an adult changed his name legally to Foy Allen.

The married name of Foy Allen's daughter, Deborah Christine Allen Holcomb of Alpharetta, GA, is Mrs. Richard Eugene Holcomb

March 30, 2004

Henry Clay Allen's ancestor, Richard Alleyene (Allen) II, 1573-1651, attended Corpus Christi College at Oxford University in England from 1586 through 1608, and earned four separate degrees there: BA, MA, BD, and D.Divinity. He became rector of St. Mildred's Parish in Canterbury, Kent County, England in 1608. His son Richard Alleyene (Allen) III was born in Canterbury, Kent Co. England in 1613 and moved to Virginia (New Kent County) after 1651 and before 1675. His son, Richard Alleyene III (1650-1725) was born in Kent County, England, and also moved to Virginia. Richard Alleyene (Allen) III's son, Robert Allen (1675-1755) was the first direct ancestor of Henry Clay Allen born in the New World (in Virginia).

Richard Allen II (1573-1651) left Canterbury and became rector of a parish at Stowting, Kent County England in 1637 until his death in 1651.

March 31, 2004

The list of ancestors of Henry Clay Allen (1857TX-1946AZ) I described in my February 2004 submission to this database were supplied from memory, and a few inaccuracies may have occurred. I became concerned about this, and so obtained a print copy of the geneological document from which the list of about 18 generations described originated, and have it here with me as I write this revised version of the ancestors for Henry Clay Allen (1857TX-1946AZ) starting with George Alleyne (Allen) of Staffordshire, Charley Manor, England (1460-1540).

My sister, Cynthia Allen (formerly Cynthia Allen Strouse), mailed me a copy of a document she obtained without details of how she got the document, which seems quite authentic.

The list of Henry Clay Allen ancestors below was described in a geneological research project commissioned by Henry Clay Allen's niece, Opal Bernice Allen Hermanson, daughter of Henry Clay Allen's youngest son, Thomas Jesse Allen (1889TX-1973NM). The date of the geneological study is not clear, but the reference to the Daughters Of The American Revolution 1966 Patriot Index (describing USA Revolutionary War vet William Carr Allen, direct ancestor of Henry Clay Allen) may mean the study was completed in the 1960's, since updates to that reference work have certainly occurred since 1966.

Here, then, taken from the geneological report titled ANCESTORS OF Opal BERNICE ALLEN I received from my sister, Cynthia Allen of Towson, MD, are the direct ancestors of Henry Clay Allen (1857TX-1946AZ) from most distant known to most recent:


The oldest known direct ancestor of Henry Clay Allen (1857TX-1946AZ) is George (Alleyne) Allen (1460 Chartley Manor, Stafford, England - 1540 England). George Allen's ancestors were as follow:

Richard (Alleyne) Allen (1490 England-1559 England)

John (Alleyne) Allen (1510 England-1557 England)

Richard (Alleyne) Allen I (1550 Hundleby, Lincoln County, England-14August1616Hundleby, Lincoln County, England)
Note: 1616 is the year William Shakespeare died in England.

Richard (Alleyne) Allen II (9Nov1572Skillington, Lincoln County, England-25October1651Stowting, Kent County, England)
Note: He studied at Oxford U.(Corpus Christi College) and
was awarded four degrees: BA, MA, B.D., and D. Divinity. He became rector of St. Mildred's Church (some sources state "St. Michael's Church") in Canterbury, Kent County, England, then became rector in Stowting, Kent County, England until his death in 1651. He was the last Allen ancestor of Henry Clay Allen (1857TX-1946AZ) to die in England. His son and grandson both were born in England, but emmigrated to America (New Kent County, Virginia) where they settled permanently between 1651 and 1675.

Richard Allen III (1613Canterbury, Kent County, England-1690New Kent County, Virginia USA)

Richard Allen IV (1650England-17June1725Hanover, Virginia USA)
Note: Richard Allen IV (1650England-1725Virginia) died in Virginia the same year his USA Revolutionary War veteran great-grandson, William Carr Allen (1725VA-1789VA) was born in New Kent County, Virginia USA.

Robert Allen (1675New Kent County, Virginia USA-4October1755, Hanover County, Virginia USA)

Robert Allen (1704St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia-March 1784Caswell County, North Carolina)

William Carr Allen (1725New Kent County, Virginia-8April1789St. James Parish, Mecklenburg County, Virginia)
Note: William Carr Allen (1725VA-1789VA) "was a soldier in the USA American Revolution, see DAR Patriot Index, 1966, page 11."

Drury Allen (1745Hanover County,Virginia USA-10April1823, Anson County, North Carolina USA).
Note: Family histories, not mentined in the Opal Bernice Allen geneology of the Allen family state that Drury Allen served as a soldier in the USA American Revolutionary War.

Thomas Allen (1775Hanover County, Virginia USA-January 1858Fayette County, Tennessee USA)

Jeremiah Allen (1806North Carolina USA-1880/1885 Bastrop County, Texas USA)

James T. Allen (February 1832 Polk County, Tennessee-31October 1900 Decatur, Wise County, Texas)
Note: James T. Allen (1832 TN -1900 TX) served as a soldier in the Confederate States Of America rebel army during the USA American Civil War. He "was a member of the 18th Texas Cavalry, Company "B" of the Confederate Army, also known as Darnell's Regiment", most of which was recruited from Wise County, Texas. The 18th Texas Cavalry CSA fought in Arkansas, was imprisoned in a POW camp near Springfield, Ohio, later released and fought in Georgia in both Ringgold, Georgia and in Atlanta, Georgia. After 1864, most of the 18th Texas Cavalry CSA was "unmounted" (i.e. fought as foot soldier w/o horses). James T. Allen was decorated and honorably discharged from the CSA army in Georgia, and made his way back to his family in Wise County, Texas alone, riding the entire way on a mule, foraging for food including "dry land terrepin (turtle)" before arriving home on a rainy night unexpectedly. His 8 year old son, Henry Clay Allen (1857TX-1846AZ) often recalled and recounted the story of his father's return home after the Civil War to his
grandchildren. The return from the Civil War of James T. Allen, as told by his son, Henry Clay Allen, was described in a letter written by Henry Clay Allen's granddaughter Velma Cudd Bennett to her sister, Juanita Cudd Russell in the 1960's. Foy Allen (1911TX-2003MD USA) obtained a copy of that descriptive letter, and in turn gave a copy of it to his son (me), David Roger Allen (1944- ). A fragment of that letter is presently (March 2004) in my possession. James T. Allen (1932TN - 1900TX) died in 1900. Two years following his death, James T. Allen's surviving widow, Sarah (Sallie) Miller (August 1839 Kentucky USA - 5 November 1902, Decatur, Wise County, TX) applied unsuccessfully for a "Confederate Pension, State of Texas," which she was refused due to her owning a home worth $400 and miscellaneous property worth $100. She was "deemed able to take in borders." Her application for a pension (#9373) was disapproved by Comptroller R.W. Love on September 22,
1902. She died approximately 6 weeks after the disapproval date, on November 5, 1902. Information provided here about the subject of Sarah Allen's Confederate Pension Application is provided in footnote "Sources" at the end of the "Ancestors Of Opal Bernice Allen" document on which most of the facts of the geneological history of Henry Clay Allen's ancestors offered here is based.



Henry Clay Allen (27July1857 Wise County Texas-24June1946 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona)
Note: Henry Clay Allen (1857TX-1946AZ) worked during his teen years inthe 1870's as a cowboy "drover" on the Old Chisholm Trail, herding Texas longhorn cattle from Texas to the railhead in Abeline, Kansas from which the cows were shipped to meat packing facilities in Chicago, Illinois by train. Henry Clay Allen married twice, once briefly to woman
who deserted their marriage weeks after it was declared. His new wife left him unexpectedly during a religious camp meeting the newly-wed couple was attending. He obtained a divorce, and re-married Mary Eugenia (Mollie) Brazil (26November1859 Marion County, Texas - 5February1946 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona USA) in the early 1880's. Both were buried near the farm they shared for decades. The couple was buried at the Old Spur Cemetery, Spur, Dickens County,
Texas USA. Henry Clay Allen served as a Texas Ranger under Captain Ira Long during the 1880's, and is listed on the website identifying 19th century Texas Rangers as "Henry Allen." He was a lifelong, deeply religious member of the Baptist Church, and a founder of one of the Baptist congregations located in the "panhandle" region of northern Texas. He mortgaged his Dickens County TX farm for $400 in 1919 following the untimely death of his daughter, Etta Anna Allen Cudd (April 1886 [some records state 1885], Wise County, Texas - 6 January 1919 Bakersfield, California USA) and his son-in-law, Otis Joseph Cudd (1880 TX - 3 January 1919 Bakersfield, California USA), both casualties of the Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1919 which killed 20 million Americans in the USA, and also an estimated 60 million worldwide. Henry Clay Allen's six grandchildren by his daughter, Etta Allen Cudd, were suddenly orphaned and left destitute in California with no close relatives or friends to care for them. Henry Clay Allen used the $400 he obtained by mortgaging his Dickens County TX farm and sent his son, Thomas Jesse Allen of New Mexico, to California where Thomas Jesse Allen arranged for the return of the orphaned grandchildren to Texas where they were placed with relatives. Henry Clay Allen raised two of his orphaned granddaughters until both reached adulthood and went away to college.

Henry Clay Allen had four children:

James Robert Allen (12 February 1884 Boonesville, Wise County, Texas - May 1970 Reno, Washoe County, Nevada)
Note: James Robert Allen (1884 TX - 1970 NV USA) worked as a movie actor in Tom Mix silent cowboy movies in Hollywood.

Etta Anna Allen (April 1886 [some records state 1885], Wise County, Texas - 6January1919 Bakersfield, California USA),
mother of six children, including Juanita Cudd Russell, Velma Cudd (Mrs. Aubrey) Bennett, Frederick Richard Cudd (who changed his name legally to "Foy Ray Allen" during his adult years), Helen Cudd (Mrs. Royal) Stewart, Lyndall Cudd (Mrs. Roger) Willock, and Joseph Otis Cudd.

Foy Allen (January 6, 1911 Floydata, Floyd County, Texas - June 17, 2003 Parkville, Baltimore County, Maryland) married Dorothy Hoppman Allen on May 30, 1941. They had four children, including David Roger Allen (January 18, 1944 Manhatten, New York City, NY USA - ), Cynthia Dorothy Allen (Mrs. Gregory Norman) Strouse (July 25, 1945 Manhatten, New York City, New York USA -- ), Deborah Christine (Mrs. Richard Eugene) Holcomb (September 28, 1948 Manhatten, New York City, NY USA -- ), and Maeve Allen (2 July 1956 Baltimore, Maryland USA - 3 July 1956 Baltimore, Maryland USA).

Submitted by David Roger Allen, Freeland, Maryland USA (18 January 1944 Manhatten, New York City, NY USA -- ) on March 31, 2004. Email: DavidAllenUSA@Yahoo.Com.

April 5, 2004

Here is an additional emendation to the obituary of Henry Clay Allen's (1857TX-1946AZ) grandson, Foy Allen (1911TX-2003MD) obituary, provided in an earlier submission I made to this database.

The correct spelling of the hotel where Foy Allen worked as a child in Amarillo Texas USA is the "PALO DURO HOTEL," NOT "Pala DURO Hotel" as stated. Thank you.

Submitted by David Roger Allen (1944 NYC NT USA - ), Email: DavidAllenUSA@Yahoo.Com.