Person

Nimrod B. Allen (Daviess County, Kentucky, merchant)

b. 1819-11-08 d. 1894-11-16

Daviess County, Kentucky, merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Rose C. Daveiss Allen. Father of Isham R. Allen, John D. Allen, and Nimrod B. Allen, Jr. Grocer in Daviess County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Daviess County in 1850. Merchant in Daviess County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Daviess County in 1860. Commissioner of enrollments for the 2nd Congressional District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, Owensboro, p. 347B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, Owensboro, p. 1 of 5 microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 1, p. 671.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Daviess County, District 2, p. 11.

"Death Was Expected. Mr. Nimrod B. Allen Passes Away After Quite a Long Illness," The Owensboro Messenger (Owensboro, KY), November 17, 1894, p. 1.

Lucius P. Little, "Interesting Local History: Kinspeople of Col. Joe Hamilton Daveiss, Who Fell at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, Who Have Resided in Daviess County," The Twice-A-Week Messenger (Owensboro, KY), January 5, 1916, p. 7.

Citation

Allen, Nimrod B.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204707 (November 12, 2026).

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