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William M. Allen (Jefferson County, Kentucky, physician)

b. 1829 d. 1919

Jefferson County, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Son of William Allen and Eliza L. Allen. Married to Frances L. Estes Allen in Jefferson County on October 31, 1850. Father of Wendell Allen, Estes Allen, William Allen, and Lillie Allen. Physician in Spencer County in 1850. Household owned seven enslaved persons in Spencer County, Kentucky, in 1850. Physician in Jefferson County in 1860. Household owned six enslaved persons in Jefferson County in 1860. Served in the Jefferson County Kentucky Militia as lieutenant colonel in December 1864.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Spencer County, District 2, p. 110B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 2, p. 974.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, County, Jeffersontown, p. 352B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Spencer County, District 2, p. 31.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, County, City/District, p. 239A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482707, p. 63.
"To the Citizens and Militia of Jefferson County," Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, Ky.), December 19, 1864.
Find A Grave, "William M. Allen (1829-1919)," Memorial #92553080, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92553080 (accessed November 5, 2019).
KYR-0002-022-0062

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Allen, William M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210432 (November 12, 2026).

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