Oran Kirk " O. K." Allen

1883 - 1946  (63 years)

• Name	Oran Kirk " O. K." Allen
  Nickname	O. K.
  Born	7 Sep 1883	East Fork Township, Montgomery Co., Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Census	13 Jun 1900	East Fork, Montgomery Co., Illinois   [1]
  	1900 Census
  Census	18 Apr 1910	East Fork, Montgomery Co., Illinois   [2]
  	1910 Census
  Census	5 Feb 1920	East Fork, Montgomery Co., Illinois   [3]
  	1920 Census
  Census	9 Apr 1930	Marshall, Clark Co., Illinois   [4]
  	1930 Census
  Died	2 Nov 1946	East St. Louis, St. Clair Co., Illinois
  Buried	6 Nov 1946	Masonic Cemetery, Washington Co., Illinois
  Person ID	I7799	Wilson Family Tree
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2010

  
  

  Father	George Nathaniel Allen,   b. 29 Apr 1858, East Fork Township, Montgomery Co., Illinois ,   d. 21 Nov 1933, Donnellson, Montgomery Co., Illinois  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Zilpha Anne Wilson,   b. 5 Apr 1858, Grisham Township, Montgomery Co., Illinois ,   d. 30 May 1931, Donnellson, Montgomery Co., Illinois  (Age 73 years)
  Married	14 Nov 1882	East Fork Township, Montgomery Co., Illinois
  Family ID	F2013	Group Sheet  |

  
  

  Family	Mary Laws,   b. 8 Mar 1886, East Fork Township, Montgomery Co., Illinois ,   d. 1 Jan 1956, Nashville, Washington Co., Illinois  (Age 69 years)
  Married	23 Feb 1907	Edwardsville, Madison Co., Illinois
  Children	1. Virginia Harriett Allen,   b. 17 Oct 1908, Coffeen, Montgomery Co., Illinois ,   d. Apr 1983, Florida  (Age 74 years)   2. Kathryn Elizabeth Allen,   b. 21 Jul 1910, Coffeen, Montgomery Co., Illinois ,   d. 24 Mar 1997, Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois  (Age 86 years)   3. Robert Laws "Bobby" Allen,   b. 17 Nov 1915, Coffeen, Montgomery Co., Illinois ,   d. 3 Jul 1920, East Fork Township, Montgomery Co., Illinois  (Age 4 years)   4. James Kirk "Jim" Allen,   b. 17 Jul 1922, Coffeen, Montgomery Co., Illinois ,   d. 8 Aug 1999, Traverse City, Grand Traverse Co., Michigan  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009
  Family ID	F2760	Group Sheet  |

  
  

• Notes

  Oran was born at the Allen homestead. He graduated from Coffeen High School. Oran attended Eastern Illinois State Normal School in Charleston, Illinois. He taught school at Lands End, his home school district. He was active in Rotary and since the beginning of the Infantile Paralysis Foundation was the chairman of the Washington County Chapter. He also helped families with stricken children. He was a manager at the Ashley Milk Company in Nashville, Washington County, Illinois, beginning in September of 1930. He also lived in Joplin, Missouri - he moved there in the spring of 1930 for 6 months. He was also in Marshall, Illinois, where he moved in the spring of 1926 and Coffeen, Illinois. The Litchfield, Illinois paper on September 1, 1910 read - "fully twenty thousand people attended the Old Settlers Meeting at Hillsboro today... automobile race (slow) on high speed... third, Orrin Allen, Donnellson." During World War II, he served as a member, and later Chairman of the Washington County Draft Board. He was a President of both the Nashville Chamber of Commerce and the Nashville Rotary Club. He was a member of the Wesley Methodist Church. He was also a member of the Masonic Order, the Mt. Moriah lodge of Hillsboro, Illinois, and the Ainad Temple of the Shrine at East St. Louis, Illinois. He died at St. Mary's Hospital at 7:10 a.m. after 13 days of care. His brother, Robert Wilson Allen, M.D., was with him at the time of his death. He had a heart condition.

  
  

• Sources

  [S138] 1900 Census Illinois, Montgomery Co., Illinois, Montgomery Co., (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T623, East Fork, enumeration district (ED) 76, sheet 12A, p. 23, dwelling 229, family 234 (Reliability: 4). [S335] 1910 Census Illinois, Montgomery Co., Illinois, Montgomery Co., (www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 204), T624, East Fork, enumeration district (ED) 85, sheet 3B, p. 6, dwelling 64, family 64 (Reliability: 4). [S393] 1920 Census Illinois, Montgomery Co., Illinois, Montgomery Co., (www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2003), T625, East Fork, enumeration district (ED) 88, sheet 14B, p. 27, dwelling 315, family 315 (Reliability: 4). [S408] 1930 Census Illinois, Clark Co., Illinois, Clark Co., (www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2003), T626, Marshall, enumeration district (ED) 12-9, sheet 7B, p. 14, dwelling 188, family 188 (Reliability: 4).