Fourth Generation


73. Rebecca Frances (Cricket) Slaton23,41,147 was born on 29 January 1881 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.

She appeared in the census in 1900 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Rebecca 16 dau f s w Jan 1884 TN TN TN.

She appeared in the census in 1910 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Rebecca 23 dau f s w TN TN TN.

Rebecca appeared in the census in 1920 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Cricket wife f w 38 m TN TN TN.

She appeared in the census in 1930 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Rebecca F. 49 wife f m@32 w TN TN TN.

She died on 26 July 1944 at the age of 63 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.

Knoxville Journal, Friday, July 29, 1944
ALLEN - Mrs. W.A., 63, of Sweetwater, died suddenly Wednesday at 11:45 a.m., while visiting relatives in Houston, Tex. Survivors: husband, W.A. Allen; son, Tinsley Allen of Sweetwater; daughters, Miss Bessie Allen and Mrs. Ober Horner of Knoxville; stepdaughter, Mrs. R.H. Ellis of Dandridge; sister, Miss Bessie Slaton of Dandridge; six grandchildren. Funeral services at Wesley Chapel Church, Jefferson County, at 3 p.m. Saturday.

(The obituary indicates that she died on Wednesday, July 27, 1944. However, her tombstone says she died July 26, 1944. Tinsley Allen, Bessie Allen, and Mrs. Ober Horner were children of William A. Allen and Cricket Slaton. Cricket’s stepdaughter Mrs. R.H. Ellis was the daughter of William A. Allen and Lydia Catherine Harrison.)

Rebecca was buried on 30 July 1944 in Wesleys Chapel United Methodist Church, Jefferson County, Tennessee. Tombstone: Cricket Slaton Allen, 29 Jan 1881 - 26 Jul 1944, stone shared with her husband William A. Allen.

Direct Index to Warranty Deeds, Jefferson County, Tennessee, from: Slaton, Bessie to: Allen, Cricket, part D, Vol.68, p.276, dated 1 Jan 1926, filed 26 Jun 1926, French Broad River Dist. 5 (Bessie Slaton was her sister Martha Elizabeth (Bessie) Slaton.)

Rebecca Frances (Cricket) Slaton and William A Allen were married on 8 June 1913 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.15

William A Allen29,95,147,149, son of John P Allen and Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie) Holbert, was born on 14 February 1875 in [Jefferson County], Tennessee.95

He appeared in the census in 1880 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Wm. son m s w 5 TN TN TN.

He appeared in the census in 1900 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Allen William 24 sonL m w w Feb 1876 farmer TN TN TN, enumerated in the household of his stepfather Robert Miller.

William appeared in the census in 1910 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Vol. 50, Enumeration Distict 64, Sheet 2, dwelling number 30, family number 30, Allen William head m w 35 m2-3 TN TN TN farmer, Lydia wife f w 30 m1-3 TN TN TN 1/1, Eunice dau f w 2 1/12 s TN TN TN, Jenkins Millia servant f w 66 s TN TN TN servant.

He appeared in the census in 1920 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Dist. 2, Enumeration Distict 66, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 3 Jan 1920; p.29b, dwelling number 10, family number 12; Allen William W. head m w 44 m TN TN TN farmer; Cricket wife f w 38 m TN TN TN; Eunice dau f w 11 s TN TN TN; William son m w 5 s TN TN TN; Jess dau f w 7/12 s TN TN TN; Moore Harvie hired man m w 46 d TN TN TN laborer.

He appeared in the census in 1930 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Dist. 2, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 2 Apr 1930; p.91a, State Highway No. 9, dwelling number 3, family number 4; Allen William A. 55 head m m@24 w farmer TN TN TN; Rebecca F. 49 wife f m@32 w TN TN TN; Tinsley 15 son m s w TN TN TN; Jessie M. 10 dau f s w TN TN TN; Bessie M. 8 dau f s w w TN TN TN.

William died on 6 August 1962 at the age of 87 in [Tennessee].95 Social Security Death Index Information: Name: William Allen; Last Residence: Tennessee; Born: 14 Feb 1875; Died: Aug 1962; State (Year) SSN issued: Tennessee (1956).

He was buried about 8 August 1962 in Wesleys Chapel United Methodist Church, Jefferson County, Tennessee. Tombstone: W.A. Allen, 14 Feb 1875 - 6 Aug 1962, shares stone with wife Cricket Slaton Allen.

Rebecca Frances (Cricket) Slaton and William A Allen had the following children:

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William Tinsley (Tinsley) Allen.

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Jess/Jessie M Allen.

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Bessie M Allen.