Life History

Notes

• In earlier censuses I was able to determine that there was a daughter, but had not found a name until 25 April 2007.
  
  I found what appears to be this daughter in the listing for Sarah Allen and her five children in the 1850 census, where she is apparently a widow, reported living with her parents James age 63 and Sarah Strange age 60.
  
  1850 Federal Census, 23 Oct, Jefferson County, Tennessee, District 13, page 138, Hse #960, Fam #994
  Sarah Allen, age 28, born in Tennessee
  Sarah Allen, age 8, born in Tennessee
  Rebecca June Allen, age 6, born in Tennessee
  
  Also living in their house, numbered as part of Sarah Allen's household are two children named Mills
  James Mills, age 12, born in Tennessee
  Joseph Allen, age 4, born in Tennessee
  
  It is not clear exactly what relationship these two children with the surname of Mills have with Sarah Allen or the Strange family.
  
  This census did not report the relationship of other members of the household to the head of the household.  I note that one of the Mills boys, Joseph, is reported as the same age as age 4, the same age as Sarah's son James.
  
  This makes it questionable that Sarah Allen would also be the Mills boys' mother.  James Mills is 12, but the oldest Allen child is Sarah, age 8, who would have been born when mother Sarah was 20 years old.

Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 23 October, District 13, page 138, Hse #960, Fam #994
• 2. 1850 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 23 October, District 13, page 138, Hse #960, Fam #993