Life History

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• 1900 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas, 1 June, Precinct 4, District 12, page 1A, Hse/Fam #2
  Forsyth, Jason A Head W M  Jun 1860 39 Married 2 yrs TX MO TN Farmer Owns
  Forsyth, Lavonia Wife W F F[eb?] 1882 18 Married 2 yrs 0 children/0 living TX Unknown TX
  Forsyth, Ella Dau W F Jan 1892 8 Single TX TX TX
  
  Ella married Willie White about 1908.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas, 2 May, Precinct 4, District 17, page 15A, Hse #232, Fam #236
  Allen, Willie E Head M W 31 Married 2 yrs TX MS TX Farmer Owns
  Allen, Ella Wife F W 18 Married 2 yrs 2 children/2 living TX TX TX
  Allen, Mabel Dau F W 19months (?!) TX TX TX
  Allen, Raymon [sic] Son M W 2mos TX TX TX
  Griffiths, Willie Hired Man M W 14 TX AR AR Farm Laborer, Working Out
  
  1920 Federal Census, Bowie County, Oklahoma, 16 January, Dalby Springs, District 21, page 2A, Hse/Fam #22
  Allen, Willie Head Owns F W 41 married TX MS TX Farmer [b abt 1878]
  Allen, Ella Wife F W 21 Married TX TX TX [b abt 1898]
  Allen, Hazel F W 11 Single TX TX TX [b abt 1908]
  Allen, Raymond Son M W 9 Single TX TX TX [b abt 1910]
  Allen, Amon M W 6 Single TX TX TX [b abt 1903]
  Allen, Harold Son M W 3yrs6mos Single TX TX TX [b abt 1916]
  
  Strangely, Louella's and Willie's middle initials both change for the census record.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Red River County, Texas, 7 April, Precinct 8, Avery Town, District 194-28, page 3A, Hse #50, Fam #52
  Allen, Willie T Head rents Has Radio M W 51  first married at 29  TX MS TN Farmer
  Allen, Ella B Wife  F W 38  first married at 19  TX TX TX
  Allen, Raymond E Son  F W 20 TX TX TX Farm Laborer
  Allen, Armon H Son M W 17 TX TX TX Farm Laborer
  Allen, Harrel D Son M W 14 TX TX TX
  
  The 1940 census enumerated Willie and Ella in the household of their married daughter Mabel Moles.  Their son Harold was enumerated on the same page as a lodger in the home of Leonard and Lucy Bass.
  
  1940 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas, 27 April, District 19-37, Page 16A, County Line Rd, Rural DeKalb, Hse #276, Rents $5
  Moles, Henry Head M W 33 Married Grade E6 b Texas Same House in 1935 Farmer [b abt 1907]
  Moles, Mabel Wife F W 32 Married Grade E5 b Texas Same House in 1935 [b abt 1908]
  Moles, Leo Son M W 12 Single Grade E6 b Texas Same House in 1935 [b abt 1928]
  Ellen (Allen), Willie Father-in-law M W 62 Married Grade E4 b Texas Same Place in 1935 [b abt 1878]
  Ellen (Allen), Ella 48 Mother-in-law Single Grade E3 b Texas Same Place in 1935 [b abt 1898]
  
  Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
  Louella Hordenon [Hardomon or Hardeman] Allen
  Birth 15 January 1892 Bowie County, Texas
  Widowed White Female, Occupation Housewife
  Residence RFD 1, Dekalb, Bowie, Texas, resident for 50 years
  Father J A Forsyth, born Cass County, Texas
  Mother Emily Christian, born Red River County, Texas
  Age at Death 50
  Death 8 January 1943 Precinct 6-7, Bowie, Texas
  Cause of death Pulmonary Tuberculosis for 5 years
  Burial 9 January 1943 Old Cedar Cemetery, Bowie County, Texas by Undertaker J R Robertson, Omaha, Texas
  Informant C W Forsyth, Rt 2, Omaha, Texas
  Filed 30 January 1943, filed state February 3, 1943
  
  Ancestry.com transcribes her first name as Lovella.  But it looks clearly like Louella.  Her middle name on the death certificate appears to be written Hordenon.  On this certificate, the Os and As look similar.  Ancestry.com transcribes the name as Hordenm, which makes no sense.  For the typed Texas Death Index, the name from her death certificate was transcribed as Louella Hardenn.  The name is spelled in other references as Hordemon or Hordenon, the former of which is apprently meant in this record,
  
  "Louella Hordenon(?) [Hardeman/Hardemon?] "Ella" FORSYTH Allen (married a Willie E Allen about 1907 (Census info only) & had 4 children);  Birth 01/15/1892 • Bowie County, Texas, USA, Death 01/08/1943 • DeKalb, Bowie County, Texas, USA"
  --  Lynda S Lewis, email to Red River Cemetery, 2 March 2020, forwarded by Lynda to Orville Boyd Jenkins
  
  Tina Vickery replied to Lynda with the following:
  "Cedar Creek Cemetery also known as Old Cedar Cemetery is in Red River County.  I have added Louella to our db."
  --  Tina Vickery, email to Lynda Lewis, 11 March 2020
  
  As part of an extensive review of the Christian-Forsyth famliy gorup, it was found there was no memorial for Louella on Find a Grave, so we creatd one.
  
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  Louella Hardeman Forsyth Allen
  Birth 15 Jan 1892 Bowie County, Texas, USA
  Death 8 Jan 1943 (aged 50) Bowie County, Texas, USA
  Burial Cedar Creek Cemetery, Red River County, Texas, USA
  
  Louella's burial was handled by J R Robertson, Omaha, Morris County, Texas. Morris County is contiguous to Red River County to the northwest, where the cemetery is located, Bowie County to the north, Cass County to the east and Titus County to the west. Morris is a small, narrow county.
  
  There are records for this Forsyth family in all four of these counties. The cemetery is in Red River on the county line of Red River and Bowie Counties. Dalby Springs, Bowie County, where their farm was located, is close to the Bowie-Red River county line.
  
  The name for this cemetery in Find a Grave is Cedar Creek Cemetery, but FAG notes that it is also called Old Cedar Cemetery. But this seems also to be the cemetery referred to as Cedar Grove. We are told it has been abandoned for some time.
  
  Granville & Patricia Murphy say it used to be called Pleasant Grove Cemetery. On FAG there is a photo of a sign for Old Cedar Cemetery.
  
  Thanks to Forsyth descendant and researcher Lynda Lewis, the burial reported in the death certificate was added to the cemetery list as acknowledged in the message below to Lynda.
  
  "Cedar Creek Cemetery also known as Old Cedar Cemetery is in Red River County. I have added Louella to our db."
  -- Tina Vickery, email to Lynda Lewis, 11 March 2020
  
  On her death certificate, Louella's middle name appears to be written Hordenon. But on the certificate, the Os and As look similar. Ancestry.com transcribes the name as Hordenm, which makes no sense. For the typed Texas Death Index, the name from her death certificate was transcribed as Louella Hardenn, which is likewise meaningless.
  
  The name is spelled in other references as what looks like Hordemon or Hordenon, the former of which is apparently meant in this record The name is taken in some sources to be Hardeman, and this is the most common spelling of this surname (ref the Texas county of Hardeman a bit farther west along the Red River) and Louella had a brother with this name, which the family spelled Hardiman.
  
  [Text of Death Certificate included in the FAG memorial here]
  
  Parents:
  Jason Forsyth 1860 - unknown
  Emily Christian Forsyth
  
  Siblings:
  Thomas Jefferson Forsyth 1881-1940
  John A Forsyth 1883-1965
  Leonard Jackson Forsyth 1887-1971
  
  Half Sibling Ira J Forsyth 1902-1902
  
  Gravesite Details There is no marker. We think there was originally some marker, but it is now missing.
  
  Created by Orville Jenkins 16 Mar 2020
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 208040358,https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208040358/louella-hardeman-allen
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Sources

• 1. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
• 2. 1910 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas
  • 2 May, Precinct 4, District 17, page 15A, Hse #232, Fam #236
• 3. 1930 Federal Census, Red River County, Texas
  • 7 April, Precinct 8, Avery Town, District 194-28, page 3A, Hse #50, Fam #52
• 4. 1920 Federal Census, Bowie County, Oklahoma
  • 16 January, Dalby Springs, District 21, page 2A, Hse/Fam #22
• 5. 1940 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas
  • 27 April, District 19-37, Page 16A, County Line Rd, Rural DeKalb, Hse #276, Rents $5
• 6. 1900 Federal Census, Bowie County, Texas
  • 1 June, Precinct 4, District 12, page 1A, Hse/Fam #2
• 7. Find a Grave Memorial Registry