Sarah Phylena ALLUM

  General Notes:

Photo: This rare photo of Sarah Phylena (Allum) Gregory, 1840-1895, was taken in the town of Tonica in La Salle County, Illinois.

Photo from the collection of Shirley Allum Hudlicky



Shirley Allum Hudlicky, October 14, 1965 letter to DeeAnna:

"To me, this photo resembles -- through the eyes and forehead -- the photo of Delila Alice Allum, sister of my grandfather Isaac."



1840 BIRTH of Sarah Phylena Allum (in February) (Her great grandfather William Allum had passed away in January) (sometimes called "Phylena")

1840 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township, as follows:

4 people are in the household in 1840:

1 male 20-30 (father Jonathan, born 1817)
1 male under 5 (son John Supler Allum, born 1818)
1 female 20-30 (mother Ellisabeth, born 1811)
1 female under 5 (daughter Sarah Phylena, born 1840)

1850 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township (September 9) ("Sarah F.," age 10, with parents)

1860 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township, P. O. Harvey's (June 7) ("Sarah P.," age 20, with parents) (census taken in June)

1860 MARRIAGE of Sarah Phylena Allum and John Morgan Gregory on December 14, perhaps in Greene County, Pennsylvania

1865 CENSUS, Illinois State Census, LaSalle County, Vermillion Township (July 3) ("M." Gregory with 1 male, 20-30 [himself], 1 female 20-30 [wife], 1 male under 10, 2 females under 10)

1869 DEATH of grandmother, Sarah (Raper) Allum

1870 CENSUS, Illinois, LaSalle County, Vermillion Township, P. O. Lowell (no date) ("J. M.," age 29, "Farmer") (wife "S. P.," age 30)

1880 CENSUS, Kansas, Osborne County, Round Mound Township (June 3) ("J. M.," age 39, "Farmer") (wife "Sarah P.," age 39)

1885 CENSUS, Kansas State Census, Osborne County, Round Mound Township, P. O. Dudley (March 1) ("J. M.," age 44, "Farmer") (wife "S. P.," age 45) (Census taken on March 1)

1880 CENSUS, U. S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedule, Kansas, Osborne County, Round Mound Township (June 3) ("J. M. Gregory," Agriculture)

1889 DEATH of father, Jonathan Allum

1893 DEATH of mother, Ellisabeth (Supler) Allum

1895 CENSUS, Kansas State Census, Osborne County, Natoma Township (November 21) ("M.," age 54, "Farmer") (wife "Sarah P.," age 55; this is the last census in which Sarah appeared) (Census taken on March 1)

1895 DEATH, Sarah Phylena (Allum) Gregory, at 55 years 9 months 4 days

Cause of death: "Cancer of the stomach" --obituary

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1900 CENSUS, Kansas, Osborne County, Natoma Township (June 18) ("John M.," age 55, widower, "Farmer") (four children remain in his home)

1910 CENSUS, Kansas, Osborne County, Natoma Township, Natoma (April 5) ("John M.," age 68, widower, "Retired farmer") (three children are with him)

1915 CENSUS, Kansas State Census, Osborne County, Alton (no date) ("J. M.," age 73) (daughter "Maggie," age 36, and son "Harley," age 30, are in John's residence)

1920 CENSUS, Kansas, Osborne County, Natoma Township, Natoma (January 24) ("John M.," age 78, widower, occupation, "none") (daughter Margaret and son Harley continue to reside with him)

1930 CENSUS, Kansas, Osborne County, Natoma Township, Natoma (April 18) ("Morgan," age 88, widower, occupation, "none") (daughter "Maggie," age 51, is with her father)

1932 DEATH of husband, John Morgan Gregory at 90 years 6 months 17 days




OBITUARY (Sarah "Phylena") from THE NEWTON RECORD, Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, January 10, 1896:

Murphy -- Died, at her home in Natoma, Kansas, on November 21, 1895, Mrs. Phylena Gregory of cancer of the stomach. Mrs. Gregory is a sister of John H. [should be "S" --DeeAnna] Allum of Kellogg and Mrs. Ira Fugard of Murphy. She leaves two sisters and a brother in Pennsylvania; a brother A. K. Allum in East Lynn, Mo.; a husband and nine children survive her. She was 55 years, 9 months and 4 days old.




PHOTOGRAPH collected by Shirley:

Sarah Phylena (Allum) Gregory ("Father's sister," was written on the back by Mary Allum Guessford)


Shirley Allum Hudlicky:

"To me, this photo of ' Phylena ' resembles--through the eyes and forehead--the photo of Delila Alice Allum, sister of my grandfather Isaac. Evidently, Sarah ' Phylena ' and her husband went to Illinois, for the photo was taken at Tonica, Illinois."

--October 14, 1965 letter to DeeAnna

Tonica, Illinois is in LaSalle County. In 1870, John Morgan Gregory and Sarah Phylena (Allum) Gregory lived in LaSalle County.

Sarah married John Morgan GREGORY, son of John GREGORY and Araminta GREGORY, on December 16, 1860 in (Perhaps) Greene County, Pennsylvania. (John Morgan GREGORY was born on October 3, 1841 in Greene County, Pennsylvania and died on April 20, 1932 in Natoma, Osborne County, Kansas.)