Andrew Kimmins ALLUM

  General Notes:

Photo: With hat and beard, here is Andrew Kimmins Allum, 1841-1919, in a photo taken at Newton, Jasper County, Iowa.

From the collection of Shirley Allum Hudlicky (photo passed down in the John Supler Allum family [not Andrew Kimmins Allum family], photographed by Shirley in 1965)



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

"Andy very much resembled the Allums in my branch of the tree--his hands, the pose, the shape of his head, and I do believe he had blue eyes."



When John Tyler was President, Andrew Kimmins "Andy" Allum was born in 1841 in Greene County, Pennsylvania, bringing to three the number of children of Jonathan Allum, 1817-1889, and Ellisabeth Supler, 1811-1893. Eventually, six more siblings joined them, one male dying in childhood and one female in infancy. Andrew's parents farmed in Richhill Township; so did the parents of his future wife, Margaret Ann Loar.

When Andrew and Margaret began married life in 1861, Abraham Lincoln was President. Their first years as a couple witnessed the Civil War and, afterward, the birth and death of daughter Lydia, born in 1866, died in 1868, then laid to rest in Fairview Cemetery, Wind Ridge, Greene County. Likely influenced by his elder brother John's migration in 1867, with four children Andrew and Margaret arrived in Jasper County, Iowa in 1869 settling near John Supler Allum, his wife Elisabeth and their family. There, Andrew and Margaret had four additional children, losing two -- sons George and John -- in 1871 and 1884.

Andrew lived in four states and farmed in all: Pennsylvania, Iowa, Missouri and Oklahoma. With wife and family, he left Iowa in 1893 settling in Pleasant Hill, Cass County, MO, pressing on by covered wagon to Woods County, OK in 1901 where he spent the remainder of his years. Margaret preceded Andrew in death by fourteen years, passing on in 1904. When Andrew died in 1918, it was during yet another War -- World War I -- when Woodrow Wilson was President. Andrew was buried beside Margaret in Union Center Cemetery near Dacoma in Woods County, where they share a tall stone bearing pertinent dates on two sides, as follows:

MARGARET ANN
WIFE OF
ANDREW K
ALLUM
BORN
MAR 18, 1842
DIED
SEPT 19, 1904

Blessed are the
dead which die
in the Lord

* * * *

ANDREW K.
ALLUM
BORN
APRIL 20, 1841
DIED
JULY 28, 1918

A Masonic emblem precedes Andrew's name and dates of birth and death.


--DeeAnna Allum Granston




1841 BIRTH of Andrew Kimmins Allum ("Andy")

Andrew's middle name is "Kimmins" in the Jonathan Allum family Bible. It originates with the surname of his mother's uncle by marriage, John Kimmins (1785-1859). John was the husband of Margaret Ann (Loar) Allum's aunt, Sarah (Supler) Kimmins (1792-1879)


1850 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township (September 9) ("Andrew K.," age 9, is with his parents)

1860 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township, P. O. Harvey's (June 7) ("Andrew K.," age 19, "Farm Laborer," with parents)

1861 MARRIAGE of Andrew Kimmins Allum and Margaret Ann Loar on November 12 in Greene County, Pennsylvania, by Rev. George Loar

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1863 newspaper WAYNESBURG MESSENGER, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, July 23:

THE DRAFT

Names of the Conscripts in Grene County

RICHHILL TOWNSHIP

"Andy G. Allum"

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1863 REGISTRATION, Civil War Draft, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township, 24th Congressional District (May & June) ("Andrew G. Allum," is actually Andrew Kimmins Allum, age 22, "Farmer," married, born in Pennsylvana) (Class 1)

1860s CIVIL WAR EXEMPTION in Greene County, Pennsylvania, for "And'w K. Allum of Richhill" via payment of $300 (Inflation-wise, the sum of $300 in the early 1860s represents $6,500 in the year 2006)

1869 MIGRATION from Greene County, Pennsylvania to Jasper County, Iowa

1869 DEATH of grandmother, Sarah (Raper) Allum (in November)

1870 CENSUS, Iowa, Jasper County, Buena Vista Township, Town of Newton (July 26) ("Andrew K.." age 29, "Farmer") (wife "Margarett A.," age 29)

1880 CENSUS, Iowa, Jasper County, Buena Vista Township, Town of Newton (July 15) ("A. K.," age 39, "Farmer") (wife "Margaret A.," age 38)

1885 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Jasper County, Fairview Township (no date) ("Andrew K.," age 43,"Farmer") (wife "Margaret A.," age 42) (in the household are children "Edson," "Ida," "Hattie," and "Daisy")

1888 newspaper KELLOGG ENTERPRISE, Kellogg, Jasper County, Iowa, November 30:

"Mr. A. K. Allum accompanied by his family, from the vicinity of Monroe, paid a visit to the family of his brother in Buena Vista Township last Saturday. We acknowledge a pleasant call from Mr. A."

1889 DEATH of father, Jonathan Allum

1893 DEATH of mother, Ellisabeth (Supler) Allum

1893 MOVE from Jasper County, Iowa to Cass County, Missouri

1895 MAP, Missouri, Cass County, Camp Branch Township ("A. K. Allum," 160 acres in Section 21)

1900 CENSUS, Missouri, Cass County, Camp Branch Township (June 6) ("Andy," age 59, born "April, 1841 in Pennsylvania," occupation "Farmer") (wife "Mag," age 58, born "March, 1842 in Pennsylvania") (Margaret is documented as the mother of 8 children, 5 children living in the year 1900; she and Andrew had been married 38 years)

1901 MOVE from Cass County, Missouri to Woods County, Oklahoma

Kenneth M. Allum, Jr., April 14, 2008 e-mail to DeeAnna:

"Is there any evidence that our ancestors' moves to Oklahoma were prompted by the prospect of free land in the landrushes there? Family on my mother's side were in the covered wagon races to stake free land -- one of her aunts was born in a covered wagon awaiting the signal flag to enter the territory!"

1904 DEATH of wife, Margaret Ann (Loar) Allum, at 62 years 6 months 1 day

Cause of death: "Liver" --record at Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma

1906 MAP of Oklahoma, Woods County, Union Township, Cushing ("A. K. Allum," 160 acres, Section 22)

1910 CENSUS, Oklahoma, Woods County, Valley Township (May 12) ("Andrew," age 69, widower, "Retired")

1918 DEATH, Andrew Kimmins Allum, at 77 years 3 months 8 days

Cause of death: "Old age" --record at Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma




Shirley Allum Hudlicky regarding the place of birth of Margaret Ann Loar:

"Jacksonville, or Jacktown, are other names for Wind Ridge."


LOCATIONS: Greene County, Pennsylvania; Kellogg, Jasper County, Iowa (1869); Cass County, Missouri (1893); Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma (1901)

Essie (Sprowls) Huffman (1883-1969) (notes):

"In 1869 they moved to Iowa; in 1893, to Missouri; in 1901, to Oklahoma."




BOOK: HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA by Samuel P. Bates, Nelson, Rishforth & Co, Chicago, 1888, pages 839 and 840, offer a bio of Jacob Loar, father of Margaret Ann (Loar) Allum

Shirley:

"When in Pennsylvania, I noted the A. K. Allum information in Bates' History of Greene County. The minute I returned to Iowa I looked to see if his family is in the Loar Genealogy. It is. It took until 1 a.m. one night to copy the data about John Supler Allum and Elisabeth (Loar) Allum and their descendants.

(THE LOAR FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY WITH COGNATE BRANCHES, 1774-1947, by Emma Loar Gaddis, provides info about the family of A. K. Allum beginning on page 124. In 1965 Merlyn George Guessford, Kellogg, Jasper County, Iowa owned a copy of this book, and it was from Merlyn's book that Shirley hand copied data. Below is the reference to Andrew as it appears in book. --DeeAnna)




BOOK: THE LOAR GENEALOGY with Cognate Branches, 1774-1947, by Emma Loar Gaddis, Manson, Iowa, Edward Brothers, Inc. Ann Arbor Michigan, 1949, page 124:


MARGARET ANN LOAR was born March 18, 1842, near Jacksonville, Pennsylvania, and developed into a beautiful young woman of a sweet disposition and character. She was industrious in school and at home, faithful upon the services of the Methodist Protestant Church of which she was a member.

She was married to Andrew Kinmon Allum ('should be Andrew Kimmins Allum --DeeAnna), November 12, 1861, in Greene County, Pennsylvania. He was born April 20, 1841, and died July 28, 1919 [see note below], at Alva, Oklahoma, 78 years; she passing away 15 years before, September 19, 1905, at 62 years [see note below]. After their marriage the moved to Kellogg, Iowa, where they engaged in farming. Later on they moved to Missouri and then to Alva, Oklahoma, where they both passed away on the dates above mentioned.


Andrew's gravestone bears a death date of July 28, 1918

Margaret's gravestone bears a death date of September 19, 1904




PHOTOGRAPHS collected by Shirley:

Andrew Kimmins Allum with hat and beard (photo taken at Newton, Iowa) (photographed by Shirley)

Andrew Kimmins Allum, with beard, in later years (photo taken by W. L. Le Fevre, Monroe, Jasper County, Iowa) (print of oiginal photo owned by Shirley)

Group photo: Four children of Andrew Kimmins Allum and Margaret (Loar) Allum: Jonathan Edison Allum; Daisy Iola Allum (Graham); Hattie May Allum (Pennington); and Ida Anna Allum (Douglas) (photo taken at Monroe, Iowa) (photographed by Shirley)

Group photo: Andrew Kimmins Allum and Margaret (Loar) Allum with four of their five children who grew to adulthood (photo taken by W. L. Le Fevre, Monroe, Jasper County, Iowa) (print of original photo owned by Shirley)


PHOTOGRAPHS from Ruby Guessford Temple:

Andrew Kimmins Allum with wife Margaret Ann Loar and young children Nelson Melville Allum, George Hudson Allum, and [believed to be] baby Jonathan Edison Allum (photo taken at "Wallace & Bane, Photographers, Waynesburg, Penn'a.") (original vintage photo, 4" X 2 1/4") (year "1869 is on the back, written in pencil)

Andrew Kimmins Allum with hat and beard (photo taken at Newton, Iowa -- "W. H. Scribner, Art Gallery, In Wm. Vaughan's New Brick Blk., East side Public Square, Newton, Iowa") (original vintage photo, 4" X 2 1/4")

Group photo: Four children of Andrew Kimmins Allum and Margaret (Loar) Allum: Jonathan Edison Allum; Daisy Iola Allum (Graham); Hattie May Allum (Pennington); and Ida Anna Allum (Douglas) (photo taken at LeFevre, Monroe, Iowa) (original vintage photo, 6 1/4" X 4 1/8")

Andrew Kimmins Allum, heavily-bearded, in a chair on a porch (original postcard photo with "Andrew K. Allum" in ink on the back, perhaps Andrew's own handwriting)



This page was posted in March, 2006, updated in 2011

Andrew married Margaret Ann LOAR, daughter of Jacob LOAR and Maria NELSON, on November 12, 1861 in Greene County, Pennsylvania. (Margaret Ann LOAR was born on March 18, 1842 in (Near) Jacksonville, Greene County, Pennsylvania, died on September 19, 1904 in Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma and was buried on September 20, 1904 in Union Center Cemetery, Dacoma, Woods County, Oklahoma.)