Edward Lee ALLUM

  General Notes:

Honored in Death: By the time of his death in 1927, Edward Lee Allum had served years of his life in the political arena, both in Belmont County, Ohio, then in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, he was honored by eighteen members of the House at his funeral. The article appeared in the CHARLEROI MAIL, Charleroi, Washington County, Pennsylvania on January 24, the day of the services.

Newspaper article from DeeAnna Allum Granston



1865 BIRTH of Edward Lee Allum ("Ed" and "E. L.")

1870 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township, P. O. Wind Ridge (August 14) ("Ed Lee," age 5, is with his parents)

1873 DEATH of grandmother, Evaline (Gregory) Allum

1873 MOVE with parents from Greene County, Pennsylvania to Belmont County, Ohio

1880 CENSUS, Ohio, Belmont County, Bellaire (June 21) ("Edwin," age 15, is with his parents)

1885 MARRIAGE of Edward Lee Allum to first wife, Sara "Viva" Fletcher, on November 14 in Belmont County, Ohio by Andrew Roeder, J. P.

Marriage Book No. 38, page 100, Ohio County, West Virginia

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Newspaper, THE WHEELING REGISTER, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia:

(THE WHEELING NEWS included news from Belmont County, Ohio, location of Edward Allum)

1885, August 7:

"There will be an exciting game of ball this afternoon on the commons between a picked nine and the Browns. The picked nine will consist of the following players: McManis, catcher; Manley, pitcher; Cullen, shortstop; Allum, 1st base; Littleton, 2d base; Archer, 3rd base; Allum, Ed., left field; King, center field; Williams, right field."

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1886, December 6:

"Ed Allum has gone into the grocery business with his father."

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1890, April 12:

"The wife of Edward Allum lost her pocketbook containing about [unreadable] on the steamer Bellaire this afternoon."

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1890, August 25:

"H. Loughton, Ed Allum and Miss Mary Cratty have purchased ground for cottages [at] Burr's Mills."

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1891, March 30:

"The Democratic primaries were held last night. First ward delegates Chas. Colley, Ed Allum, and Frank Fralinger. Council, Will Cleaver, T. P. Mason, Assessor, and Committeeman, Ed Allum."

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1893, July 2:

"Edward Allum and wife will go out to Bethesda camp ground this week to spend the summer."

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1898-1899 DIRECTORY, West Virginia, Ohio County, Wheeling, Wheeling City Directory ("Allum, Edw. L., sewing machine agent, res. 1923 Belmont")

1900 CENSUS, Ohio, Belmont County, Pultney Township, Bellaire (June 4) ("Edward S.," age 35, "Agent") (wife "Sarah V.," age 36) (Sarah is documented as the mother of 2 children, 2 children living in the year 1910; she and Edward had been married 15 years) ("Allmer" in some census indexes)

1901-1902 DIRECTORY, West Virginia, Ohio County, Wheeling, Wheeling City Directory ("Allum, E. L., notions, etc., also agt. Singer S.Mach.,344 33d, res.1923 Bel.")

1902 DEATH of mother, Nancy (Wallace) Allum

DIVORCE of Edward Lee Allum from first wife, Sara Viva (Fletcher) Allum

1906 MARRIAGE of Edward Lee Allum to second wife, Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" Blue, on January 12 in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia by D. W. Ruble

1907 MOVE from Belmont County, Ohio to Mercer County, Pennsylvania

1910 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Mercer County, Sharon Borough (April 28) (E. L., age 45; Edward's occupation is smudged on the census and is unreadable) (wife "Elizabeth," age 33) (Elizabeth -- whose son "Harry Milbourn" is in the household -- is documented as the mother of 1 child, 1 child living in the year 1910; she and Edward had been married 5 years) ("E. L." Allum is transcribed "E. I." in some census indexes; "Allum" is "Allam" in some census indexes)

1918 ELECTION to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House of Representatives

1920 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Mercer County, Sharon (January 8) ("E. L.," age 56, "Salesman, Music House") (wife "Elizabeth," age 43) (in the household is [Elizabeth's] son "Harry Allum," age 20, "Salesman, Auto ?")

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Newspaper, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, March 31, 1922 (Excerpt Only):

CANDIDATES FILING PETITIONS AT CAPITAL

Harrisburg, March 30.--(Excerpt) House petitions filed were [among other names] "Edward L. Allum, Mercer" [County]

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Newspaper, NEW CASTLE NEWS, New Castle, Pennsylvania, July 17, 1926:

"An act of Pennsylvania legislature that will provide for the spending of no more than 20 per cent of the total salary of the office on the part of all candidates will be presented at the 1927 session of that body by Edward Allum of Sharon if he is elected to the office, he states today, which seems to be an absolute certainty as he is nominated on the tickets of the four leading parties. Allum states that his bill, which is now drawing up, will provide for not only this limit of money that can be spent but will also provide for no contributions to the funds of candidates. This would reduce the campaign fund of the much discussed U. S. senatorship to $15,000, which Mr. Allum states is enough. The bill will apply to state and county offices, as well. Allum states that he also is considering the introducing of a bill providing for three watchers of the leading parties on application of five voters of the district to be appointed by the court and this number to be all that would be allowed. Allum, who made a record for activity in state affairs at the 1919 session of legislature, was re-nominated again this year on the Republican ticket by one of the largest majorities given any candidate."

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1927 DEATH of father, John Allum 2nd (in April)

1927 DEATH, Edward Lee Allum, at 61 years 8 months 3 days

Cause of death: "Uremic poisoning" --newspaper death announcement

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1930 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Mercer County, Sharon (April 4) ("Elizabeth," age 53, widow, "Merchant, ? Dairy," is "Lodger" in the home of Anna J. Kennedy," age 67, widow, "Treasurer, Real Estate")

1938 DEATH of first wife, Sara Viva (Fletcher) Allum, at 74 years 0 months 7 days

1965 DEATH of second wife, Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" (Blue) Allum, at approximately 88 years




BOOK: Smull's Legislative Hand Book of the State of Pennsylvania, 1919, compiled by Herman P. Miller, State Librarian, and assistant compiler W. Harry Baker, Secretary of the Senate, published Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, J. L. L. Kuhn, page 1247:

EDWARD LEE ALLUM, Mercer County, was born near Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa.; when nine years of age removed with his parents to Bellaire, Ohio, where he was educated in the public schools; after leaving school, learned the glass blowing trade, which occupation he followed for a number of years; in 1907, moved to Sharon, PA., since which time he has been connected with the automobile business; was twice elected to the Sharon council; elected to the House of Representatives in November, 1918.




DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT (Edward) from THE GETTYSBURG TIMES, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, January 22, 1927:


REPRESENTATIVE DIES

Harrisburg, Jan. 22.--Mercer county had only one member of the state house of representatives today due to the death here Thursday of Edward L. Allum, Sharon. Suffering from uremic poisoning he was admitted to a hospital here two days after the 1927 session convened.




FUNERAL SERVICE (Edward) from CHARLEROI MAIL, Charleroi, Washington County, Pennsylvania, January 24, 1927:


EIGHTEEN MEMBERS TO TAKE PART IN ALLUM RITES

Sharon, PA., Jan. 24.--Eighteen members of the Pennsylvania legislature were to take part in funeral services late this afternoon for Edward L. Allum, Mercer county representative, who died in Harrisburg last week. The services were to be held at the family home, with interment in Oakwood cemetery. [DeeAnna's note: The cemetery is actually Hillcrest Memorial Park in Hermitage, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.]

Rep. Carl Marstellar, of Wheatland, Allum's colleague in the House, is chairman of the committee of legislators who were to honor the late representative's memory, the others including Harry E. Himes and Charles Armstrong, Armstrong county; Fred Patterson, Harry Richardson and William S. Reader, Beaver; John Cross and W. E. Bartley, Butler; I. D. Kahle, Clarion; Miss Alice Bentley, Crawford; Otto Herbst, Joseph Schilling, Jno. King and Jos. Zeisenheim, Erie; Bart Richards and Milton Bickett, Lawrence; Cleveland Donnell, Venango, and Aaron Mumford, Warren.

The Rev. C. G. Farr was to be in charge of the services.

Edward married Sara(h) Viva FLETCHER, daughter of Thomas H. FLETCHER and Nancy Jane WHITE, on November 14, 1885 in Belmont County, Ohio. (Sara(h) Viva FLETCHER was born on March 11, 1864 in Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio, died on March 18, 1938 in Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio and was buried on March 21, 1938 in Akron, Summit County, Ohio.)

Edward next married Elizabeth Ann BLUE, daughter of John BLUE and Unknown, on January 12, 1906 in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. (Elizabeth Ann BLUE was born on April 15, 1877 in Monroe County, Ohio, died in May 1965 in Pennsylvania (Perhaps Mercer County) and was buried in Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery, Hermitage, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.)