Isaac ALLUM

  General Notes:

Portrait: Originally in an oval frame, this portrait of Isaac Allum, 1828-1907, hung in the "room" (parlor) of his son, Isaac Francis Allum, 1860-1929, and Isaac's wife, Ida (Smith) Allum, 1861-1942.

Nearby was always the portrait of his first wife, Lucinda (Parson) Allum, who died at just 30 years of age.

From the collection of Shirley Allum Hudlicky
(Through the years, both portraits were ultimately given to Shirley as gifts from family members)


Shirley, November 2, 1964 letter to DeeAnna:

"The photo with the spots is of my great grandfather, Isaac Allum. It was copied from a large oval portrait that Grandma and Grandpa always had hanging in the parlor. The photo of Lucinda was a matching one. I used to go into the 'room'--Grandma always referred to the parlor as the 'room'--and stand and look at them when I was a kid."


1828 BIRTH of Isaac Allum

(Backed by the Democratic party, Andrew Jackson was elected 7th President late in 1828 to take office in 1829. Jackson defeated his rival, 6th President John Quincy Adams. In Washington, D. C., the will of James Smithson bequeathed funds for a national institution that became the Smithsonian. Cherokee Indians ceded Arkansas Territory lands to the U. S. government and agreed to migrate west of the Mississippi River. At Amherst, Massachusetts, after twenty years of preparation Noah Webster published his two-volume AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE with 38,000 entries.)

1830 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township (with parents)

10 people are in the household in 1830:

1 male 30-40 (father Charles, born 1796)
2 males 10-15 (sons William and Thomas, born 1817 and 1818)
2 males 5-10 (sons John and James, born 1820 and 1822)
1 male under 5 (son Isaac, born 1828)
1 female 30-40 (mother Jemima, born 1795)
1 female 5-10 (daughter Delila, born 1823)
2 females under 5 (daughters Peninah and Hannah, born 1825 and 1827)

1840 DEATH of grandfather William Allum

1840 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township (with parents)

11 people are in the household in 1840:

1 male 40-50 (father Charles)
1 male 20-30 (son John) (sons William, born 1817, and Thomas, born 1818, are documented in their own households in Richhill Township in 1840)
1 male 15-20 (son James "Jimmy," born 1822)
1 male 10-15 (son Isaac, born 1828)
1 male under 5 (son Porter, born 1840)
1 female 40-50 (mother Jemima, born 1795)
2 females 15-20 (daughters Delila, born 1823, and Peninah, born 1825)
1 female 10-15 (daughter Hannah, born 1827)
2 females under 5 (Should the census category have really been "2 females 5-10"? If so, they would have been daughters Pamelia and Eliza)

1850 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township ("Farmer")

1852 MARRIAGE of Isaac Allum and Lucinda Parson on December 1 in Greene County, Pennsylvania

1854-1855 MIGRATED from Greene County, Pennsylvania to Newton, Jasper County, Iowa

Shirley, August 4, 1964 letter to DeeAnna:

"You will notice that a sister of Isaac Allum and Thomas Allum went to Iowa about the same time they did."

The sister was Eliza (Allum) Fry, whose son Albert Bryson Frye was born at Davenport, Scott County, Iowa in 1855. In 1855, Thomas Allum was in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, too.

1859 DEATH of mother, Jemima (Barnhart) Allum

1860 CENSUS, Iowa, Jasper County, Independence Township, Newton ("Isaac," age 31, "Farmer") (wife "Lucinda," age 27)

1863 DEATH of first wife, Lucinda (Parson) Allum, at 31 years 11 months 11 days, buried in Newton Union Cemetery, Jasper County, Iowa

(Lucinda died during a somber period in our nation's history. Abraham Lincoln was President, and the North and South were at war. In Washington, D. C. the War Department was empowered to draft males 26 to 40 for the Union army. The first Negro regiment for the Union was organized at Boston, and the Confederate Congress permitted enslavement or execution of captured Negro Union soldiers. Robert E. Lee mauled "Joe" Hooker at Chancellorsville; Stonewall Jackson died of wounds. The Battle of Gettysburg occurred in Pennsylvania. Ulysses S. Grant won Vicksburg for the Union. Anti-draft riots took place in New York. Chickamauga...Chattanooga. Amidst the chaos, President Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November a national holiday of Thanksgiving. Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address in Pennsylvania on November 20. After Lucinda's death, her husband Isaac returned to Pennsylvania where he enlisted in the Civil War in 1864.)

1863 REGISTRATION, Civil War Draft, Iowa, Jasper County, Malaka, 4th Congressional District of Iowa (June & July) ("Isaac Allum," age 34, "Farmer," unmarried, born in Pennsylvania) (Class 1)

1863 RETURN to Pennsylvania from Iowa after death of first wife, Lucinda (Parson) Allum

1863 MARRIAGE of Isaac Allum and second wife, Sarah Ann Swart on December 29 in Greene County, Pennsylvania

1864-1865, MILITARY SERVICE, Civil War


Shirley, March 17, 1958 letter to Wren Orvid Allum:

"While in Pennsylvania Isaac enlisted in the Fifth Heavy Artillery from Greene County and was mustered into service in September, 1864 as a Private at Camp Reynolds near Pittsburgh. After 3 weeks of service at Fort Stevens near Washington he was equipped as infantry and placed in Company K of the 204th Pennsylvania Volunteers. He went as far as Piedmont as a guard to workmen reconstructing the railroad through the Shennandoah Valley. He was moved to Fairfax Station during the winter of 1864-1865. He participated in several skirmishes against General Mosby and received his Honorable Discharge at Pittsburgh on July 6, 1865."


1868 DEATH of father, Charles W. Allum

1868 BENEFICIARY in will of father, Charles W. Allum

1868 ESTATE DEED to Isaac Allum for land in Morris and Richhill Townships in Greene County, Pennsylvania (land purchased by Isaac at his father Charles' estate sale), as follows:

October 15, 1868, Volume 109, page 251:

Charles Allum to Isaac Allum, made by James Allum Excr of Richhill twp. and Isaac Allum of the same place, 134 Acres in Morris and Richhill twps. @ $36 per acre, being the best bid, $4830.00 lying partly in Richhill and partly in Morris twps. bounded as follows: Beginning at a stone in the road thence by land of Rush's North 45 degrees East 29 perches to a Hickory; thence by same North 81 degrees East 9 9/10 perches to a small Gum; by same South 61 degrees East 16 5/10 perches to a Hickory; by same North 76 degrees East 24 perches to a White Oak; by same South 15 1/2 degrees East 10 7/10 perches to Iron Wood near a White Oak; by same 81 degrees East 8 perches to the Road; thence by lands of T. J. Clutter and B. Bebout, South 68 degrees East 9 5/10 perches in the Road; thence by same Clutter and Bebout's lands South 48 1/2 degrees East 10 perches to a Stone; by same North 61 degrees East 26 perches in the road; thence by lands of Henry Feaster South 27 1/2 degrees East 18 perches in the road; thence by land of Henry Wise South 15 degrees East 32 perches to stones; by same South 61 1/2 degrees West 17 8/10 perches to a Post; thence by land of Zenas Burnfield South 19 degrees West 137 7/10 perches to stones; thence by land of Jonathan Allum North 71 degrees West 131 perches to stone; thence by land of John McGinnis North 24 1/2 East 136 perches to Point of Beginning, containing 134 acres and 30 perches more or less, including 3 pieces of ground to Charles Scott at different times, one by Harvey Bane by deed dated 27th of December 1839, and the others conveyed to him by Henry Bebout by deeds dated February 20, 1849 and March 20, 1845, and by the said Charles Scott conveyed to the said Charles Allum by deed dated September 9, 1863 and recorded in Book U, Volume I, pages 548 and 549.

Shirley, September 1, 1964 letter to DeeAnna:

"It dawned on me that because of the property in Iowa, the will of Charles Allum would have to be filed there for probate, too. It is an exact duplicate of the one from Greene County, right down to the misspelled words. It does not have a signature for Charles, nor would the transcript, but the original would."

Shirley:

"Dated March 9, 1965 from the First National Loan & Title Co., Newton, Iowa, Book 93, page 449, the transcript of the will of Charles Allum dated May 18, 1867, from Greene County, Pennsylvania, filed in the office of the Recorder of Jasper County, Iowa, recites in part: 'I give and bequeath to my son Isaac Allum fifty acres of land situated in Jasper County, Iowa, or should I sell said land in my lifetime the said Isaac is to have the money an amount equal to what the land was sold for, should the said Isaac conclud (sic) to remove onto the land, then he is to have the exclusive control of said property from the time of said removal.' "

1870 MIGRATED from Greene County, Pennsylvania to Iowa, settling in Poweshiek County (in March)

1870 CENSUS, Iowa, Poweshiek County, Deep River Township, P.O. Montezuma ("Isaac," age 41, "Farm laborer") (wife "Sarah," age 28) (census taken in August)

1880 CENSUS, Iowa, Poweshiek County, Deep River Township ("Isaac," age 51, "Farmer") (wife "Sarah," age 38)

1885 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Poweshiek County, Deep River Township ("Isaac," age 56, "Farmer") (wife "Sarah A.," age 43)

1888 DEATH of second wife, Sarah Ann (Swart) Allum, at 46 years 10 months 17 days

1894 MARRIAGE of Isaac Allum and 3rd wife, Susan (Slack) Pollock on August 2 at Poweshiek County, Iowa by Isaac Barnhizer

1895 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Poweshiek County, Deep River Township ("Isaac," age 66) (wife "Susan," age 57)

1900 CENSUS, Iowa, Poweshiek County, Deep River Township ("Isaac," age 71, "Farmer") (wife "Susan," age 62) (Susan is documented as the mother of 2 children, 0 children living in the year 1900; she did not have children with Isaac Allum, however) (in the household in 1900 is Isaac's daughter with Sarah Swart Allum, "Elma B.," age 16)

1905 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Poweshiek County, Deep River Township ("Isaac" and "Susan" Allum) (Isaac's son and daughter, "Charles" and "Elma" are in his household)

1907 DEATH of Isaac Allum at 78 years 1 month 14 days (according to his death certificate); 78 years 1 month 15 days (according to the Legacy software date calculator)

(Roosevelt was President. Oklahoma was state 46. Neiman-Marcus opened in Dallas. A washing machine by the Hurley Machine Company in Chicago operated by electricity instead of by hand. Would it outsell the hand-cranked "Maytag Pastime" produced on an Iowa farm? In New York, General Electric manufactured a light bulb with a tungsten filament that replaced carbon. In Ohio, an electric vacuum cleaner by the Hoover Suction-Sweeper Co. was offered to housewives. The sleek Pierce-Arrow auto was introduced.)

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1910 CENSUS, Iowa, Iowa County, Dayton Township ("Susan," age 72, widow, is in the household of Joseph Ladely) (Susan is shown as the mother of 2 children, 0 children living in the year 1910; the 2 children born to her had been prior to her marriage to Isaac Allum)

1911 DEATH of Isaac's third wife, Susan (Slack) (Pollock) Allum, at 73 years 7 months 16 days




DESCRIPTION (Isaac): 5' 10 1/2" tall, dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes (from military record)

MILITARY SERVICE: Civil War, Private, 5th Heavy Artillery PENNSYLVANIA Volunteers, transferred to Company K, 204th PENNSYLVANIA Volunteer Infantry, September 1864 to June 1865

Shirley, March 17, 1958 letter to Wren O. Allum:

"Isaac, having lost his first wife Lucinda, returned from Iowa to Pennsylvania where, on December 29, 1863, he married the second time to Sarah Ann Swart. While in Pennsylvania he enlisted in the Fifth Heavy Artillery from Greene County and was mustered into service in September, 1864 as a private at Camp Reynolds near Pittsburgh. After 3 weeks of service at Fort Stevens near Washington he was equipped as infantry and placed in Co. 'K' of the 204th Pennsylvania Volunteers. He went out as far as Piedmont as a guard to workmen reconstructing the railroad through the Shenandoah Valley. He was moved to Fairfax Station during the winter of 1864-1865. He participated in several skirmishes against General Mosby and received his Honorable Discharge at Pittsburgh on July 6, 1865. In 1870 he came directly from his father's home in Pennsylvania to his farm near Deep River (120 acres, 6 acres timber, Section 24.)

MILITARY PENSION RECORD: No. SC 637 357




LOCATIONS: Greene County, Pennsylvania to Newton, Jasper County, Iowa (1854-55); return to Greene County, Pennsylvania (1863); back to Iowa to Poweshiek County (March, 1870)



BOOK: HISTORY OF POWESHIEK COUNTY, IOWA, Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co., Des Moines, Iowa, 1880, page 707:

DEEP RIVER TOWNSHIP

ALLUM, ISAAC--Section 24, P. O. Deep River. His ancestors came from England. His father was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania in June, 1796, farmed all his life, and died April 2, 1868. Isaac was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, November 30, 1828. Was educated in his native county, and worked for his father until twenty-four years of age. After marrying he farmed for two years in Pennsylvania, then emigrated to Jasper county, Iowa, where he bought fifty acres, and farmed for seven years. Having lost his wife, at the expiration of this time, he returned to Pennsylvania and enlisted in the Fifth heavy artillery, but after three weeks service in a fort near Washington, was equipped as infantry and placed in company K, of the Two Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania volunteers. He participated in numerous skirmishes against Gen. Mosby, and received his honorable discharge July 6, 1865. In March, 1870, he emigrated directly from his father's home to his present place. He married December 21, 1852, Miss Lucinda Parsons (sic), who was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, May 6, 1832. This lady bore him the following children: Theodore V. (born October 16, 1853, married Nancy Atwood), Rebecca J. (born December 6, 1855, died April 6, 1857), Jas E. (born March 22, 1858, died November 5, 1866), unnamed (born November 15, 1859, died immediately), Isaac Francis (born November 5, 1860) and Delila Alice (born January 5, 1863). Mr. Allum's first wife died, and he married Miss Sarah A. Swart, of Greene county, Pennsylvania, who was born March 29, 1842. The result of this alliance has been: Sarah Florence J. (born March 1, 1865), Penina Arabella (born December 10, 1866), Eliza Ida M. (born September 6, 1869), John M. (born August 26, 1872), Minnie O. (born October 7, 1875), Emma Effie (born July 3, 1877), and Asenah Ann (born August 5, 1879). Mr. Allum owns a good farm of 120 acres, and six acres of timber. His place is well stocked, and virtually free from debt.




OBITUARY (Isaac) from KEOKUK COUNTY NEWS, Keokuk, Keokuk County, Iowa, January 24, 1907:

Isaac Allum.

Isaac Allum, the subject of this sketch, was born in Green (sic) county, Penn., on the 30th day of November, 1828, and died January 14, 1907, aged 78 years, 1 month and 14 days. Little of his early manhood is known to the writer, but at the age of 24 he was united in marriage to Lucinda Parson and five children came to bless this union. Only one of these children, Isaac of Jamison, S. D. have survived their father, and Lucinda Allum died in April, 1863.

Mr. Allum was again united in marriage at the close of the year 1863 to Sarah A. Swart and seven of them are still living: Sarah J., Ida M., Minnie O., Emma E., Asenah A., Charley E. and Alma B. With the exception of the two last named these children are all married.

In September, 1864, Isaac Allum enlisted in Co. K., 5th Reg. Penn. Heavy Vol. Artillery under Capt. Kent and Col. Gallup, and served to the close of the war, being honorably discharged July 6, 1865.

After the war Mr. Allum came to Iowa and made his home on a farm near Deep River. His second wife died January 15, 1888, and Mr. Allum was married again August 2, 1894, to Susan Pollock, who with his eight children, remain to mourn the loss of a loving husband, indulgent father and, as many can testify, a kind friend.

The funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. H. Betz, of Keswick, in the White Oak United Presbyterian church, Jan. 16, 1907, and the mortal remains of Isaac Allum were deposited in the cemetery at that place to await the trumpet call and, we trust, the re-union under the Great Captain above.




DOCUMENT: State of Iowa Death Certificate for Isaac Allum (obtained by DeeAnna and dated August 27, 1964)




BURIAL (Isaac and second wife Sarah): White Oak Cemetery, Keokuk County, Iowa, Lot 61 with G.A.R. "1861-1865" stake for Isaac

Shirley:

July 31, 1964 letter to DeeAnna:

"Iowa cemeteries are consistently in the best condition. Even small out-of-the-way cemeteries are mowed and clipped. Old Dresden cemetery at Deep River is an example. To get to it, I traveled down a quarter-mile lane between corn fields. All at once, there is the cemetery, right in the middle of all this corn. It is fenced, mowed, clipped, and I can only wish for such care in cemeteries everywhere. White Oak cemetery at, or near, Thornburg, Iowa, where Isaac Allum is buried, is another well-kept country cemetery. It is behind a church and is well-fenced, with a gate, protected from livestock. It gave me a good feeling to see Isaac's inscription: 'Isaac Allum, Nov. 30, 1828 - Jan. 14, 1907; Sarah A., his wife, Mar. 29, 1842 - Jan. 15, 1888 - Gone but not forgotten.' "


November 2, 1964 letter to DeeAnna:

"The stone of Isaac and Sarah is a beautiful one."




DOCUMENT:

In the District Court of Iowa, in and for Poweshiek County, January term, 1909

In the matter of the estate
of Final Report
Isaac Allum, deceased
M. A. Rank, Administrator


Now comes M. A. Rank, administrator of the estate of Isaac Allum, deceased, and for his final report as such states:

That he was duly appointed such administrator on the 26^th day of January, 1907, and caused notice of his appointment to be published in the Deep River Record for three consecutive weeks, the last publication thereof being on the 22^nd day of February, 1907.

That he caused all the property coming into his hands to be reduced to cash, and states his account as follows, to wit:


Cash Received:

Cash on hand at date of death of intestate, $165.72
Proceeds of sale of personal property, $686.15
Pension check, $36.00


Cash Paid Out:

A. P. Hughes, printing, $3.00
Carl Pierce, auctioneer, $10.00
Blanche Allum for work, $13.10
B. W. Grier, cloking (?) (sic) sale, $5.00
Susan Allum, cash for fuel sold at sale, $11.70
Rev. Betz, funeral service, $5.00
C. E. Allum for work, $18.00
Hungerford & Shipman, blacksmithing bill, $2.60
T. H. Connell & Co. for casket & etc., $131.00
C. N. Cox, store account, $4.89
Taxes, $30.15
C. W. Middlekouff for work, $1.00
Dr. Cain, medical services, $3.00
Susan Allum, for sale of exempt property, $50.00
Susan Allum, distributive share, $173.28
Frank I. Allum, $31.50
Chas. E. Allum, $31.50
Jennie S. Ladely, $31.50
Ida M. Marshall, $31.50
Minnie O. Hungerford, $31.50
Emma E. Shifflet, $31.50
Asenah (sic) A. Middlekouff, $31.50
Blanche M. Allum, $31.50
Iva Funk, $31.50
Nellie Carroll, $31.50
Isaac F. Allum, $10.50
Samuel Allum, $10.50
Charlie Allum, $10.50
Administrator's compensation, $40.00
J. W. Carr, attorney's fee, $25.00
Clerk's costs, $12.60


That he has paid all costs and expense of administration and all claims filed, and attaches hereto receipts for the same, and has distributed the balance in his hands to the widow and heirs and attaches their receipts, therefor (sic) together with a waiver of notice of this report. Therefore he asks to have this report approved, that he may be discharged and the sureties on his bond released.

(signed) J. W. Carr, Attorney




BURIAL (Isaac's third wife Susan and Susan's mother Mary): White Oak Cemetery, Keokuk County, Iowa, Lot 67




PHOTOGRAPHS collected by Shirley:

Isaac Allum ("with spots")

Isaac Allum (copied from the photo album of Minnie Ora Allum Hungerford)

Lucinda (Parson) Allum

Family Bible Records (in 1964 the Bible was in the possession of Isaac's daughter, Minnie Ora Allum Hungerford)


Shirley, November 2, 1964 letter to DeeAnna:

"The Bible records are self-explanatory. When copying Bible records, always copy the page that shows the date of publication. That way it can be determined whether dates in the Bible were originally entered or copied from another source." --November 2, 1964 letter to DeeAnna

Group photo of children of Isaac and Sarah Ann (Swart) Allum that includes Emma Effie; Asenath Ann ("Dot"); Eliza Ida May ("Ida"); Penina Arabella ("Arie"); Minnie Ora; Sarah Florence Jane ("Jennie"); Charley Elmer; and Elma Blanche ("Daisy")

Gravestone of Isaac Allum and Sarah Ann (Swart) Allum at White Oak Cemetery, Keokuk County, Iowa





CONTRIBUTOR to this page:

Linda Kelley Schlater (obituary of Isaac Allum)

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Isaac married Lucinda PARSON, daughter of Vincent PARSON Jr. and Alice PARSON, on December 21, 1852 in Greene County, Pennsylvania. (Lucinda PARSON was born on May 6, 1832 in Greene County, Pennsylvania, died on April 17, 1863 in (Near) Newton, Jasper County, Iowa and was buried in Newton Union Cemetery, Newton, Newton Township, Jasper County, Iowa.)

Isaac next married Sarah Ann SWART, daughter of John SWART and Sarah "Sallie" HUFFMAN, on December 29, 1863 in Greene County, Pennsylvania. (Sarah Ann SWART was born on March 29, 1842 in Greene County, Pennsylvania, died on January 15, 1888 in (Near) Deep River, Poweshiek County, Iowa and was buried in White Oak Cemetery, Prairie Township, Keokuk County, Iowa.)

Isaac next married Susan SLACK, daughter of John SLACK and Mary GRIFFIN, on August 2, 1894 in Poweshiek County, Iowa. (Susan SLACK was born on October 30, 1837 in Muskingum County, Ohio, died on June 16, 1911 in Deep River, Poweshiek County, Iowa and was buried in White Oak Cemetery, Prairie Township, Keokuk County, Iowa.)