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Allen Conner and his wife Janie (and Jenny) Conner
Allen was
born March 5, 1880, the son of James Conner
Sr. and Nellie. The census that
same year shows him living with his parents in Jeffrey's Township,
Floerence County, South Carolina. The 1900 census
shows him then living with his brother David
and their stepmother, still in Jeffrey's Township.
The 1930
census shows Allen as a Mars Bluff farmer and owning his own farm
at a time when most of his neighbors rented their houses. Records
show that he registered for the draft
in 1918 and that was where his birth date was discovered. His
first wife was Janie and his second wife was Jenny.
Allen was
tall and slender. He could read and write, a noted accomplishment
as many people, both black and white, of that day were illiterate.
He and Jenny
attended church in Mars Bluff and together they had seven children:
David "D.W.", Albert, Eva, Annie, James, Daniel, and
Allen Jeff Jr.
Allen died
on September 12, 1938 at the age of 58 and was buried in Gibson
Cemetery (undertaker was Mothers Memorial Mortuary of Florence).
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