JAMES N. ALLEN, farmer; P. O. Centerville; was born Aug, 9, 1822, in
Bourbon County, Ky., and is the son of Adoniram Allen and Polly (Cail)
Allen, daughter of Jacob Cail, who came from Virginia; Adoniram Allen
was a native of Georgia, and came to Kentucky with his father, his mother
being dead, and located at Visalia, on the K.C.R.R., where he owned and
operated a mill; he subsequently removed to Bourbon County and engaged in
farming. Mr. Allen was reared to agricultural pursuits, and now owns a
farm of 154 acres and has also given some attention to the stock business,
politically he is a Democrat, and for fifty years has been a member of the
Baptist Church. June 17, 1858, he was married to Miss May Tyler, daughter
of Wm. Tyler, of Harrison County; she died Oct. 17, 1880; there are four
children, the issue of this marriage, living, and two dead: Wm. A.,
Welburn B. (dead), Albert L., Carrie L., Hugh W. (dead), and Cora G.
