Barton County, Missouri Biographies - Orvilla Allen

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889. 
published by Goodspeed, 1889; Pgs. 850, 851--Barton County Biography Section

     Orvilla Allen, who is prominently identified with the bus and transfer 
business at Lamer, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, February 7, 1844, 
and is the son of James and Martha (Shane) Allen, both natives of Ohio, 
where they married and spent their days, he engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He was a prominent man in Jefferson County, which he twice represented in 
the Legislature.  He died in 1873, at the age of seventy years.  Both he 
and wife were members of the Presbyterian Church.  Grandfather Allen came 
from Pennsylvania to Ohio at an early day, as did also Grandfather Shane. 
Orvilla Allen, the subject of this sketch, is the only child born to his 
parents, and received his education principally by his own exertions, as his
early educational advantages were limited.  He attained his growth on the 
farm, and remained with his parents until 1865, when he came to North 
Missouri, and taught school a short time.  March 15, 1866, he returned to 
Ohio, and there married Miss Mary J. Morrison, a native of Jefferson County,
Ohio, who bore his three children: Hattie C., Ada E. and James F.  In 1868 
he moved to Greene County, Mo., where he followed farming.  May 29, 1873, 
his wife died, and three years later he came to Lamar, and for several 
years ran a livery stable.  When the railroad was built to Lamar, he started
the 'bus and transfer business, and is now the owner of two 'buses and two 
transfer wagons.  June 20, 1877, he married Miss Tamer T. Ramsey, a native 
of Mississippi, and to this union were born three children: May, Orville 
and Jesse.  Mr. Allen is a Republican in politics, and is a Royal Arch 
Mason.


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