Lake County IN, Bio


                                Amos Allman

 AMOS ALLMAN  was born in Atwick, Yorkshire, England, February 27, 
1825.  He is a son of Maj. Allman; by trade a tailor; a preacher of 
the Methodist Church for thirty-five years, and three times married; 
his first wife was Margaret Haxby, born in England in 1790, and died 
there in 1826, leaving seven children, of whom Amos is the youngest; 
his third is Laura Brooks, who now resides in Chicago.  Maj. Allman 
was born in England in 1791, and came to Lake County a pioneer in 
1842, and purchased a part of what is now Crown Point.  He was 
Recorder eleven years, and in 1856 removed to Sturgis, Mich., where 
he died December 28, 1858, aged sixty-seven years.  Amos Allman came 
to America with his father in 1830, and lived in Toronto and Whitby, 
Canada residing with his eldest sister.  In 1842, he began to learn 
the trade of tailor at Sturgis, Mich.  In 1843, he came to Crown 
Point and worked at his trade, which he soon abandoned, owing to a 
partial failure of sight and went back to Sturgis, where he remained 
until 1855, engaged in mercantile business.  He again returned to 
Lake County to look after his father's business of Recorder, and 
has since remained.  In 1856, he was elected Recorder, and held the 
position for eight years, since which time he has been actively 
engaged in the real estate business, having the only complete set 
of abstract books in Lake County.  Mr. Allman has been twice married, 
once November 26, 1857, to Miss Olive Wilcox, who died June 1, 1859, 
without issue, and again to Miss Mary A. Duther, on March 22, 1860, 
by whom he had five children - Walter L., Irene, Jessie, Claude and 
Nellie.  Mr. Allman owns the old Crown Point homestead, and is one 
of the solid men of Lake County, a most respected citizen.  He was 
formerly a Whig, but is now a Republican, and for eighteen months, 
beginning in 1866, he was Deputy Revenue Collector of Lake County.

Source: Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana, Historical and 
Biographical,  Goodspeed and Blanchard, 1882
page 599 Crown Point and Centre Township
Data entry volunteer: Suzan Schaeffing

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