Allen, Penelope Johnson
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Allen, Penelope Johnson
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Allen, Penelope Johnson
Allen, Penelope Johnson, 1886-1985.
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Allen, Penelope Johnson, 1886-1985.
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Local historian involved in Tennessee and Chattanooga historical activities. Authority on Cherokee culture; director of transcription project for Tennessee local records during the 1930s.
Historian and genealogist, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; b. 1886 in Chattanooga, Tenn.; d. 1985; descendent of pioneer Hamilton County, Tenn., families; noted authority on history and genealogy of the region and on the Cherokees; during the 1930s wrote the genealogical series "Leaves from the Family Tree"; state coordinator of the WPA Historical Records Survey project.
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Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Cherokee Indians
Cherokee Indians
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Tennessee--Chattanooga
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Hamilton County (Tenn.)
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