George A. Allen family papers, 1843-1922 (bulk 1846-1962).

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George A. Allen family papers, 1843-1922 (bulk 1846-1962).

Estate papers of Allen, including inventories of blacksmith tools and household property, and probate records, including inventory of property assigned to his widow, Sophia (Sargeant) Allen and genealogies of the Allen, Wainwright, Warner, and Stewart families, of Burlington and Middlebury, Vt.; booklet of recipes and household accounts (1844-1846) of Sophia Allen; and papers of various relatives, including will (1843) of Samuel Sargeant, Sophia's father; copy of a letter (1862) by 100 year old Daniel Waldo, great uncle of Hannah (Cozzens) Allen, wife of Allen's son, George S.; letter (1855) appointing Dugald Stewart, Allen's son-in-law, agent for trustees of the Rutland and Burlington Railroad (later the Rutland Railroad), and photographs of Sophia and her third husband, Ira Allen.

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Rutland and Burlington Railroad

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Wainwright family.

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Allen, Sophia S. (Sophia Sargent), 1798-1876

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Allen, Ira, 1791-1874

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Allen family.

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Allen, George S., 1834-1905

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Waldo, Daniel R.

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Stuart family.

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Sargeant, Samuel, 1767-1847

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Stewart, Sophia Chloe Allen, 1836-

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Warner, Matilda Elizabeth Allen, 1838-

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Stewart family.

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Allen, George A. (George Anson), 1766-1846

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George A. Allen was born in Bernardston, Mass., the son of Jonathan and Chloe (Bascom) Allen. His first wife was Chloe Cushman, of Middlebury, Vt., who died in 1832; his second was Sophia (Sargeant) Rathbone, widow of Alfred T. Rathbone. There children included George S., Sophia Chloe (married Dugald Stewart), and Matilda Elizabeth who married Gen. James Warner. Sophia (Sargeant) Allen was second wife of George A. Allen. Following his death she married Ira Allen of Middlebury (apparently no rela...

Stewart, Dugald, 1821-1870

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Warner family.

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