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R. M. Allen manager of
the Moberly Wholesale Grocery company,
is a native of Illinois, He
was born in Opdyke, Jefferson County, and
is the son of Joshua P.
and Alice M. (Jones) Allen, The father was a
a farmer by occupa
native of Illinois and died
March 24, 1911, He was
tion. The mother now
resides in Muskogee, OkIa. They Were the par-
entS of the following
children: R. M., the subject of this sketch; Mrs.
Delila Littlepage Sillsbee,
Texas; Jonathan P. Seminole, OkIa.; Mrs. Eva
E. Jones, Muskogee Okla
E. J., Muskogee OkIa., and Nettle, married
W. G. Wilkinson, who is
noW a government auditor in the service at
Fort Niagara, N. Y.
R. M. Allen attended the
public schools in Illinois and after coming
to Missouri took a course
in the Robinson Business College, at Sedalia,
Mo.and was graduated
from that institution in 1895.He then entered
the employ of the chicago
and Alton Railroad Company as telegrapher at
Higginaville, Mo. He
served in that capacity until 1899. He then joined
Mr. Creson in the general
mercantile business at Yates, Mo.,
and later in 1912 they
abandoned the retail business and engaged in the whole-
sale grocery business at
moberly, a more complete history of which iS
given elsewhere in this
volume.
Mr. Allen was married
May 17, 1899, to Miss Bertha A. Creson, of
Yates, Mo. She is a
daughter of S, W, and Susan E. (Robb) CresOn.
A sketch of S. W. Creson
appears in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Allen
reside at 419 South Fourth
street, Moberly. |