Oliver Allen, Jr.

Notes:

In the Federal Census of 1850, Oliver and wife Catharine, ages 26 & 24, are living at Wheatland, Monroe Co., NY, with his mother Jerusha. They have an infant daughter, Frances C. age 1.

In the Federal Census of 1860 they are still at Wheatland. There are several more individuals in the household, including a total of 5 children, and also J. H. Allen age 60 VT, Oliver's mother.

In the 1892 NY State Census they are still at Wheatland. Oliver is 68 and Catherine is 64.

In 1900 they are at Mumford, NY.

There is a discrepancy in the birthdates for Oliver. Another source has it as 19 April 1827. The 1823 date seems to agree more with his age as given in the censuses.

From Landmarks of Monroe County, NY
by William F. Peck (1895)
Part III, p. 80 - 81
"Allen, Oliver, proprietor of the well known O-At-Ka woolen mill, was born in September, 1823, at Mumford, Monroe county, N. Y., where he still resides. His father was Oliver Allen 1st, born in Pittsfield, Mass., in 1798, and married to Jerusha Hopkins Remington, in 1822. Their two children are the present Oliver, sr., and Elizabeth M., wife of John R. Olmsted of Le Roy, N. Y. The father of Oliver Allen 1st was Rufus Allen of Pittsfield, and his mother was Emilicent Seymour of Canandaigua, N. Y. Miss Remington was the daughter of Dr. Silas Remington of Rupert, Vt., and Betsey Rose Gere Remington of Chesterfield, Conn. The first Oliver early learned the trade of wool-carding and cloth-dressing, and came to Mumford in 1821, establishing and continuing that business for eight years. In 1829 they purchased and located themselves upon the present site of the O-At-Ka Mill, under the firm name of Remington and Allen. This partnership existed until 1841, when Allen bought the Remington interest and enlarged the previous capacity of the mill, putting in power looms and additional machinery for manufacturing various qualities of woolen goods. About the same time there was added to this property the neighboring custom and flouring mill, previously owned by Donald McKenzie. In 1844, having taken his son into partnership, the firm became Oliver Allen &, which remained unchanged until the death of the senior partner in 1848. In 1872 Oliver 3d came into the business, making the firm name for the second time Oliver Allen and Son. Mr. Allen has been identified with church, school and other interests, and was made presiding officer of the centennial celebration of the town of Wheatland, which occurred September 3,1889. He was the chief promoter of the Rochester and State Line Railway and after years of incessant labor the road became an actual fact, Mr. Allen driving the last spike at its completion to Salamanca. He was made vice-president when the company was first organized, and afterward president, which office he held until years after the road was finished. He was one of the incorporators of the Merchant's Savings Bank of Rochester, and is at present the oldest trustee of that institution; and also for many years a director in the Flour City National Bank of the same city. Mr. Allen was married in 1848 to Miss Catharine H. Seaman, daughter of Leonard Lewis and Mahala Doughty Seaman of Palmyra, N. Y. Their children are Frances S.; Oliver jr., of the home firm; Leonard L., of Allen Bro's flannel and hosiery mill, Rochester; Katharine E.; Lillian, deceased; Ethan, of the New York branch office of Allen Bros.; Harry, in charge of Chicago office; Charles Ernest, deceased."
(http://mcnygenealogy.com/bios/biographies006.htm)

Oliver married Catharine Huchins Seaman Abt 1848. Catharine (daughter of Leonard Lewis Seaman and Mahala Doughty) was born Abt 1826, NY; died Aft 1 Jun 1900. [Group Sheet]