Allen S. Heflin (1848- )

Allen S. Heflin was born April 4, 1848 in Graves County, Kentucky.  He was the son of James W. Heflin and Minerva G. Dupree. 

Allen served in the Civil War. A summary of his service is as follows:

“Private/Corporal, Company B, 7th Tennessee Cavalry, enlisted for 3 years at Paducah, KY on 1/8/1864 and received a $300 bounty for enlistment. Heflin was discharged with the regiment when it disbanded at Nashville, TN on 8/7/1865. He applied for an invalid pension in 1890. His first wife was Martha Taylor and the 2nd Ophelia Albritton who received a widow's pension. Heflin's parents were James and Minerva Dupree Heflin and his brother Thomas H Heflin, also of Co B.”

Holley, Peggy Scott. Hawkins' Tories, A Regimental and Social History of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry USA in the Civil War, BrayBree Publishing, Dickson TN, 230 p, 2014

Several years after Allen’s military discharge, he married Susan Taylor around 1869, as they are listed as married in the 1870 US Census.  Susan was born about 1853 in Graves County, Kentucky, the daughter of Burrell Jackson Taylor and Eliza Applin Puryear. 

Allen and Susan had one child:

Ernest              born August 26, 1874

Allen and Susan separated not long after the birth of their son.  Susan and her son were living with her father in 1880.

Allen married Ophelia Collier in late 1874 or early 1875.  Ophelia was born March 19, 1847 in Graves County, Kentucky.  She was the daughter of Charles Claiborne Collier and Nancy A. Benney (or Stokes).  This was Ophelia’s second marriage as well.

After their marriage, Allen and Ophelia settled their family in Housemans, Graves County, Kentucky, where he was employed as a merchant.

Allen and Ophelia had three children:

Daisy Dean     born 1875

Wilbur A.         born 1879

Alta B.             born 1885

Allen S. Heflin died on September 10, 1897 in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.  He was 51 years old at his death.

In 1900, Ophelia was renting a home on Harrison Street in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.  Her two youngest children, Wilbur and Alta, were living with her. In that census, Ophelia was listed as the mother of 8 children, with 5 still living.

By 1910, Ophelia was living in a rented home on North 3^rd Street in Paducah.

Ophelia Collier Albritton Heflin died on December 12, 1917 in Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.  She was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery.  She was 70 years old at her death.

Notes for Ophelia Collier

Birth & Death:  Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Residence in 1850:  Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Graves, Kentucky; Roll: M432_201; Page: 397A; Image: 392.  Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Residence in 1860:  Year: 1860; Census Place: Graves, Kentucky; Roll: M653_369; Page: 225; Image: 225; Family History Library Film: 803369.  Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Marriage to Adam Atkinson Albritton:  Dodd, Jordan, comp. Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.

Residence in 1870:  Year: 1870; Census Place: Haynes, Graves, Kentucky; Roll: M593_464; Page: 130B; Image: 266; Family History Library Film: 545963.  Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Marriage to Allen S. Heflin:  Year: 1880; Census Place: Housemans, Graves, Kentucky; Roll: 415; Family History Film: 1254415; Page: 249C; Enumeration District: 089; Image: 0706.  Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc.

Residence in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Paducah Ward 1, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: 540; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0065; FHL microfilm: 1240540.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Residence in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Paducah Ward 2, McCracken, Kentucky; Roll: T624_493; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 0124; FHL microfilm: 1374506.  Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.

Notes for Allen S. Heflin

Birth, Death, & Military:  Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=84129205&ref=acom; accessed 2 February 2015)

Residence in 1850:  Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Graves, Kentucky; Roll: M432_201; Page: 386B; Image: 371.  Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Residence in 1860:  Year: 1860; Census Place: Graves, Kentucky; Roll: M653_369; Page: 152; Image: 152; Family History Library Film: 803369.  Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Residence in 1870:  Year: 1870; Census Place: Housemans Precinct, Graves, Kentucky; Roll: M593_464; Page: 143B; Image: 292; Family History Library Film: 545963.  Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Residence in 1880:  Year: 1880; Census Place: Housemans, Graves, Kentucky; Roll: 415; Family History Film: 1254415; Page: 249C; Enumeration District: 089; Image: 0706.  Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc.

Pension:  National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.  Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls.

Notes for Susan Taylor

Birth & Residence in 1880:  Year: 1880; Census Place: Haynes and Pottsville, Graves, Kentucky; Roll: 415; Family History Film: 1254415; Page: 260A; Enumeration District: 089; Image: 0728.  Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc.