Charles Alexander Allen, planter and public official, was born May 14, 1846, in Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia died September 21, 1907, in Montgomery. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama. Charles was the son of William and Rebecca Ann (Williams) Allen, of Sparta, Ga., who removed, in 1849, to Union Springs, later settling in Montgomery County as a planter.
He was educated in the private and public schools of his community; engaged in planting, and while underage, enlisted in the 51st Alabama cavalry regiment, C. S. Army. He served, with six brothers, some of whom were killed, until the close of the war. He again engaged in farming; and also assisted his brother, Joseph, in the warehouse business. In 1884 he was made clerk of the board of revenue of Montgomery County and served until 1901.
Charles was a Democrat, a Mason, a Ku Klux and a Baptist. He married: 1st Corinne Harwell, daughter of Mason Harwell of Cross Keys and Montgomery on June 19, 1867, and died Aug 12, 1882. She is buried in Montgomery, Alabama; 2nd Elizabeth Beatrice Smith, of Highland Home on October 23, 1884, in Ramer, Alabama.
Willie Thomas Allen, drowned in Alabama river on March 2, 1902, with his step-brother, Charles
Lila Allen, m. John Chisholm
Harry Allen
Sayre Allen
Ruth Allen, m. Will Sankey. Jr.;
Joe Allen;
Edwin Allen;
Edith Allen;
Mary Hill Allen
He was a member of the 1st Church of Christ of Montgomery, Alabama. Charles Alexander died in Montgomery and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.
SOURCES
History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 3 By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen
