Elijah ALLEN
Enlisted in the Mormon Batallion
Drover a team for President Brigham Young
'he enlisted in the Mormon Batallion and went throught o California. He served one year in the Government service, and was discharged at Los Angeles on 16 July 1847'
'On his return he came to Nauvoo and called at President Brigham Young's home and asked for counsel. Brother Young told him that he could stop with him and go to work, which he did, and lived with him until the Church moved West. He drove a team for President Young through to Winter Quarters on the Missouri River.'
He married Eliza, the sister of the man who had been his constant companion in the Mormon Battalion
Eliza is the sister of the man who had been Elijah Allen's constant companion in the Mormon Battalion
He married Eliza Ann Bickmore 3 May 1852 at Silvercreek, Mills, Iowa . Eliza Ann Bickmore was born at Madisonville, Madison, Illinois 29 Jan 1830 .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Elijah Allen
born 24 Feb 1853.
William Allen
born 17 Apr 1854.
Eliza Ann Allen
born 1 Jun 1856.
James Carson Allen
born 21 Mar 1858.
Andrew Bickmore Allen
born 23 Dec 1859.
Henry Heber Allen
born 11 Mar 1862.
Joseph Smith Allen
born 20 Oct 1863.
Elijah Allen died 12 Apr 1866 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah .
Eliza Ann Bickmore died 26 Mar 1901 at Cove, Cache, Utah .