Friday, February 18, 2011

JOHN KIRBY ALLEN

John Kirby Allen


Born 1810
Died 1838


Was born in Canasareaugh, near Syracuse in the U.S. state of New York. He, along with his older brother, Augustus Chapman Allen, founded Houston, Texas in 1836. John Kirby Allen was never married. He died of congestive fever on August 15, 1838, and was buried at Founders Cemetery in Houston.





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