John Kirby Allen
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John Kirby Allen was a co-founder of the city of Houston and a former member of the Republic of Texas House of Representatives. He was born in Canaseraga Village, New York. He never married. He died o
John Kirby Allen
Marker in Downtown Houston commemorating the foundation of Houston by the Allen Brothers – An excerpt from the Telegraph & Texas Register dated August 30, 1836, is visible.
John Kirby Allen's tombstone at Founders Memorial Cemetery
Founders Memorial Cemetery
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Founders Memorial Cemetery, also known as Founders Memorial Park, is the oldest cemetery in Houston, Texas, United States. Founded in 1836, it was originally known as "City Cemetery", and opened in co
John Kirby Allen
…present-day hamlet of Sullivan in the Town of Sullivan, New York). He never married. He died of congestive fever on August 15, 1838, and was buried at Founders Memorial Cemetery in Houston, Texas. When he was seven years old, John took his first job as a hotel porter in a hotel in Orrville (present-day DeWitt, New York). Three…
Entrance wall to Founders Memorial Cemetery