Augustus Chapman Allen

Marker in Downtown Houston commemorating the foundation of Houston by the Allen Brothers - An excerpt from the *Telegraph and Texas Register* dated August 30, 1836, is visible.

Augustus Chapman Allen (July 4, 1806 – January 11, 1864), along with his younger brother, John Kirby Allen, founded the City of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas. He was born on July 4, 1806, in Canaseraga Village, New York (now the hamlet of Sullivan in the Town of Sullivan, New York),^[1] to Sarah (Chapman) and Roland Allen.

^ "Historical Marker Detail for Allen, John Kirby, (1810 - 1838) Co-Founder of Houston". Houston, Texas: Harris County Historical Commission. Archived from the original on 2011-09-24. Retrieved 2012-08-31. Per the research of Allen descendant, Ralph Dittman, John Kirby Allen was born in Canaseraga Village, Madison County, New York. This is not the same location as the contemporary Canaseraga in Allegany County, New York. The Village of Canaseraga is now Sullivan Village. Canasareaugh, ending with "areaugh", is a misspelling of the village name. In an interview given to the Houston Daily Post in 1895, Charlotte Baldwin Allen referred to his birthplace as Orrville. Charlotte Allen was 90 years old at the Houston Daily Post interview and died the following month. Dittman's research indicates that John Kirby moved to Orrville at seven to live with an uncle. Orrville was renamed DeWitt in 1825.

[HCHC-1] "Historical Marker Detail for Allen, John Kirby, (1810 - 1838) Co-Founder of Houston". Houston, Texas: Harris County Historical Commission. Archived from the original on 2011-09-24. Retrieved 2012-08-31. Per the research of Allen descendant, Ralph Dittman, John Kirby Allen was born in Canaseraga Village, Madison County, New York. This is not the same location as the contemporary Canaseraga in Allegany County, New York. The Village of Canaseraga is now Sullivan Village. Canasareaugh, ending with "areaugh", is a misspelling of the village name. In an interview given to the Houston Daily Post in 1895, Charlotte Baldwin Allen referred to his birthplace as Orrville. Charlotte Allen was 90 years old at the Houston Daily Post interview and died the following month. Dittman's research indicates that John Kirby moved to Orrville at seven to live with an uncle. Orrville was renamed DeWitt in 1825.

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