John Kirby Allen

John Kirby Allen
Member of the Republic of Texas House of Representatives from Nacogdoches County
In office
October 3, 1836 – June 13, 1837
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byThomas Jefferson Rusk
Personal details
Born1810
Sullivan, New York, US
DiedAugust 15, 1838 (1838-08-16) (aged 27)
Houston, Republic of Texas
Resting placeFounders Memorial Cemetery
NationalityTexian
RelationsAugustus Chapman Allen (brother)
OccupationBusinessman, entrepreneur
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 (1810 – August 15, 1838), 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 (the present day hamlet of Sullivan in the Town of Sullivan, New York).[1] He never married. He died of congestive fever on August 15, 1838, and was buried at Founders Memorial Cemetery in Houston, Texas.

  1. ^ "Historical Marker Detail for Allen, John Kirby, (1810–1838) Co-Founder of Houston". Houston, Texas: Harris County Historical Commission. 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 in 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 refers to his birthplace as Orrville. Charlotte Allen was 90 years of age at the time of the Houston Daily Post interview and died the following month. Dittman's research indicates that John Kirby moved to Orrville at the age of seven to live with an uncle. Orrville was renamed DeWitt in 1825.