Biography
Wilson Monroe Allred was born 1 December 1828 in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States to William Hackley Allred (1804-1890) and Elizabeth Ivie (1807-1870) and died 26 September 1910 Price, Carbon County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. He married Mary Jane Jennings (1829-1891) 27 August 1847 in Shelby County, Missouri, United States. He married Elizabeth Ann Ivie (1858-1927) 26 January 1875 in Scipio, Millard County, Utah. He married Barbara Allred (1860-1902) 4 September 1876 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Wilson Monroe Allred was the third child and first son born to William Hackley Allred and Elizabeth Ivie Allred. He was born to them December 1, 1828, in Bedford County, Tennessee. The log house where he was born was on land in Bedford County in Middle Tennessee about 50 miles south of Nashville. Today that area is in Marshall County.
Religious Awakening (LDS)
Early missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1830 edition of the Book of Mormon.
The 1830's saw a great Protestant religious revival sweep across the United States that was called the "Second Great Awakening" and was characterized by much emotional preaching, spiritual and social reform movements and a surge in membership growth for a great many Christian denominations.
This period also saw the rise of a new Church of Christ that was organized in early 1830 by its young prophet-leader, Joseph Smith (1805-1844), and after 1838 was formally named The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This church group was frequently called the "Mormon Church" or "Latter-day Saints" (LDS) for its belief in a new set of holy scriptures called "The Book of Mormon". For better or worse, this new religion generated a lot of attention in this region.
Missionaries of this church taught that it was not a reform movement or protest movement but a "restoration" of the original church with completeness of the full of doctrine of the gospel of Jesus Christ including the ministering of angels, the restored priesthood, lost scripture, revelations, prophecy, living apostles, the gifts of the spirit and much more. This message had profound impact on many who subsequently left all to follow the Prophet and the Church. In many cases their faith was so strong as to push these early converts to endure many difficult hardships and sacrifices and to eventually journey over a thousand miles westward to settle in the Great Salt Lake Valley. (See also New Religion (LDS 1830).)[1][2]
Salt River Branch
In 1830 James and Elizabeth Allred, all their children, at least three of James’ siblings (Sarah, Isaac Allred (1788-1870), and John) and their families moved 500 miles northwest from Bedford Co., Tennessee, to settle near the Salt River in Ralls County, Missouri. They called their community the “Allred Settlement” of "Salt River Branch". It was located 15 miles east of present day Paris, Missouri and only a few miles southeast of Florida, Missouri. Hyrum Smith (1800-1844) and John Murdock (1760-1858) were called on a mission for a new church called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and arrived at the Allred Settlement in Monroe co., Missouri on August 4, 1831. They stayed one week and taught the gospel to the Allreds, but they were not baptized until a year later and were probably baptized by George M. Hinkle. The settlement here would be called the Salt River Branch. James and Elizabeth Allred and most of their family, including uncles, aunts, and cousins were baptized on 10 Sep 1832.
When Wilson was approximately two, his parents moved with other Allred and Ivie families to Ralls County, Missouri, near the Salt River about 25 miles west of the Mississippi River. Ralls County was soon divided and they became residents of Monroe County.
The Allred and Ivie families farmed their land. He grew up in this area with his brothers, sisters and many cousins. When Wilson Monroe was 19, he married Mary [Jane] Jennings of Shelby County, Salt River Township, Missouri, on August 29, 1847. Shelby County is just north of Monroe County. The Justice of the Peace listed them as Monroe M. Allred and she was listed as Miss Mary Jennings. They are listed on the 1850 Federal Census in District 1, Adair, Missouri, as Monrou Allred, farmer, and Jane Allred. They were both 21 when that census was taken. Adair County is north and west of Monroe County. The couple had seven children. The first six were born in Adair County, Missouri: Julia; William Henderson; Sophine Clementine; a daughter who born and died the same day; Martha Mildred, and Belle Allred. Born in Grayson County, Texas, was Ellie or Mary Ella Allred. The family is on the 1870 Federal Census in Grayson County, Texas. Wilson M. was listed as a trader and Mary was keeping house. Five of their children were still living at home. Sometime after this census, the couple separated. Mary Jane Jennings Allred died in Bridgewater, Wise County, Texas, November 15, 1891.
His mother, Elizabeth Ivie Allred, died in Grayson County near Whitesboro, Texas, March 22, 1870. She is buried in a private cemetery in Grayson County. Sometime after 1870, he went to Spring City, Utah, with his father, William Hackley Allred, and younger sister, Pearlina Jane Allred Coy, a young widow with no children. The first records for the father and son are in Spring City in 1874. In 1875, Wilson Monroe married Elizabeth Ann Ivie, the daughter of Richard Anderson Ivie and Elizabeth Dobson Ivie. They had 12 children. He then married Barbara Allred, daughter of his Uncle James Tillman Sanford Allred and Fannie Shantaquint. They had five children. The 1880 Utah Territorial Census lists him as a horse dealer and both wives as "keeping house." About 1898, he and his wife, Elizabeth, moved to Price, Utah. He died there September 26, 1910. The 1910 Federal Census listed his occupation as gardner. He is buried in the Price Cemetery.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Julia Ann Allred (1850-1949) | |||
| Martha Mildred Allred (1853-1917) | |||
| Sarah Bell Allred (1856-1921) | |||
| Sophie Clementine Allred (1857-1910) | |||
| Mary Ella Allred (1861-1947) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Wilson Monroe Allred (1876-1944) | |||
| Birten Allred (1878-1955) | |||
| Charles Monroe Allred (1881-1962) | |||
| John Henry Allred (1883-1928) | |||
| Alice Isadora Allred 91885-1959) | |||
| Robert Hackley Allred (1888-1965) | |||
| Delilah Elizabeth Allred (1890-1967) | |||
| Arvilla Celestia Allred (1891-1952) | |||
| Riley Allred (1893-1957) | |||
| Byron Thompson Allred (1896-1936) | |||
| Iva Janet Allred (1899-1988) | 4 October 1899 Price, Carbon County, Utah, United States | 16 March 1988 Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States | George Corwyn Adair (1896-1973) James Orval Cason (1880-1957) |
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Matilda Katharine Allred (1825-1855) | |||
| Delila Mildred Allred (1826-1913) | |||
| Wilson Monroe Allred (1828-1910) | 1 December 1828 Bedford County, Tennessee, United States | 26 September 1910 Price, Carbon County, Utah, United States | Mary Jane Jennings (1829-1891) Elizabeth Ann Ivie (1858-1927) Barbara Allred (1860-1902) |
| Lewis Porter Allred (1831-1904) | |||
| Perlina Jane Allred (1833-1910) | 17 May 1833 Monroe County, Missouri, United States | 31 January 1910 Spring City, Sanpete County, Utah, United States | James Tillmon Sanford Allred (1825-1905) |
| Enoch Allred (1835-) | |||
| Emma Allred (1837-) | |||
| Joseph Robert Allred (1839-1920) | |||
| Hyrum Allred (1841-1841) | |||
| Amasa Lyman Allred (1843-) | |||
| Sarah Elizabeth Allred (1845-) | |||
| Willis Winfield Allred (1847-1931) | |||
| Celeste R Allred (1849-1917) | |||
| Mary Elizabeth Franklin Allred (1852-) | |||
Residences
See Also
- Wilson Allred
- Allred Family
- Allred in Bedford County, Tennesse
- Allred in Carbon County, Utah
- Wilson Allred - Geni.com