Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1910 — J. H. ALLMAN DEAD. [ARTICLE]

J. H. ALLMAN DEAD.

Aged Remington Citizen Answered Last Roll Call Sunday Morning. II. Allman, an old and respected citizen of Remington and the father of County Treasurer J. D. Allman, died at his home in that place at 11:50 a. m., Sunday, aged 78 years. He had been in poor health for the past few months, hut he had been out and around a part of the time. The funeral was held at Remington yesterday at 2 p. m., and burial made in the Remington center Mr. Allman was born in Starke county, Ohio, and as a young man learned the tinner’s trade. With four of his brothers hej Served in the civil war, (Josiah enlisting in Co. K, 13th Ind.. Sept. 26, 1864) all coming out alive although they participated in various battles. He moved to Noble county, Indiana, in 1861, and came to Remington in 1874, where he for many years conducted a hardware store. He was prominent in the local G. A. R. Post and served at different times as its Commander, adjutant and chaplain. He also served several terms as a member of the Remington town hoard and as township assessor, holding the latter office at the time of his death. Both he and his wife were prominent members of the Remington M. E. church for many years. His wife and four of the. -five children horn to them, Mrs. C. H| Peck of Remington; Ida F. Coover of Boulder, Colo.; Jesse D., of Rensselaer, and George Allman of Remington, survive him.