Born somewhere in Texas, James Harold Allen was in 
Gatesville in 1873.  He is mentioned in "A History of Coryell County, 
Texas."  On p. 72, J.H.Allen is listed as a floor manager for a soiree 
at the Courthouse at 8 pm, January 8, 1873.  His first wife Jeffersonia 
Crittenden Allen, died that year.  They had a son, Jesse, 9 at the time 
of the 1880 census.  On December 24, 1874, James married Martha Jane 
"Mattie" Hammack, also of Gatesville.  They had one child, a daughter, 
Ocelalu Juanita Allen, born February 6, 1880, and her father died in 
September of that same year, she was only 7 months old when he died. He
is buried in the Oddfellows Cemetery in Gatesville.
    According to the 1880 census, he was a saloon keeper, and both parents 
were born in TN. He was a member of the IOOF, Gatesville Lodge #111, and 
fought as a sergeant in Co. E. 1st MS Cavalry (Pinson's).  When James died, 
Mattie remarried to William Holmes Lovejoy.  Since both the boy's parents 
were now dead, Jesse's grandfather William Crittenden applied for, and was 
granted, guardianship.  Juanita, the daughter of James and Mattie, stayed 
with her mother.
    She attended the Female Department of Baylor University.  On December 
27, 1900, Juanita married James Ashby Boyd (b. May 27, 1854 in Ralls Co. 
Missouri, d: November 20, 1947 in Sapulpa, OK) in Wynnewood, I.T., and in 
1901 she and J.A. moved to Sapulpa. They built a house at 116 W Bryan in 
1905 and added to it as the family increased. Juanita and J. A. had five 
children,
1. Powell Boyd born November 30, 1902 Sapulpa, IT; d: October 01, 1987, 
  	Albuquerque, NM,
2. Jack Allen Boyd born January 6, 1904, sapulpa, IT; d: November 6, 1911, 
	Sapulpa, OK 
3. James Stuart Boyd born November 6, 1906, Sapulpa, IT; d: April 26, 1976, 
	Tulsa, Oklahoma, 
4. Virginia Juanita Boyd born June 22, 1914, Sapulpa, OK; d: February 02, 
	1935,  Sand Springs, OK, 
5. William Deeds Boyd born October 30, 1917, Sapulpa, OK.  
    Of these, the Rev. William Deeds Boyd alone survives although there are 
many other descendants.  Juanita Allen Boyd herself died May 26, 1953 in 
Sapulpa, Oklahoma.

By Donna & James Harold Allen Boyd