Jacob ALLENDER

The Allenders -- Jacob Allender was an early settler on the Marshall Prunty homestead. He and his wife Mrs. Elizabeth Vangrift Allender, were natives of Hampshire county, he being of English, and she, of German descent. He was the son of James Allender, and his grandsire crossed the sea from England. After their marriage they resided in Marion county for four years before coming to Ritchie in 1851, where the remnant of their days were spent, and where they sleep side by side in the White Oak cemetery. Mrs. Allender passed away a number of years before he did; and some time after her death he married Mrs. Elizabeth Sinnett Lowther, widow of John A. Lowther, and daughter of the late George Sinnett, of Harrisville, who still survives.



His children were born of the first union, and were as follows: T. K. Alexander, Sistersville; Mrs. Sarah Nutter, mother of Okey Nutter, Pennsboro; John Allender, of Oxford; Christopher, James, Rachel, and Iva, and two others all died of diphtheria in childhood. All died within one week, and two were borne to the grave at one time.

Source Information:
Hayes, Heather, ed.. Ritchie County, West Virginia History [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data: Lowther, Minnie Kendall. History of Ritchie County