The Family of Francis Marion Shaw Newsletter Volume 8 Number 1
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Authors
Shaw, Bryan Lee
Issue Date
1999-03
Type
Text
Language
en_US
Keywords
Berrien County Historical Foundation (Nashville; Ga.) , Nashville (Ga.) , Berrien County (Ga.) , Newsletters , Periodicals , Berrien County (Ga.)--History--Sources , Electronic records , Grady County (Ga.)--History , Historic preservation--Georgia--Berrien County , Georgia--Genealogy
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Abstract
This newsletter profiles John Levi Allen, a respected farmer and prominent citizen from Berrien County, Georgia, and the stepson of Francis Marion Shaw. Born to Rachel Moore and Barzilla Allen, who died in the Civil War, John was raised by his mother and stepfather, learning farming skills on the Shaw farm. He married Nancy Minerva Futch in 1882, and together they built a successful farm, though they tragically lost their first-born son, Chester, in 1890. Allen was highly esteemed in his community, taking pride in his agricultural achievements, and actively participating in local politics in his younger life. His most significant public contribution was serving as a juror on the high-profile, three-month-long Green-Gaynor case in Savannah in 1906, which involved two Union military officers charged with large-scale fraud related to post-Civil War harbor improvements. This experience elevated him to a "prominent juristic citizen," leading to several terms as Jury Commissioner. Despite suffering from the hardships of farm life in his later years, which led him to lease and eventually transfer his farm, John Levi Allen lived to be 80, dying at his farm home on Christmas Day, 1939.
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