dreams along the upside-down river

My father is his namesake. Dade was born 15 January 1863 and died 26 Sept 1924. He is buried in Pittsfield, Illinois and was Sheriff of Pike County. My granddad Stanly thought he would die in his 60's because his dad died at age 61. But Stan Allen lived into his 90s. Dade Allen had two wives. His first was Flora Rosella Williams, my great-grandmother. They married in Illinois 5 May. 

The Williams Sisters Cameline, Flora, Lily, and Blanch. I believe the second lady from top is Flora Rosella Williams, my granddad Stanly's mother. They are wonderful sisters to behold with wonderful names. I imagine they were close but  bickered a lot. Like sisters!  

These are my granddad Stanly's grandparents, immigrants from Ireland and England, Francis and Sarah Burlend Allen. Parents of David Dade Allen and his siblings Charlotte Allen Thompson and Francis Edward Allen.

Francis Allen

Sarah Burlend was born 21 Jan 1828. Her parents were John Burlend and Rebecca Burton Burlend who emigrated to Pike County, Illinois in 1831.

Stanly and Frank Allen. My grandfather Stanly was born in the 1890's. 

Stanly Allen ready to go out on the town.

Mary Elizabeth Frye Shearer and her husband, a Civil War veteran. I transcribed my great-grandmother's diaries written during WWII.

Brothers of my maternal grandmother Bertie Shearer Davies.

My mother's mother grew up on a farm in Forest Grove, Oregon.

My grandmother's sister who died during childbirth