Elijah and Eliza Allen History

• (Picture from Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, pg.111)
• These two biographies, both reported to be from the "LDS Biographical Encyclopedia", have slightly different wording and details:
  • Biography from the InfoBases family history CD.
  • Biography from an unknown transcriber.
• Biography from "Treasures of Pioneer History", published by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in 1952.
  
• Elijah's account of his time with Brigham Young and the Mormon Battalion.
The story of the Mormon Battalion, from the History of Utah by Orson F. Whitney, which lists Elijah as a private in Company B.
• Entry in Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p.713:
  ALLEN, ELIJAH (son of Andrew Lee Allen and Clarinda Knapp). Born Feb. 7, 1826, Burton, N. Y.

  Married Eliza Ann Bickmore (daughter of William and Christina Bickmore), who was born Jan. 29, 1830. Their children: Elijah b. Feb. 24, 1850; William b. April 17, 1854; Eliza Ann b. June 1, 1856, m. Manassah Barnes; James Carson b. March 21, 1858, m. Betsy Lowe March 1, 1883; Andrew b. Dec. 23, 1859, m. Susie Preece; Henry Heber b. March 11, 1862, m. Algena Poulsen; Joseph Smith b. Oct. 20, 1863, m. Phoebe Andersen Dec. 9, 1885. Family home Fort Herriman, Utah.

  Served in Co. B, Mormon Battalion.

• Mentioned in the history of San Bernadino, California in Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 4, p.367:
  It was natural those chosen to help form the new settlement would include men acquainted with the terrain between Utah and the west coast, and also those capable of supervising a venture of such magnitude. Thus some members of the Mormon Battalion and Mississippi Saints were selected. Among the Mormon Battalion men who resided in San Bernardino (1851-1858) were Elijah Allen, James Bailey, W. E. Beckstead, Gilbert Bickmore, Thomas Bingham, Abner Blackburn, Henry G. Boyle, Montgomery Button, James Clift, Robert Clift, Foster Curtis, Robert C. Egbert, Ebenezer Hanks, Silas Harris, James P. Hirons, Lucas Hoagland, Gilbert Hunt, Jefferson Hunt, Marshall Hunt, Jesse D. Hunter, William Hyde, David H. Jones, Andrew Lytle, Peter J. Mesick, Harley Mowrey, Calvin Reed, John Henry Rol[p.367] lins, Levi Runyon, M. L. Shepherd, William McIntyre, James Stewart, Stephen M. St. John, Rufus Stoddard, Nathan Swarthout, Truman Swarthout, Myron Tanner and Albert Tanner. (See Mormon Battalion DUP publication).
• Mentioned in the biography of Henry Arnold in the LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 3, p.590. We are not certain that this is the correct Elijah Allen, since this is the only mention of him being a Captain, but the timeframe is correct and it is likely that his experience on the Mormon Battalian would result in him being promoted. Also, Henry Arnold was living in Fort Herriman at this time.
  "In the winter of 1857-58 he [Henry Arnold] participated in the Echo canyon expedition as first lieutenant in Capt. Elijah Allen's company, remaining out until the greatest danger was over and the majority of the brethren returned to their homes."
• Interestingly, one of Elijah's fellow Mormon Battalion members was Ezra Allen, who was a private and a fifer in Company C. Ezra died while returning from California and his wife, Sarah Beriah Fiske, later married Joel Ricks, whose granddaughter Reda Ricks married Elijah's grandson Henry Heber Allen.
• Mentioned in Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 17, p.155 in the section on how some Utah landmarks got their names. There is no conclusive proof that this is the same Elijah Allen, but it is likely.
  Flat Nose Canyon-For Elijah Allen who was chased by a deer.
• Mentioned in Davis Bitton, Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies (1977), pg.5:
  Autobiography (1826-1848)

  Holograph. 8 pp. 24.8 cm. HDC [LDS Church Archives] (d 5)

  Born in 1826. Joined LDS Church, 1836. Teamster for Brigham Young, 1846. Served in Mormon Battalion, 1846-47. Account of trip to California, 1846. Spent time in hospital in San Diego, 1846-47. Worked at San Gabriel Mission, 1847-48. Relocated in Salt Lake Valley. After short time at farming, traveled east with herd of horses. Met Brigham Young on plains. Returned to Iowa to see family. ("After being gone over two years I felt I had landed once more on the shores of america.")

• Eliza's biography.
• A tribute to Eliza by Lydia S. Purnell.