Henry Heber Allen was born at Fort Herriman, West Jordon, Utah on 11 March 1862.  He was the son of Elijah Allen and Eliza Ann Bickmore.  The family moved to Richmond, in Cache Valley when Henry was four years old.  His father had died in April of 1866 at Fort Herriman.  Henry had very little schooling, about three years in all.  He received this schooling in a one-room school in Richmond, Utah.  In order to get to school he had to walk over three miles, as the family lived on a homestead north of Richmond, now Cove.  In 1866 the family had moved to Cove where they took up land.  The boys learned to work and clear the land and take care of the crops.  His brothers and sisters were:  Elijah, William, Eliza Ann (Barnes), James Carson, Andrew B. and James S.  who all lived in this little community and raised their families.  They cleared the land and had farms and very nice homes.

Henry’s activities and services in the church have reached far and wide.  He was associated with the development of the Cove Ward and was active in community projects to build roads, canals and fence their land.  He went on a mission in 1892 to the Indian Territory and later Oklahoma.  Just before leaving, his wife gave birth to a son, Aram Poulsen Allen.  He must have had great faith to go to fulfill this assignment with an ailing wife and a large family to take care of.  He was a successful farmer and stock raiser in the Cove area.

He retired from farming in 1920 and moved to Logan, living in the Logan 6th Ward.  He still maintained his yard and a large garden and kept cows to milk for many years.  He spent eight years as a Home Missionary and served as 2nd counselor to Newell Kimball in the Presidency of the Logan Stake Missionary Organization.  At the time of his death he was a High Priest.  He died 26 March 1941 at Logan, Cache, Utah after suffering a paralyzing stroke.  His funeral was held the following Sunday in the Logan 6th Ward and he was buried in the Richmond Cemetery among his family.  He was the father of 10 children and many grandchildren.

 He married Elgena Poulsen 10 April 1882 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City.  They celebrated their Golden Wedding on 16 April 1932 at their home in Logan.  They had 46 members of their family present at that time.

I always loved to go to visit my grandfather, he had a large garden and a lot of fruit trees, apples, plumbs, cherries and pears.  He usually had a large flock of chickens.  We loved the change from our ranch to sit in the cool shade and munch on vegetables or fruit.  We loved to play in his big hay barn and play hide and seek in the hay barns.  It was so much fun to take off our shoes and wade in the little streams of water when he was irrigating the garden or pastures.

After he retired to their home in Logan, we lived in their home and went to school, graduating from the Logan High School.  As I think back, I realize now that I missed a lot, and did not show my appreciation to my grandparents as I should have.