Allen Cemetery 
 Allen , Collin County, Texas
 Cemeteries of Texas Coordinator: Dolores I. Bishop

 Information provided by the State of Texas Atlas Site

Location: 
400 E McDermott Dr. (FM 2170), Allen 

Marker : 
Located on land purchased from Mr. and Mrs. John W. Whisenant, 
this cemetery was formally established on April 5, 1884, by the 
International Order of Odd Fellows, local Lodge No. 249. Encompassing 
almost three acres of land, the cemetery has served the Allen community 
for over a century. The oldest legible grave marker here is that of Rebecca L. Hamilton 
(d.1883), although local oral tradition holds that earlier graves may exist, including 
a slave burial ground in the southeast corner of the property. Tombstone inscriptions 
reveal evidence of early epidemics and include the names of a number of veterans 
of foreign wars. Robert J. Cuffman (d.1918) was killed in the Meuse-Argonne offensive 
in World War I. Mahlon Brackney served in the Spanish-American War. Also represented 
on grave markers here are notable early citizens of the community, including Permelia Ford, 
a pioneer settler, and Doctors H.N. Compton and William F. Wolford. The Allen Cemetery
 Association, organized in 1899, cares for the historic graveyard and sponsors an annual Decoration Day. (1988)