Carl Allen
1860-July 13, 1880
Niles Democrat, Saturday, July 17, 1880, page 3, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Carl Allen, son of By. Allen, formerly of this city, died very unexpectedly in this city on Wednesday morning last. He had been in Chicago for some time past following his trade—house painting—and at which place he was taken sick with the dropsy, which rendered him unfit to work, and which gradually affected him more and more. His doctors and friends thought a change of place might be beneficial to him, hence he came to Niles a few weeks ago, and for some time felt better. On Wednesday morning last he ate a hearty breakfast, and a short time after eating he set up in bed and said he would get up and walk around. He commenced putting on his pantaloons, and when he had them about half on he fell over and expired in a few seconds from the effects of dropsy of the heart. He was a young man not over twenty-one or twenty -two years of age.
Niles Democrat, Saturday, July 24, 1880, page 3, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Mr. and Mrs. B. Allen, of Chicago, are in our city. They were called here by the unexpected death of their son Carl, who death was announced in our last issue.
Note: Death Record gives date of death as July 20, 1880; however, this obit was published on July 17, 1880.