!!! 09-04-2017 I did not locate an obit either person
 source: Oklahoman Digital Archives (newspaper)

Contributed by Raymonda, September 2003. click photos for larger view John Thomas Allen, (J.T.) was born 3 Jan 1860 at St Joe, Missouri. He was an only child as far as we know. He is listed on the 1860 census in Missouri. He was the son of Solomon and Emily Elly Allen. J.T. and Mary Rose Wheeler were married 13 March 1894 at Choctaw, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Territory as recorded at Oklahoma County Courthouse, Book 2, pg 237. Mary was born 8 August 1867 in Iowa and died Aug 1912 at Arkansas City, Kansas.

Their children were: George E. born 9 Oct 1961 Jones, Oklahoma Territory and died 1961 Ramona, Oklahoma. Clara Cora born 29 Mar 1896 Wilsey, Kansas and married Glen Davis. Ida born 26 June 1898 Greyhorse, Osage County, Oklahoma Territory and died 1978, married Roy McAllister. Frank Everett born 3 June 1901 Bodark, Kansas and died 16 Nov 1971, moved to Arizona. Thomas born 3 June 1901 Bodark, Kansas and died 1902 in Marshall, Texas. Three children, possible triplets died at birth. Mary Rose born 15 May 1904 Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma and died 23 Aug 1930 Arizona married McCormick.

Solomon Allen was born about 1831 Indiana, he was (according to family legend) a captain in the Illinois Union Army, during the civil war and was killed about 1865, in service. His wife died soon after and left son, J.T. an orphan who was raised by soldiers. I have been unable to find this military information. Sol, as he was called, may have been the son of David and Nancy Hogan Allen who had a son, Solomon, born in 1845 Putnam County, Indiana. He married Emily Jane Elly on 3 June 1853 St Joe, Bucannan County, Missouri. She was born about 1838 in Louisiana.

The Wheeler family living in the Oklahoma City area: Mary Rose Wheeler was the daughter of William Jasper Wheeler, son of C.W. Wheeler. They are listed on the Cape Girardeau, Missouri census 1850. He was in the civil war Confederate side and was buried in the Confederate Cemetery in Arkansas. He married Clara Deal who was born 1858 Iowa daughter of Peter R and Mary A Deal. Mattie Wheeler, a sister to Mary Rose Wheeler, married 17 Jan 1899 Oklahoma Territory to William Patterson. These lines have Cherokee, Delaware and some unknown native blood.