Walter Allee

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name
Walter Allee
aka
[Walter Alley, William Allee]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Farmer, born in New York about 1796, who was at Hopewell, Ontario County, New York, in 1830, at Springfield, Erie County, Pennsylvania, about 1836, and from about 1838 at Jefferson and then Lenox, Ashtabula County, Ohio, where he built the first house on the Bunnell farm. Husband of Sybil Sawdy and probably the father of Albert Allee; he died at Lenox in 1866. His parents are unknown.
born
date
c. 1796
place
New York
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1860-lenox-allee]
note
About 1796 by his age in the 1850 and 1860 Lenox censuses (as indexed on FamilySearch and cited on WikiTree).
died
date
1866
place
Lenox, Ashtabula County, Ohio
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
note
WikiTree, citing Find a Grave 97021734 (East Lenox Cemetery); not seen here.
buried
place
East Lenox Cemetery, Ashtabula County, Ohio
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
residences
date
1830
place
Hopewell, Ontario County, New York
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
note
"Walter Alley" at Hopewell in the 1830 census (as cited on WikiTree).
date
c. 1836
place
Springfield, Erie, Pennsylvania
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-wickham-1896-pioneer-women-western-reserve]
note
Where Sybil's Sawdy kin lived; she "came to Jefferson from Springfield, Pa."
date
c. 1838
place
Jefferson, Ashtabula, Ohio
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-wickham-1896-pioneer-women-western-reserve]
note
Built the first house on the Bunnell farm at Jefferson, before moving to Lenox.
date
1860
place
Lenox, Ashtabula County, Ohio
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1860-lenox-allee]
note
Farming at Lenox (the census as indexed on FamilySearch and cited on WikiTree; the Ancestry tree attaches it).
spouses
id
sybil-sawdy-1796
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-wickham-1896-pioneer-women-western-reserve, census-1860-lenox-allee]
married
date
c. 1817-1819
place
New York
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]

Husband of Sybil Sawdy. "Walter Alley" at Hopewell, Ontario County, New York, in 1830; about 1836 at Springfield, Erie County, Pennsylvania; from about 1838 at Jefferson and then Lenox, Ashtabula County, Ohio, where the women of the Western Reserve remembered that "Sybill Sawdy ... was the wife of Walter Allee, who built the first house on the Bunnell farm" (source). He and Sybil both took typhoid in 1862; she died that September, and he wrote to their sons Daniel and Albert, then at Momence, Illinois (a family letter described on WikiTree). He died at Lenox in 1866.

The Ancestry tree had joined him to William Buford Allee (b. 30 Mar 1797, Barren County, Kentucky; d. 25 Sep 1874, Moniteau County, Missouri), with that man's parents, Rev. David Allee and Charity Delila Bybee, and his Missouri family. They are Unrelated and are left out here (Research decisions, 8 October 2026; Patricia Hatten through Sarah Edith Allee: Allee, Sawdy, Soule, Sargent).

In the records the tree attaches (not checked here):

  • 1860. Lenox, Ashtabula, Ohio; Occupation: Farmer (record)

Open questions

  • His parents are unknown. A WikiTree contributor suggests a William and Sarah Allee of New Rochelle, descended from the Huguenot Jean Allé; nothing supports it yet.
  • His birth and death: the 1850 and 1860 census entries and the East Lenox gravestone.
  1. ---
  2. name: Walter Allee
  3. aka: [Walter Alley, William Allee]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Farmer, born in New York about 1796, who was at Hopewell, Ontario County, New York, in 1830, at
  8. Springfield, Erie County, Pennsylvania, about 1836, and from about 1838 at Jefferson and then
  9. Lenox, Ashtabula County, Ohio, where he built the first house on the Bunnell farm. Husband of
  10. Sybil Sawdy and probably the father of Albert Allee; he died at Lenox in 1866. His parents are
  11. unknown.
  12. born:
  13. date: c. 1796
  14. place: New York
  15. basis: compiled
  16. confidence: probable
  17. sources: [census-1860-lenox-allee]
  18. note: About 1796 by his age in the 1850 and 1860 Lenox censuses (as indexed on FamilySearch and cited on WikiTree).
  19. died:
  20. date: "1866"
  21. place: Lenox, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  22. basis: compiled
  23. confidence: probable
  24. sources: [online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
  25. note: WikiTree, citing Find a Grave 97021734 (East Lenox Cemetery); not seen here.
  26. buried:
  27. place: East Lenox Cemetery, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  28. basis: compiled
  29. confidence: probable
  30. sources: [online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
  31. residences:
  32. - date: "1830"
  33. place: Hopewell, Ontario County, New York
  34. basis: compiled
  35. confidence: probable
  36. note: "\"Walter Alley\" at Hopewell in the 1830 census (as cited on WikiTree)."
  37. - date: "c. 1836"
  38. place: Springfield, Erie, Pennsylvania
  39. basis: compiled
  40. confidence: probable
  41. sources: [book-wickham-1896-pioneer-women-western-reserve]
  42. note: "Where Sybil's Sawdy kin lived; she \"came to Jefferson from Springfield, Pa.\""
  43. - date: "c. 1838"
  44. place: Jefferson, Ashtabula, Ohio
  45. basis: compiled
  46. confidence: probable
  47. sources: [book-wickham-1896-pioneer-women-western-reserve]
  48. note: "Built the first house on the Bunnell farm at Jefferson, before moving to Lenox."
  49. - date: "1860"
  50. place: Lenox, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  51. basis: documented
  52. confidence: probable
  53. sources: [census-1860-lenox-allee]
  54. note: Farming at Lenox (the census as indexed on FamilySearch and cited on WikiTree; the Ancestry tree attaches it).
  55. spouses:
  56. - id: sybil-sawdy-1796
  57. basis: compiled
  58. confidence: probable
  59. sources: [book-wickham-1896-pioneer-women-western-reserve, census-1860-lenox-allee]
  60. married:
  61. date: c. 1817-1819
  62. place: New York
  63. basis: compiled
  64. confidence: possible
  65. sources: [online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
  66. ---
  68. Husband of Sybil Sawdy. "Walter Alley" at Hopewell, Ontario County, New York, in 1830; about 1836 at
  69. Springfield, Erie County, Pennsylvania; from about 1838 at Jefferson and then Lenox, Ashtabula County,
  70. Ohio, where the women of the Western Reserve remembered that "Sybill Sawdy ... was the wife of Walter
  71. Allee, who built the first house on the Bunnell farm" ([source](/files/sources/book-wickham-1896-pioneer-women-western-reserve/)).
  72. He and Sybil both took typhoid in 1862; she died that September, and he wrote to their sons Daniel and
  73. Albert, then at Momence, Illinois (a family letter described on WikiTree). He died at Lenox in 1866.
  75. The Ancestry tree had joined him to William Buford Allee (b. 30 Mar 1797, Barren County, Kentucky; d.
  76. 25 Sep 1874, Moniteau County, Missouri), with that man's parents, Rev. David Allee and Charity Delila
  77. Bybee, and his Missouri family. They are **Unrelated** and are left out here (`research/decisions.md`,
  78. 8 October 2026; `research/hatten/Allee_Sawdy_Soule.md`).
  80. In the records the tree attaches (not checked here):
  82. - **1860.** Lenox, Ashtabula, Ohio; Occupation: Farmer ([record](/files/sources/census-1860-lenox-allee/))
  84. ## Open questions
  86. - His parents are unknown. A WikiTree contributor suggests a William and Sarah Allee of New Rochelle,
  87. descended from the Huguenot Jean Allé; nothing supports it yet.
  88. - His birth and death: the 1850 and 1860 census entries and the East Lenox gravestone.
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