John Kirby Allen

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Co-founder of Houston, Texas in 1836

United States Business ProfessionalsLived 1810 to 1838 · aged 28

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John Kirby Allen was a co-founder of the city of Houston and a former member of the Republic of Texas House of Representatives. He was born in Canaseraga Village, New York. He never married. He died of congestive fever on August 15, 1838, and was buried at Founders Memorial Cemetery in Houston, Texas.

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Marker in Downtown Houston commemorating the foundation of Houston by the Allen Brothers - An excerpt from the Telegraph & Texas Register dated August 30, 1836, is visible.

John Kirby Allen's tombstone at Founders Memorial Cemetery

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